Physicists set new world record for qubit operation accuracy
A rendering of the Oxford University team’s ion trap chip. Credit: Dr. Jochen Wolf and Dr. Tom Harty.…
Small-scale photonic quantum processor can already outperform classical counterparts
Classification of data points can be performed through a photonic quantum computer, boosting the accuracy of conventional methods.…
Researchers unveil axion-torsion coupling via dark photons
The histogram for the BI parameter and the trace torsion mass in GeV. Credit: Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory A new…
Memory matters for quantum atomic motion on metals
Credit: AI-generated image In a variety of technological applications related to chemical energy generation and storage, atoms and…
Nonreciprocal light speed control achieved using cavity magnonics device
Photons in a dielectric resonator (yellow) interact with magnons in a YIG sphere (violet) via a microstrip (gray).…
New nanoparticle-based genetic delivery system targets lungs to treat cancer, cystic fibrosis
Scientists have made a key breakthrough for treating respiratory diseases by developing a new drug delivery system that…
Fermenting legume pulses increases antioxidant and antidiabetic properties, study finds
Food science professor Elvira Gonzalez de Mejia, right, and graduate student Andrea Jimena Valdés-Alvarado found the optimal fermentation…
Astronomers thought the Milky Way was doomed to crash into Andromeda. Now they’re not so sure
For years, astronomers have predicted a dramatic fate for our galaxy: a head-on collision with Andromeda, our nearest…
Reality vs. imagination; rhinos vs. poachers; mathematics vs. the Big Bang
Horned white rhino, undisclosed South African reserve. Credit: Tim Kuiper This week, Chinese researchers reported a nearly complete…
New measurement of the mass of the Z boson from the Large Hadron Collider
The LHCb detector in 2018. Credit: CERN The LHCb experiment has taken a leap in precision physics at…