Chandra finds black hole that’s growing at 2.4 times the Eddington limit
An artist’s concept of a supermassive black hole, a surrounding disk of material falling towards the black hole…
Tomorrow’s quantum computers could use sound, not light
UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering postdoctoral researcher Hong Qiao is the first author of a new paper…
Physicists create new electrically controlled silicon-based quantum device
Integrated optoelectronic devices for control of silicon T centres. Credit: Nature Photonics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41566-025-01752-8 A team of…
How harnessing the ‘selfish gene’ could control harmful insect populations
Malaysian stalk-eyed fly (Teleopsis dalmanni). Paul Richards New research is shining a light on one of genetics’ enduring…
Quantum computing engineers get atoms chatting long distance
Artist’s impression of two nuclear spins, remotely entangled via the geometric gate applied via the electron. Credit: Tony…
Galaxies reveal hidden maps of dark matter in the early universe
The researchers focused on data taken from a region of the sky known as the Cosmic Evolution Survey…
Primordial black hole’s final burst may solve neutrino mystery
An artist’s illustration showing a tiny black hole within our Milky Way galaxy (top right), which could emit…
‘Quantum squeezing’ a nanoscale particle for the first time
A single nanoparticle made of glass (a white point near the center of the photo) is confined in…
ChatGPT appears to improvise when put through ancient Greek math puzzle
Credit: AI-generated image The Artificial Intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, appeared to improvise ideas and make mistakes like a student…
Universal scheme efficiently generates arbitrary two-qubit gates in superconducting quantum processors
Implementation of the AshN scheme with superconducting qubits. Credit: Nature Physics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-02990-x The operation of quantum…