Discovery could lead to new technologies that control light
Structure of the crystal made of lithium, cobalt, selenium and oxygen, with lines indicating centrosymmetric relations between atoms.…
Trapped-ion advances break new ground in quantum computing
The Enchilada Trap, manufactured in Sandia National Laboratories’ Microsystems Engineering, Science and Applications fabrication facility. Credit: Craig Fritz…
Gyromagnetic zero-index metamaterials enable stable light vortices for advanced optical control
Comparing the characteristics of gyromagnetic and ordinary DZIMs. (a–d) Comparison between conventional double-zero-index metamaterials and gyromagnetic double-zero-index metamaterials…
Scientists achieve precision activation of quantum defects in diamond
Laser activation of tin-related defect centers. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60373-5 A new study led by researchers…
Unlocking the mysteries of the universe with multi-messenger gravitational lensing
Illustration of the mass scales at which wave optics effects become relevant for gravitationally lensed signals. The geometric…
Understanding quantum computing’s most troubling problem—the barren plateau
In variational quantum computing, a barren plateau represents a mathematical point from which quantum algorithms reach a dead…
Decades-old mystery of AlCl dipole moment resolved
Credit: Adrien Olichon from Pexels In a study that closes a long-standing knowledge gap in fundamental science, researchers…
Supernovae may have kicked off abrupt climate shifts in the past—and they could again
The Vela supernova remnant, the remains of a supernova explosion 800 light-years from Earth in the southern constellation…
Charge-parity symmetry breaking revealed in Rydberg atom multibody systems
Schematic of many-body interaction induced EPs and hysteresis loops in Rydberg atoms. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58850-y…
Quantum navigation device uses atoms to measure acceleration in 3D
Kendall Mehling, left, and Catie LeDesma, right, with a new kind of atom “interferometer” on the CU Boulder…