Gravitational wave detectors affected by daylight savings time
Aerial view of the LIGO observatory in Hanford, Washington. Credit: LIGO Observatory Interference from human activity has always…
Carbon cycle flaw could push Earth into an ice age as planet overcorrects for warming
Computer simulation of Earth’s climate evolving over 1 million years in response to a sudden release of carbon…
Czech Republic Launches First Quantum Computer
Czechia has officially entered the global race in quantum technologies with the unveiling of its first quantum computer,…
Record 6,100 Qubits Form World’s Largest Quantum Array
Physicists have made an array of 6,100 neutral-atom qubits held in place by lasers, marking a dramatic increase…
Our Universe could be trapped inside a black hole with no way out
The Big Bang may have actually been the explosive rebound of a collapsing black hole – one which…
Supermassive black hole spews gas at record speeds, upending mass estimates
Artist’s impression of a rapidly feeding black hole that is emitting powerful gas outflows. Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/M.…
World’s largest quantum array hits 6,100 qubits at 99.98% accuracy
Quantum computers need vast numbers of qubits to solve the hardest problems in science and technology. Unlike classical…
Interstellar Comet 3I/Atlas Is About To Be Hit By A Coronal Mass Ejection. What Will Happen Next?
In spectacularly good timing a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the Sun is about to collide with an…
Researchers cut the time for a learning task from 20 million years to 15 minutes
The squeezer—an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) that uses a nonlinear crystal inside an optical cavity to manipulate the…
Scientific breakthrough leads to ‘fluorescent biological qubit’ — it could mean turning your cells into quantum sensors
Protein-based quantum bits (qubits) could be the key to accelerating biological research at the smallest of scales, thanks…