Microlightning might provide long-sought explanation for will-o’-the-wisps
Microlightning between bubbles containing air and methane. Credit: Yu Xia For centuries, people have described strange blue balls…
Scientists finally prove that a quantum computer can unconditionally outperform classical computers
Comparison of classical one-way communication lower bounds for our problem and Hidden Matching, assuming implementation on a noiseless…
AI tensor network-based computational framework cracks a 100-year-old physics challenge
Schematic illustration of the tensor-train (TT) decomposition of the Boltzmann tensor F and its application to computing the…
Black widows lure males with smell of ‘cheesy feet’
A female black widow (Latrodectus hesperus) on her web. Credit: Andreas Fischer According to a new study by…
Quantum computer exhibit at O’Hare seeks to make the technology tangible
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Chicago has quickly emerged as a hub for quantum computing, with the state of…
Terahertz spectroscopy reveals how plant leaves manage water through stomatal openings
Credit: Scientific Reports (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-20219-y How do plants breathe? When do they open and close the tiny…
Clues from the deep sea that an exploding star sent debris to the Earth 10 million years ago
Overview of the 10Be anomaly, clusters proximity to the solar system, and the associated supernova probability. Credit: Astronomy…
World’s most sensitive detector tightens the net on on elusive dark matter
The outer detector of the LZ dark matter experiment. Credit: Matt Kapust/Sanford Underground Research Laboratory Determining the nature…
Quantum error correction codes enable efficient scaling to hundreds of thousands of qubits
The proposed error-correction codes are scalable to hundreds of thousands of qubits and are highly efficient, serving as…
Improved models of heavy ion collisions reveal new details of early universe nuclear matter
Simulated gluon field in the nucleus. When energy increases, the nucleus grows and its internal structure changes. Credit:…