Physicists solve mystery of loop current switching in kagome metals
Permanent nanoscale loop electrical currents in kagome metals. Credit: Kano Okada, Nagoya University Quantum metals are metals where…
Lightning strikes 12 times per minute on fusion engineering test platform
Century is Zap Energy’s fusion engineering test platform. Credit: Zap Energy Zap Energy has advanced its Century fusion…
How the Red Sea went completely dry before being flooded by the Indian Ocean over 6 million years ago
Thin sections of the limestone and anhydrite layers from well A. Credit: Communications Earth & Environment (2025). DOI:…
Nanoscale slots enable room-temperature hybrid states of matter in perovskite
The perovskite–nanoslot hybrid system in the ultrastrong coupling regime. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63810-7 Atoms in crystalline…
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…