Physicists demonstrate 3,000 quantum-bit system capable of continuous operation
Neng-Chun Chiu (from left), Simon Hollerith, Luke Stewart, Mikhail Lukin, Jinen (Tim) Guo, Mohamed Abobeih, and Elias Trapp.…
Scientists achieve electrically driven perovskite laser using dual-cavity design
A schematic of the dual-cavity electrically driven perovskite laser. Credit: C. Zou et al./Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09457-2. In a recent…
Golden lion tamarins and sloths become unlikely roommates at Palm Beach Zoo
A Hoffman’s two-toed sloth is seen eating inside its new habitat at the Palm Beach Zoo Conservation Society…
Epiphanies and brain states; a baffling skull find; achieving well-being in old age
Researchers believe a reconstructed, million-year-old skull belonged to the Homo longi species discovered in 2021. This week, researchers…
Spin may resolve century-old puzzle of light’s momentum in matter
by Adam B. Cahaya When light enters a medium like water or glass, it bends, raising the long-standing…
Icy planetesimal with high nitrogen and water content discovered in white dwarf’s atmosphere
Artist’s impression of white dwarf WD 1647+375 accreting icy planetary fragments from a pluto-like world, creating the chemical…
Information could be a fundamental part of the universe, and may explain dark energy and dark matter
Credit: CC0 Public Domain For more than a century, physics has been built on two great theories. Einstein’s…
JWST searches for stars in a glowing gas cloud
Stars, gas and cosmic dust in the Sagittarius B2 molecular cloud glow in near-infrared light, captured by Webb’s…
New adaptive optics system promises sharper gravitational-wave observations
Credit: University of California – Riverside Gravitational-wave detection technology is poised to make a big leap forward thanks…
Softness arises from hierarchical structures
Summary of the present study Persistence diagram obtained from the structure of amorphous silicon, examples of the local…