Two quantum computers with 20 qubits manage to simulate information scrambling
A close-up of the trapped-ion quantum computer used to simulate quantum-information scrambling circuits. Credit: Quantinuum Four RIKEN researchers…
Measuring a previously mysterious imaginary component of wave scattering
a) a time-domain experiment setup. b) a frequency-domain experiment setup. Credit: American Physical Society There has long been…
What appeared to be a normal galaxy concealed a ring of light
It is not every day that a nearby, cataloged galaxy reveals a secret hiding in plain sight. A…
Astronomers See Inside The Core of a Dying Star For the First Time, Confirm How Heavy Atoms Are Made
An illustration of the ‘extremely stripped’ supernova 2021yfj. Keck Observatory / Adam Makarenko Astronomers have glimpsed the inner structure…
What Came Before the Big Bang? New Study Says ‘Numerical Relativity’ Could Unlock Cosmology’s Biggest Mysteries
It is one of cosmology’s most perplexing questions: what happened before the Big Bang? Although the question has…
Pair of colliding galaxies may hint at the fate of the Milky Way and its closest galactic neighbor
New observations of a pair of colliding spiral galaxies hint at what might be in store for the…
Scientists harness polaritons, making a leap in molecular charge transfer
The image above shows how various light colors can access the charge transfer state in polariton systems, unlike…
New Device for Detecting Lightweight Dark Matter
August 20, 2025• Physics 18, s104 Superconducting sensors can detect single low-energy photons. Researchers have now used this…
Ultrafast X-ray laser tracks the motion of a single electron during a chemical reaction
This graphic shows how an ultraviolet pump laser (at left) photoexcites an ammonia molecule (blue and red shapes),…
Photonic origami folds glass into microscopic 3D optical devices
Researchers used their new technique to fold a glass bar (a), create an optical resonator (b) to achieve…