“Giant superatoms” could finally solve quantum computing’s biggest problem
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have introduced a new theoretical design for quantum systems based…
A Physicist Was Testing a Vacuum—and Stumbled Upon the First Viable Blueprint for a Warp Drive
For decades, the idea of the warp drive—an incredibly cool, incredibly hypothetical cheat code for crossing impossible distances…
Scientists Say the Universe Will Eventually Tear Itself Apart
The Universe Will Eventually Tear Itself ApartMARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY – Getty Images Here’s what you’ll learn when…
Astronomers Just Nailed Down the Universe’s Expansion Rate… and Now They Have More Questions
One major, unsolved problem in astronomy involves the Hubble constant, a number representing how quickly the universe expands.…
‘Missing’ black holes are real – and scientists may know why
The clearest evidence yet of a missing band of black-hole masses has emerged, with the gap beginning near…
Orbital-hybridization-induced Ising-type superconductivity in a confined gallium layer
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Scientists Discover Liquids Can Snap Like Solids : ScienceAlert
Just when you think you’ve got a handle on how the Universe works, physics goes and surprises you…
Astronomers Found Evidence of a Black Hole Collision in Galaxy NGC 4486B, Offering a Rare Look at Cosmic Mergers
Astronomers have identified clear evidence of a recent merger between two supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in the galaxy…
All-van der Waals microcavities for low-loss nonlinear photonics
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Physicists zero in on the mass of the fundamental W boson particle | MIT News
When fundamental particles are heavier or lighter than expected, physicists’ understanding of the universe can tip into the…