Wrinkles in atomically thin materials unlock ultraefficient electronics
Representation of electron spins in a bent 2D material exhibiting the persistent spin helix structure. Credit: Sunny Gupta…
Néel spin-orbit torque in antiferromagnetic quantum spin and anomalous Hall insulators
Formalism We extend the Kane-Mele model by including a collinear AFM order which is exchange coupled to the…
Exoplanets suffering from a plague of dark matter could turn into black holes – Physics World
Exoplanets suffering from a plague of dark matter could turn into black holes – Physics World Skip to…
Dark matter in gas giants could collapse into detectable black holes, model suggests
Parameter space for periodic BH formation. Credit: Physical Review D (2025). DOI: 10.1103/qkwt-kd9q More than 5,000 planets have…
Summer students shine at CERN
CERN’s 2025 Summer Student programmes welcomed 341 young scientists and engineers from more than 100 nations to experience…
Black holes may be the engines driving the universe’s dark energy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Durham and collaborators in the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) mission have…
Universal quantum gate set for Gottesman–Kitaev–Preskill logical qubits
GKP code Here we give some background on GKP codes, highlighting some of the more salient features in…
‘Rosetta stone’ of code allows scientists to run core quantum computing operations
Artist’s impression of the entangled logic gate built by University of Sydney quantum scientists. Credit: Emma Hyde/University of…
What happened before the Big Bang? Computational method may provide answers
Complex computational methods could solve cosmic mysteries. Credit: Gabriel Fitzpatrick for FQxI, FQxI (2025) We’re often told it…
Are hidden variables real, and can they save quantum physics?
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…