Improving randomness may be the key to more powerful quantum computers
The circuit construction used to prove the paper’s main result. Each block represents a quantum circuit acting on…
Understanding the impact of radiation on silicon carbide devices for space applications
Dr Corinna Martinella. Credit: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) The first results of the ETH Zurich…
Quasi-periodic oscillations detected in X-ray binary SXP31.0
Unfolded energy spectra of SXP31.0. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2506.19601 Astronomers from the University of Turku in Finland…
What a bumble bee chooses to eat may not match its ideal diet
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Humans may not be the only species that struggles to eat the right amounts…
A new method for restoring magnetism in thin films
Scheme of magnetic recovery via catalytic action (top) and measurement results of magnetic force (bottom). RH on the…
Reanalysis of Kepler data uncovers two planets in KOI-134 system with unusual orbital dynamics
This artist’s concept shows the KOI-134 system, which a 2025 paper revealed to have two planets: KOI-134 b…
Physicists create tunable system for enhanced quantum sensing
A table top experiment typical of the setup. The size is more or less equal to the size…
New imaging technique captures every twist of polarized light
A depiction of the Stokes vector. Credit: S. Feldmann (EPFL) EPFL scientists have developed a new technique that…
Record-breaking material emits infrared light better than it absorbs it, without violating the laws of physics
Normally, an object in thermal equilibrium with its environment emits and absorbs thermal radiation at the same rate…
Quantum equivalent of thermodynamics’ second law discovered for entanglement manipulation
Illustration of an entanglement battery. The battery allows reversible interconversion between any two entangled states. Credit: American Physical…