Scientists 3D print micro ion traps for next-generation quantum computers
Scientists have taken an important step toward building the powerful quantum computers of the future by shrinking a key piece of technology with the...
Scientists use diamonds to unlock next-generation quantum devices
Diamonds may be best known for their sparkle, but scientists are now showing that these gems could be just as valuable for powering the...
Quantum computers of the future may run on sound instead of light
When most people imagine quantum computers, they think of machines that use particles of light, called photons, to process information.
But a new study from...
Scientists discover surprisingly slow winds from a neutron star
Astronomers using the new X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) have discovered that the fierce winds blowing from matter spiraling into a neutron star...
New way to make materials “breathe” with ultrafast light
Scientists at Cornell Engineering have found a way to make a thin film material expand and contract billions of times per second by hitting...
Does the multiverse explain the nature of the universe
One possibility to explain the constants of nature is that there’s more than one universe.
That we live in a multiverse, with each different universe...
Is dark energy changing? New evidence challenges Einstein’s theory
For more than two decades, astronomers have wrestled with one of the biggest mysteries in science: what is driving the universe’s expansion to speed...
Astronomers catch a planet in the act of being born
Protoplanets are celestial objects in the act of forming into full planets within the gas and dust disks surrounding hot, young stars.
These objects, often...
Astronomers witness a one-of-a-kind cosmic explosion
Astronomers have detected a cosmic explosion unlike anything ever seen before—an event that could point to a rare type of black hole long suspected...
Scientists keep samples near absolute zero for 10 hours—and watch them go quantum
Scientists have long dreamed of watching materials transform into their quantum states—phases of matter that only appear when atoms are chilled to near absolute...