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Rare Superconductor Discovered – May Be Critical for the Future of Quantum Computing
Research led by Kent and the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory has resulted in the discovery of a new rare topological superconductor, LaPt3P. This discovery may be of huge importance to the future operations of quantum computers. Superconductors are vital materials able to conduct electricity...
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‘Stranger than anything dreamed up by sci-fi’: will we ever understand black holes?
In the new documentary Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know, the work of Stephen Hawking and others in trying to figure out a mystery for the age is put under the spotlight.
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Wormhole Tunnels in Spacetime May Be Possible, New Research Suggests
In the early days of research on black holes, before they even had that name, physicists did not yet know if these bizarre objects existed in the real world. They might have been a quirk of the complicated math used in the then still young general theory of relativity, which describes gravity. Over the years, though, evidence has accumulated that black holes are very real and even exist right here in our galaxy.
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Quantum computer based on shuttling ions is built by Honeywell
A quantum charged coupled device – a type of trapped-ion quantum computer first proposed 20 years ago – has finally been fully realized by researchers at Honeywell in the US. Other researchers in the field believe the design, which offers notable advantages over other quantum computing platforms, could potentially enable quantum computers to scale to huge numbers of quantum bits (qubits) and fully realize their potential.
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Suggestions of a new force echo the ancient quest for fundamental elements
Fermilab's Muon g-2 experiment shows results inconsistent with the standard model predictions.
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Particle mystery deepens, as physicists confirm that the muon is more magnetic than predicted
A potential chink in physicists’ understanding of fundamental particles and forces now looks more real. New measurements confirm a fleeting subatomic particle called the muon may be ever so slightly more magnetic than theory predicts, a team of more than 200 physicists reported this week.
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Cern experiment hints at new force of nature
Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva have spotted an unusual signal in their data that may be the first hint of a new kind of physics. The LHCb collaboration, one of four main teams at the LHC, analysed 10 years of data on how unstable particles called B mesons, created momentarily in the vast machine, decayed into more familiar matter such as electrons.
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The search for dark matter gets a speed boost from quantum technology
Researchers have found a way to speed up the search for dark matter using technology from quantum computing. By squeezing quantum noise, detectors can now look for axions twice as fast.
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Scientists Realize Efficient Generation of High-Dimensional Quantum Teleportation
In a study published in Physical Review Letters, the team led by academician GUO Guangcan from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) made progress in high dimensional quantum teleportation. The researchers demonstrated the teleportation of high-dimensional states in a three-dimensional six-photon system.
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Wormholes may be lurking in the universe — and new studies are proposing ways of finding them
Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity profoundly changed our thinking about fundamental concepts in physics, such as space and time. But it also left us with some deep mysteries. One was black holes, which were only unequivocally detected over the past few years. Another was “wormholes” – bridges connecting different points in spacetime, in theory providing shortcuts for space travellers.
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Quantum philosophy: 4 ways physics will challenge your reality
Quantum mechanics is strange. A philosopher explains just how strange, and what it means for reality.
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The Black Hole Information Paradox Comes to an End
In a landmark series of calculations, physicists have proved that black holes can shed information, which seems impossible by definition.
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What Is a Particle?
It has been thought of as many things: a pointlike object, an excitation of a field, a speck of pure math that has cut into reality. But never has physicists’ conception of a particle changed more than it is changing now.
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The Black Hole Information Paradox Comes to an End
In a landmark series of calculations, physicists have proved that black holes can shed information — an apparent violation of Einstein’s theory of relativity.
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Melting Time Crystals Could Help Us Model Complex Networks Like The Human Brain
Passing electricity through a piece of quartz crystal generates a pulse you can literally set your watch by. Set a time crystal melting, on the other hand, and it just might pulse with the deepest secrets of the Universe.
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This Breakthrough Could Fix the Fatal Flaw in Fusion Reactors
In the long road to nuclear fusion, scientists continue to confront one of the more prominent (and literal) bumps: edge localized modes (ELMs). These blobs form at the edge of a tokamak’s plasma swirl, caused by the interaction of the powerful, containing magnetic field and the sun-hot plasma.
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“Holy Grail” Sought for More Than a Century: Researchers Synthesize Room Temperature Superconducting Material
Compressing simple molecular solids with hydrogen at extremely high pressures, University of Rochester engineers and physicists have, for the first time, created material that is superconducting at room temperature. Featured as the cover story in the journal Nature, the work was conducted by the lab of Ranga Dias, an assistant professor of physics and mechanical engineering.
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Physicists Just Discovered a Brand New Type of Superconductor
Scientists have long theorised that there are other types of superconductor out there waiting to be discovered, and it turns out they were right: new research has identified a g-wave superconductor for the first time, a major development in this area
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Nanoscale Warming Is Faster Than Cooling
Contrary to conventional wisdom, a sufficiently small, cold object warms to the temperature of its surroundings faster than a warm object cools, according to a new theory.
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Particles From Space Are Messing With Our Quantum Computers, Scientists Discover
In an incredible example of cosmic scales meeting the tiniest possible realm, scientists found that radiation including cosmic rays causes superconducting qubits to slip into disarray.
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