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Nobel Prize in physics awarded for ultracold electronics research that launched a quantum technology
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A clever mathematical tool known as virtual particles unlocks the strange and mysterious inner workings of subatomic particles. What happens...
The adage goes “like mother like daughter,” and in the case of Irene Joliot-Curie, truer words were never spoken. She...
Quantum metals are metals where quantum effects—behaviors that normally only matter at atomic scales—become powerful enough to control the metal’s...
A recent study offers proof of feasibility for using cosmic radiation detectors to discover underground spaces. The detectors identify muons—particles...
Physicist Albert Einstein famously posited that if he only had an hour to crack a daunting problem, he’d devote 55...
One often-repeated example illustrates the mind-boggling potential of quantum computing: A machine with 300 quantum bits could simultaneously store more...
Gravitational-wave detection technology is poised to make a big leap forward thanks to an instrumentation advance led by physicist Jonathan...
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The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) poses challenges to today’s computer technology. Conventional silicon processors are reaching their limits:...
