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Neutrinos are known for funny business. Now scientists have set a new limit on a quantum trait responsible for the subatomic particles’ quirkiness: uncertainty. The lightweight particles morph from one …
The neutrino’s quantum fuzziness is beginning to come into focus Read More
In the quest to build a quantum internet, scientists are putting their memories to the test. Quantum memories, that is. Quantum memories are devices that store fragile information in the …
Two real-world tests of quantum memories bring a quantum internet closer to reality Read More
In real life, laws are broken all the time. Besides your everyday criminals, there are scammers and fraudsters, politicians and mobsters, corporations and nations that regard laws as suggestions rather …
The second law of thermodynamics underlies nearly everything. But is it inviolable? Read More
Black holes can’t be formed from pure light. Quantum physics would curb their creation under any foreseeable conditions, a new study suggests. Typically, matter is responsible for black holes. They’re …
A black hole made from pure light is impossible, thanks to quantum physics Read More
Something strange is happening at Earth’s center. Decades of earthquake data show that Earth’s inner core has been rotating slower than its mantle and surface since around 2010, researchers report …
Something weird is happening to Earth’s inner core Read More
Nuclear power of the future is going to need fuel. That has governments, energy companies and nuclear engineers clamoring to get their hands on HALEU: high-assay low-enriched uranium. HALEU (pronounced …
4 questions about the uranium needed for next-generation nuclear reactors Read More
Sometimes science fiction does inspire science research. À la Jurassic Park’s entombed mosquito, scientists have developed a method to store DNA in an amberlike material and still extract it easily …
Jurassic Park inspires a new way to store DNA data Read More
Brief blasts of light might make some materials into fleeting superconductors. A new study strengthens the case for this controversial claim, first made more than a decade ago. But while …
Can light spark superconductivity? A new study reignites debate Read More
To expand the periodic table, it might be time to go titanium. A new study lays the groundwork to expand the periodic table with a search for element 120, to …
A new element on the periodic table might be within reach Read More
The neutrino “fog” is beginning to materialize. Lightweight subatomic particles called neutrinos have begun elbowing their way into the data of experiments not designed to spot them. Two experiments, built …
Dark matter experiments get a first peek at the ‘neutrino fog’ Read More