Shaping the dawn of the quantum age

At the Garching campus, TUM researchers are helping to shape the era of quantum technology. Credit: Kai Neunert / BAdW Electrons that spin to the right and the left at…

Researchers enhance safety of lithium batteries with graft polymerization technique

Scientists show that quantum infrared spectroscopy can achieve ultra-broadband spectroscopic measurements

Quantum infrared spectroscopy using ultra-broadband entangled photons. Credit: KyotoU/Shigeki Takeuchi Our understanding of the world relies greatly on our knowledge of its constituent materials and their interactions. Recent advances in…

Team accomplishes precise measurements of the heaviest atoms

Discovery of high order skyrmions and antiskyrmions

Researchers at the University of Augsburg and the University of Vienna have discovered co-existing magnetic skyrmions and antiskyrmions of arbitrary topological charge at room temperature in magnetic Co/Ni multilayer thin…

How To Speed Up a Slow Android Phone

Do you ever wonder why your Android smartphone behaves sluggishly? Your favorite apps don’t pop onto the screen as fast as they used to. Multitasking seems to take longer than…

A bird flu outbreak is sweeping the globe. Its long-term effects are unclear

As I step among poop-covered rocks toward the plateau of a small island in the Galápagos, a part of me rejoices. Not only am I about to see the archipelago’s…

Ancient hunting tools found in Mexican cave

Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have recovered ancient sets of hunting tools from the Cueva del Tesoro. The Cueva del Tesoro, known as the “Treasure…

Azerbaijan green energy unit launched to sceptical response

Azerbaijan’s state oil and gas firm promises a green push but a lack of climate policies and plans to expand gas production are causing scepticism Roaming around what is believed…

Mysterious Object Attracts Attention: Boundary Between a Black Hole and a Neutron Star

Data from the MeerKAT radio telescope reveal an object at the boundary between a black hole and a neutron star. When astronomers cannot explain something directly, it often becomes really…