Illustration of the self-illuminating biosensor: A metasurface of gold nanowires drives quantum light emission and concentrates the resulting light waves to detect biomolecules. Credit: 2025 Ella Maru Studio/BIOS EPFL CC…
Category: Physics
Researchers confirm fundamental conservation laws at the quantum level
Schematic of a single photon with zero angular momentum (green) splitting into two photons (red) with either zero or opposite angular momenta (sketched through the spatially varying color), which adds…
Topological insulators boost ultra-thin magnet strength by 20% for next-gen electronics
Polarized neutron reflectometry of Cr2Te3 thin films and their heterostrucutres with (Bi,Sb)2Te3. Credit: Reports on Progress in Physics (2025). DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/add9c5 “This is like giving the magnet a boost,” explains…
Universal embezzlers naturally emerge in critical fermion systems, study finds
A bipartite quantum system obtained by dividing fermion chain into left and right half-chains. The squares indicate potential locations for Fermionic particles in a discrete lattice. Credit: van Luijk, Stottmeister…
New theory proposes time has three dimensions, with space as a secondary effect
Credit: AI-generated image Time, not space plus time, might be the single fundamental property in which all physical phenomena occur, according to a new theory by a University of Alaska…
Scientists demonstrate unconditional exponential quantum scaling advantage using two 127-qubit computers
Interior shot of a quantum computer with an IBM Eagle processor. Credit: IBM Quantum computers have the potential to speed up computation, help design new medicines, break codes, and discover…
Researchers develop optimal error correction algorithm
An illustration of how quantum error correction problems can be mapped onto an Ising spin-glass model. (a) The original syndrome measurement circuit. (b) The detector error graph with circuit-level noise.…
