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Quantum Superpositions in Warmer Environments

Quantum states can only be created and observed under tightly controlled conditions. A research team from Innsbruck, Austria, has successfully created so-called hot Schrödinger cat states in a superconducting microwave resonator.

7 Apr 2025

New Method to Measure Spin Fluctuations Could Revolutionize Quantum Computing

Working at nanoscale dimensions, billionths of a meter in size, a team of scientists led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory revealed a new way to measure high-speed fluctuations in magnetic materials.

3 Apr 2025

Researchers Develop New Design and Fabrication Method to Make Lightsails for Interstellar Travel

Since its launch in 1977, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has traveled over 15 billion miles into deep space.

3 Apr 2025

James Webb Discovers Earliest Sign of the Universe Becoming Transparent

Born in fire, cooled by expansion, collapsed by clumpiness.

3 Apr 2025

In the Pinball World of Asteroids, A Mudball Meteorite Avoided Collisions

In April 2019, rare primitive meteorites fell near the town of Aguas Zarcas in northern Costa Rica. In an article published online in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, an international team of researchers describe the circumstances of the fall and show that mudball meteorites are not necessarily weak.

3 Apr 2025

A Step Towards Life on Mars? Lichens Survive Martian Simulation in New Study

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that certain lichen species can survive Mars-like conditions, including exposure to ionizing radiation, while maintaining a metabolically active state.

3 Apr 2025

A Quantum Superhighway for Ultrafast NOON States

Until now, creating quantum superpositions of ultra-cold atoms has been a real headache, too slow to be realistic in the laboratory.

3 Apr 2025

DeteQt Secures Investment for Quantum Sensing Diamond-on-Chip Development

DeteQt, a quantum sensing firm developed out of the University of Sydney, has raised pre-seed funding from some of the most well-known deep tech venture capitalists to expedite the development of its diamond-on-chip technology.

From DeteQt 26 Mar 2025

Breakthrough in Quantum Sensing Could Revolutionize High-Precision Measurement Technologies

A study, led by the University of Portsmouth, has achieved unprecedented precision in detecting tiny shifts in light displacements at the nanoscale.

21 Mar 2025

Measuring Reactions in Extreme Astrophysical Environments

Physicists at the University of Surrey measured nuclear reactions that can happen in neutron star collisions, giving direct experimental evidence for a process that had previously only been theorized.

19 Mar 2025