Spontaneous magnons synchronize with external signals at room temperature

August 12, 2026 Signals ride on waves of one kind or another: light, sound, radio. But new carriers are needed to relay information in next-generation devices. Disturbances or waves in magnetic materials called magnons could be an efficient option—if scientists can tame them. Read the full article →

Quantum advantage reassessed: More realistic benchmarks for quantum algorithms

August 12, 2026 Quantum advantage refers to the point at which a quantum computer solves a clearly defined task faster or more efficiently than any classical computer—or makes it solvable in the first place. For many practical applications, this has not yet been demonstrated. Research therefore relies heavily on theoretical models and simulations to explore

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Miniaturized laser technology paves the way for fundamental physics experiments in space

August 5, 2026 An international team of researchers has succeeded in producing atomic quantum gas mixtures with an unprecedented particle flux. In the journal Nature Communications, the scientists report on experiments conducted with the MAIUS-B apparatus, in which Bose–Einstein condensates (BECs) consisting of two different atomic species—rubidium and potassium—were generated and studied under microgravity conditions

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Uniaxial strain reveals new way to tune electron flow in altermagnet material

August 13, 2026 Altermagnetism is a new, third type of magnetism of great interest for spin-transport applications like computer memory. If properly harnessed, it could combine the benefits of the two existing types of magnetism, ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism, ultimately reducing or eliminating heat during information transfer and increasing the ability to miniaturize next-generation technologies. Rice

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A temperature dial for more realistic quantum simulations

August 4, 2026 Scientists from Rice University in the U.S. have developed a way to precisely tune the temperature inside a trapped-ion simulator. The breakthrough means they will be able to run quantum simulations at precise temperatures that better reflect real-world conditions. Read the full article →

New CERN measurement challenges conventional models of how gluons behave inside atomic nuclei

August 11, 2026 A University of Kansas physicist played a leading role in a CERN study showing that two rival explanations for how gluons behave inside atomic nuclei can now be experimentally distinguished. Read the full article →

X-rays: Beyond the Nobel Prize limit

August 11, 2026 When certain atoms are irradiated with laser light, they can produce a very different kind of laser light: laser pulses with extremely high frequencies in the X-ray range. These laser pulses, which helped achieve record-breaking results at TU Wien in the 1990s, were the subject of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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Molecular orbitals imaged in 3D, opening path to femtosecond videos

August 4, 2026 One of the most famous and intriguing results of quantum mechanics is the finding that fundamental particles, such as electrons, cannot be pinned down to one single location. Instead, a particle is described by its “wavefunction,” which allows researchers to derive probability distributions—a sort of mathematical map that shows the possibilities—of fundamental

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Quantum fluid reveals hidden states that can be switched with a magnetic field

August 4, 2026 Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) are often described as a “fifth state of matter”: a quantum state in which many particles lose their individual identities and behave as one collective object. For more than 60 years, researchers have sought to create such condensates from excitons—electron-hole pairs—as a solid-state route to macroscopic quantum coherence, which

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Long-sought Zhang-Rice singlet visualized directly in cuprate superconductor

August 12, 2026 Superconductors are materials that conduct electricity with zero electrical resistance below specific temperatures. Most of these materials become superconducting at very low temperatures, but some also exhibit superconductivity at higher temperatures. Read the full article →