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First author Philip Leindecker looks into the ultrahigh-vacuum chamber of a quantum computer at PSI that operates with trapped ions.
A laser’s strongest interaction with a trapped ion can shift sideways, revealing a quantum effect with implications for qubit control.
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Bar-Ilan University researchers found declining physics searches worldwide, suggesting students are shifting toward AI tools like ChatGPT.
AIStudents turn to AI as physics searches decline worldwideShy Cohen
El Niño variability in the eastern Pacific has increased by about 36.5% compared with the pre-industrial era, according to a 1,000-year coral record from the Galápagos Islands.
Green ImpactEl Niño is stronger than at any point in the past 1,000 years, coral records revealJoshua Shavit
Experiments show strong stellar magnetic fields can stop coronal mass ejections, helping explain why astronomers rarely detect them.
SpacePowerful magnetic fields could be trapping giant stellar eruptions before they escapeJoseph Shavit
Fossilized animal waste may have recycled nutrients and helped complex marine ecosystems flourish during the Cambrian Explosion.
DiscoveriesAncient animal feces may have helped transform Earth’s oceans 540 million years agoJoseph Shavit
SpaceNASA’s Roman Space Telescope launches to map billions of galaxies and hunt distant worldsJoseph Shavit
Drops can become electrically charged as they slide across surfaces. If they then fall onto a coating—such as on a car—the coating can be corroded by the drop’s electrical discharge and permanently damaged.
Green ImpactScientists discover why rain drops can damage metal protective coatingsJoshua Shavit
HealthScientists design new RNA therapy to bypass mutations behind thousands of genetic diseasesJoseph Shavit
A quantum watch uses interference in excited helium atoms to measure elapsed time without counting from a defined starting point.
DiscoveriesQuantum interference offers a radically different way to measure timeJoseph Shavit
Resurrected lactoferricin peptides show how a few amino-acid changes transformed an ancient immune defense.
HealthScientists resurrect a 160-million-year-old mammal immune system and watch it evolveRebecca Shavit
Mercury may contain far less silicon dioxide than thought, offering new clues to its volcanic past and intensely hot interior.
SpaceMercury’s surface chemistry reveals clues to a much hotter volcanic pastJoseph Shavit
Malva searches RNA across millions of cells in seconds, exposing mutations, pathogens and isoforms hidden in massive biological datasets.
HealthNew ‘Google-like’ search engine can scan millions of cells for hidden RNA clues in secondsJoseph Shavit
Astronomers estimate 40 quintillion stellar black holes fill the observable universe and hold nearly 1% of ordinary matter.
SpaceThe universe may contain a staggering 40 quintillion black holesJoseph Shavit
Coconut oil biofuel ran in a turbojet with comparable efficiency while cutting hydrocarbon emissions in blends with Jet A-1.
Green ImpactCoconut oil could offer airlines another path toward alternative jet fuelJoshua Shavit
Milky Way simulations show stellar streams can develop dark matter-like gaps and kinks without encounters with dark matter clumps.
SpaceScientists narrow the search for dark matter using new galaxy simulationsJoseph Shavit
A proposed matter-antimatter experiment could test whether information has measurable energy and mass within elementary particles.
DiscoveriesCould information be a fifth form of matter? Strange matter-antimatter experiment aims to find outJoseph Shavit
Penn State researchers found hidden differences in white light can change how people feel indoor temperatures.
DiscoveriesHidden wavelengths in white light can change how warm a room feelsJoshua Shavit