Harvard-led physicists create 256-qubit programmable quantum simulator

A Harvard-led team has created a 256-qubit programmable quantum simulator that represents the cutting edge in the world-wide quantum race.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
July 7, 2021 ~6 min

The universe’s first matter clarifies the start of the Big Bang

Researchers are looking at the very first matter to ever be present in the universe for insights into the very first microsecond of the Big Bang.

Ida Eriksen-U. Copenhagen • futurity
May 26, 2021 ~5 min


How soil changes the danger of a buried IED – new research

What happens when a bomb explodes? This unique 'blast lab' found out.

Sam Clarke, Senior Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering, University of Sheffield • conversation
May 20, 2021 ~5 min

Clocks that tell time more accurately use more energy – new research

This is the first time a measurement has been made of the entropy generated by telling time.

Natalia Ares, Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Oxford • conversation
May 19, 2021 ~6 min

Scientists are hoping to redefine the second – here's why

New research has tested the latest generation of atomic clocks.

Ben Murdin, Professor of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, University of Surrey • conversation
March 24, 2021 ~7 min

New result from LHCb experiment challenges leading theory in physics

UK particle physicists have today announced ‘intriguing’ results that potentially cannot be explained by the current laws of nature.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 23, 2021 ~8 min

Toward a disease-sniffing device that rivals a dog’s nose

Trained dogs can detect cancer and other diseases by smell. A miniaturized detector can analyze trace molecules to mimic the process.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 17, 2021 ~7 min

New postage stamp honors Chien-Shiung Wu, trailblazing nuclear physicist

Chinese American physicist Wu worked on the Manhattan Project and performed groundbreaking experiments throughout her long career.

Xuejian Wu, Assistant Professor of Physics, Rutgers University - Newark • conversation
Feb. 10, 2021 ~8 min


Versatile building blocks make structures with surprising mechanical properties

The subunits could be robotically assembled to produce large, complex objects, including cars, robots, or wind turbine blades.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 18, 2020 ~10 min

Leveraging a 3D printer “defect” to create a new quasi-textile

Tulle-like DefeXtiles can be 3D printed with no custom software or hardware.

Becky Ham | MIT Media Lab • mit
Oct. 26, 2020 ~8 min

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