Measurements from the LHCb collaboration expand scientific understanding of how individual quarks assemble to form observable matter. Research from the Large Hadron Collider has unveiled that quarks, the primary components of visible matter, form composite particles differently based on environmental conditions. This discovery challenges the previously held belief that baryon production from quarks is uniform, pointing to a need for revised theoretical models to explain matter formation under varying densities.

Decoding Quark Secrets: New Large Hadron Collider Findings Challenge Old Theories

Researchers at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have discovered new behaviors in an ultrathin material that may revolutionize optoelectronic devices. Using a high-speed electron camera, they observed how tungsten ditelluride polarizes light under terahertz radiation, potentially enhancing devices used in LEDs, medical imaging, and more. This groundbreaking work could lead to the development of smaller, multifunctional optoelectronic devices through the stacking of two-dimensional materials.

SLAC’s Electron Camera Discovers “Light-Twisting” Magic in Ultrathin Material

A new paper explores the quantum Griffith singularity in phase transitions, focusing on recent studies that could expand our understanding of high-temperature superconductivity in unconventional materials. Exploring exotic quantum phase transitions has long been a key focus in condensed matter physics. A critical phenomenon in a phase transition is determined...

Unconventional Superconductivity: The Peculiar Case of Griffith Singularity

Researchers have discovered strain-induced long-range charge-density-wave order in a high-temperature superconductor, illuminating the underlying mechanisms. Superconductors are materials capable of conducting electricity without any resistance when they are cooled below a specific temperature known as the critical temperature. These materials are used in various applications such as power grids, maglev trains, and medical imaging equipment. High-temperature superconductors, which operate at higher critical temperatures than conventional superconductors, hold great promise for enhancing these technologies. Nonetheless, the underlying mechanisms of their superconductivity are not yet fully understood.

Decoding the Enigma: Origins of Superconductivity in High-Temperature Cuprates

A recent study has shown that a groundbreaking electrolyte solution, identified through a bioscience technique, has quadrupled the cycle life of batteries used in electric aircraft. When it comes to figuring out why electric aircraft batteries lose power over time, one typically wouldn’t think to turn to a decades-old approach...

Decades-Old Biology Technique Reveals Key to Prolonging Electric Aircraft Battery Life

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A group of Chinese researchers has created a robot with a brain made of human stem cells. The technology is technically a “brain-on-a-chip,” and the researchers have been working to train the robot to perform various tasks. The stem cell brain that powers the robot is attached to a neural interface chip, which powers the entire thing.
Tianjin University, one of the two institutes behind the new research, considers the design the world’s first open-source brain-on-chip system and says that it could lead to the development of more brain-like computing. The key to the entire design is an in-vitro cultured brain...

Terrifying new robot has a brain made from human stem cells

A chip that experts have said could be "pivotal" to creating effective quantum computers has been unveiled. Oxford Ionics has said its chip can be mass-produced and means the world's first useful quantum computer could be built in three years time. The new technology makes it possible to do very...

'Pivotal' quantum computing chip unveiled

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

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You may have seen tennis shoes across telephone wires in Virginia and wondered about their significance.I was initially told this was done in honor of someone who had died from gun violence in the area.

Tennis shoes on wires across Virginia have different meanings

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The move has stumped the scientific community as there's no obvious reason for it.

Multiple governments around the world have secretly agreed to restrict the export of quantum computers

Oxford Ionics, a UK-based quantum computing company, has achieved a major breakthrough by demonstrating the highest performing quantum chip in the world, capable of being produced at scale in standard semiconductor fabrication plants. This milestone marks a significant step forward in the development of practical quantum computers. The company’s patented...

Oxford Ionics Breaks Global Quantum Performance Records Without Error Correction

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Organic semiconductors offer a viable alternative to silicon-based photovoltaic panels at a lower cost and with greater flexibility.

Silicon days over? Organic solar panel turns 20% of sunlight into electricity

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There are certain zodiac signs that most people are careful with because of their fiery and low tolerance levels. You can hardly mess with individuals with such signs without getting a backlash. Whether they are in work environments or family settings, they do not hesitate to set boundaries and protect them.

5 Zodiac Signs You Don't Mess With

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A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

Quantum computing has the potential to provide insights into profound questions about the universe, such as how space-time emerges from fundamental quantum processes. This capability is particularly valuable because many of these processes are currently beyond our reach with classical computational methods. The concept of emergent space-time suggests that our...

Quantum Physicist John Preskill Explores Information as Fundamental Reality

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Just as the miniaturization of computer transistors has revolutionized entertainment, communications, medicine, and more, scientists at University of Texas at Austin want to achieve the same breakthrough for light absorbers. Though perhaps less widely recognized, light absorbers play a crucial role in many commonly used technologies. “Absorbers are optical elements...

The next big thing in tech could come from these tiny light absorbers

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With scorching heatwaves sweeping across the country, drivers are being advised to take their car's thermometer readings with a grain of salt. While your dashboard might display a temperature that seems outrageously high, experts suggest not relying on it for an accurate outdoor temperature gauge.

Drivers cautioned not to use a standard car feature on hot days - opt for your phone instead

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The new mechanical computer uses 64 physical cubes to represent binary bits and is inspired by kirigami — the Japanese art of paper-folding and cutting.

Computer inspired by Japanese art of paper-cutting has no electronics and stores data in tiny cubes

Researchers confirmed an intermediate-mass black hole in Omega Centauri’s center, supporting theories of its origin as a distinct galaxy core merged with the Milky Way. Omega Centauri is a spectacular collection of about ten million stars, visible as a smudge in the night sky from Southern latitudes. Through a small telescope, it looks no different from other so-called globular clusters: a spherical collection of stars, so dense towards the center that it becomes impossible to distinguish individual stars.

Omega Centauri: A Galaxy Core Frozen in Time Reveals Its Black Hole

New “burr on fur” tracking devices provide enhanced monitoring of subadult and adult male polar bears, presenting a less invasive alternative to traditional collars and expanding research capabilities into previously difficult-to-track demographics. A research team led by York University and a project involving 3M and Polar Bears International...

See How Scientists Track Polar Bears With Groundbreaking “Burr on Fur” Tags

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Silicon Transformed: A Breakthrough in Laser Nanofabrication

A new method enables precise nanofabrication inside silicon using spatial light modulation and laser pulses, creating advanced nanostructures for potential use in electronics and photonics. Silicon,...

Silicon Transformed: A Breakthrough in Laser Nanofabrication

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