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Researchers pioneer optical generative models, ushering in a new era of sustainable generative AI

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-optical-generative-ushering-era-sustainable.html

Published: August 31, 2025 09:20

In a major leap for artificial intelligence (AI) and photonics, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have created optical generative models capable of producing novel images using the physics of light instead of conventional…

For the first time, scientists observed the 'hidden swirls' that affect the flow of sand, rocks and snow

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-scientists-hidden-swirls-affect-sand.html

Published: August 30, 2025 12:30

What looks like ordinary sand, rocks or snow flowing in one direction can actually hide swirling currents that move in multiple directions beneath the surface.

Why the foam on Belgian beers lasts so long

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-foam-belgian-beers.html

Published: August 30, 2025 10:00

Summertime is beer time—even if the consumption of alcoholic beer is declining in Switzerland. And for beer lovers, there is nothing better than a head of foam topping the golden, sparkling barley juice. But with many beers, the dream is quickly shattered,…

Interface-controlled antiferromagnetic tunnel junctions offer new path for next-gen spintronics

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-interface-antiferromagnetic-tunnel-junctions-path.html

Published: August 29, 2025 13:52

A research team led by Prof. Shao Dingfu at the Institute of Solid State Physics, the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has unveiled a new mechanism for achieving strong spin polarization using antiferromagnetic metal…

Toward new physics: First-ever double crystal channeling observed

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-physics-crystal-channeling.html

Published: August 29, 2025 12:40

Might two bent crystals pave the way to finding new physics? The Standard Model of particle physics describes our world at its smallest scales exceptionally well. However, it leaves some important questions unanswered, such as the imbalance between matter…

Bon voyage: General Atomics set to ship final piece of giant battery to nuclear fusion project in France

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-bon-voyage-general-atomics-ship.html

Published: August 29, 2025 11:12

The final section of what scientists and engineers say will be the largest and most powerful pulsed, superconducting magnet in the world has been completed at the Poway campus of San Diego-based General Atomics.

Probability theorem gets quantum makeover after 250 years

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-probability-theorem-quantum-makeover-years.html

Published: August 29, 2025 10:10

How likely you think something is to happen depends on what you already believe about the circumstances. That is the simple concept behind Bayes' rule, an approach to calculating probabilities, first proposed in 1763. Now, an international team of…

Uncovering the mysteries of high-temperature cuprate superconductors

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-uncovering-mysteries-high-temperature-cuprate.html

Published: August 29, 2025 09:52

In their quest to explore and characterize high-temperature superconductors, physicists have mostly focused on a material that is not the absolute highest. That's because that crystal is much easier to split into uniform, easily measurable samples. But in…

MARATHON experiment offers most precise measurement of nucleon structure yet

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-marathon-precise-nucleon.html

Published: August 29, 2025 06:30

Nucleons, which include protons and neutrons, are the composite particles that make up atomic nuclei. While these particles have been widely studied in the past, their internal structure has not yet been fully elucidated.

How an in-between quantum state could boost future technologies

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-quantum-state-boost-future-technologies.html

Published: August 28, 2025 15:13

Kai Sun of the University of Michigan is a humble physics professor with ambitious goals. "I'm mainly a paper-and-pencil type of theorist, doing analytical calculations mostly," Sun said. "My interests are pretty broad, but basically searching for new…

Physicists observe an elusive form of the Hall effect for the first time

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-physicists-elusive-hall-effect.html

Published: August 28, 2025 14:14

A giant anomalous Hall effect (AHE) has been observed in a nonmagnetic material for the first time, as reported by researchers from Japan. This surprising result was achieved using high-quality Cd3As2 thin films, a Dirac semimetal, under an in-plane…

Engineers send quantum signals with standard Internet Protocol

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-quantum-standard-internet-protocol.html

Published: August 28, 2025 14:00

In a first-of-its-kind experiment, engineers at the University of Pennsylvania brought quantum networking out of the lab and onto commercial fiber-optic cables using the same Internet Protocol (IP) that powers today's web.

How a superfluid simultaneously becomes a solid

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-superfluid-simultaneously-solid.html

Published: August 28, 2025 13:12

In everyday life, all matter exists as either a gas, liquid, or solid. In quantum mechanics, however, it is possible for two distinct states to exist simultaneously. An ultracold quantum system, for instance, can exhibit the properties of both a fluid and…

Clever algorithm enables real-time noise mitigation in quantum devices

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-clever-algorithm-enables-real-noise.html

Published: August 28, 2025 12:46

Quantum researchers have deployed a new algorithm to manage noise in qubits in real time. The method can be applied to a wide range of different qubits, even in large numbers.

A blueprint for error-corrected fermionic quantum processors

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-blueprint-error-fermionic-quantum-processors.html

Published: August 28, 2025 08:46

An international research team led by Robert Ott and Hannes Pichler has developed a novel architecture for quantum processors that is specifically designed for simulating fermions—particles such as electrons. The method can be implemented using…

A low-cost protocol enables preparation of magic states and fault-tolerant universal quantum computation

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-protocol-enables-magic-states-fault.html

Published: August 28, 2025 06:40

Quantum computers, systems that perform computations leveraging quantum mechanical effects, could outperform classical computers in some optimization and information processing tasks. As these systems are highly influenced by noise, however, they need to…

MRI technology inspires quantum advancement with 2D materials

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-mri-technology-quantum-advancement-2d.html

Published: August 27, 2025 12:11

The same technology behind MRI images of injury or disease also powers nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, which is used to analyze biological molecules for research on diseases and therapeutics. While NMR spectroscopy produces valuable data…

Physicists create thin films that unite topological insulators and ferroelectric behavior

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-physicists-thin-topological-insulators-ferroelectric.html

Published: August 27, 2025 10:53

RIKEN physicists have created the first thin films featuring a special combination of electrical and topological properties. This demonstration could help to realize new forms of electronics that are highly energy efficient.

Novel approach suppresses magnetic noise for the fast optical control of a coherent hole spin in a microcavity

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-approach-suppresses-magnetic-noise-fast.html

Published: August 27, 2025 07:40

Quantum technologies, devices that work by leveraging quantum mechanical effects, could outperform classical technologies in some fields and settings. The so-called spin (i.e., intrinsic angular momentum) carried by quantum particles is central to the…

3D-printed superconductor achieves record performance with soft matter approach

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-3d-superconductor-soft-approach.html

Published: August 26, 2025 13:44

Nearly a decade after they first demonstrated that soft materials could guide the formation of superconductors, Cornell researchers have achieved a one-step, 3D printing method that produces superconductors with record properties.

Research into stability of foams finds a valuable test subject in a tall glass of beer

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-stability-foams-valuable-subject-tall.html

Published: August 26, 2025 11:00

Beer is one of the world's most popular drinks, and one of the clearest signs of a good brew is a big head of foam at the top of a poured glass. Even brewers will use the quality of foam as an indicator of a beer having completed the fermentation process.…

Quantum memory array brings us closer to a quantum RAM

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-quantum-memory-array-closer-ram.html

Published: August 26, 2025 10:33

The internet, social media, and digital technologies have completely transformed the way we establish commercial, personal and professional relationships. At its core, this society relies on the exchange of information that is expressed in terms of bits.…

JUNO completes liquid filling and begins taking data to investigate ordering of neutrino masses

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-juno-liquid-neutrino-masses.html

Published: August 26, 2025 09:10

The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) has successfully completed filling its 20,000-tons liquid scintillator detector and began taking data on Aug. 26.

New laser technique boosts power by individually controlling light modes

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-laser-technique-boosts-power-individually.html

Published: August 26, 2025 07:00

From precision machining to advanced microscopy, the demand for higher-power, ultrafast lasers continues to grow. Traditionally, researchers have relied on single-mode fibers to build these lasers, but they face a fundamental physical limit on energy…

Sneaky swirls: 'Hidden' vortices could influence how soil and snow move

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-sneaky-swirls-hidden-vortices-soil.html

Published: August 26, 2025 05:00

Researchers have shown for the first time how hidden motions could control how granular materials such as soil and snow slip and slide, confirming a long-suspected hypothesis. The knowledge could help in understanding how landslides and avalanches work and…

Plasma group publishes new framework to advance fusion energy research

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-plasma-group-publishes-framework-advance.html

Published: August 25, 2025 16:48

Scientists pursuing magnetically-confined nuclear fusion as a clean energy source grapple with the "core-edge challenge," the need to integrate the core of the reactor, where plasma must be 10 times hotter than the sun, with the reactor's edge. The edge…

How to build larger, more reliable quantum computers, even with imperfect links between chips

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-larger-reliable-quantum-imperfect-links.html

Published: August 25, 2025 16:40

While quantum computers are already being used for research in chemistry, material science, and data security, most are still too small to be useful for large-scale applications. A study led by researchers at the University of California, Riverside, now…

Enhanced dual-comb spectroscopy reveals previously unknown atomic transitions in a rare earth element

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-dual-spectroscopy-reveals-previously-unknown.html

Published: August 25, 2025 15:21

Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM) have developed a novel method for investigating the internal structure of atoms and discovered previously unknown atomic transitions in samarium, a rare earth…

Tiny waves, big impact: Study finds new way to control fluid in space

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-tiny-big-impact-fluid-space.html

Published: August 25, 2025 14:40

Liquids can provide some especially tricky challenges for space travelers, but new research from the University of Mississippi could help engineer smarter, more efficient fluid control in zero- and low-gravity environments.

Braided magnetic flux ropes found at both human and light year scales

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-braided-magnetic-flux-ropes-human.html

Published: August 25, 2025 14:24

Investigating solar corona structures has led Paul Bellan, Caltech professor of applied physics, and his former graduate student Yang Zhang (Ph.D. '24) to discover a new equilibrium state of the magnetic field and its associated plasma. The solar corona,…

Statistical mechanics method helps machines better understand complex systems

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-statistical-mechanics-method-machines-complex.html

Published: August 25, 2025 14:11

A study by University of Hawaiʻi researchers is advancing how we learn the laws that govern complex systems—from predator-prey relationships to traffic patterns in cities to how populations grow and shift—using artificial intelligence (AI) and physics.

First absolute superconducting switch developed in a magnetic device

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-absolute-superconducting-magnetic-device.html

Published: August 25, 2025 13:30

The University of Jyväskylä, Finland, has been involved as part of an international collaboration that has identified a way to completely suppress superconductivity in superconducting and ferromagnetic junctions. The results published in Nature…

AI-enhanced technique assembles defect-free arrays with thousands of atoms

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-ai-technique-defect-free-arrays.html

Published: August 25, 2025 12:56

The simulation of quantum systems and the development of systems that can perform computations leveraging quantum mechanical effects rely on the ability to arrange atoms in specific patterns with high levels of precision. To arrange atoms in ordered…

Turning spin loss into energy: New principle could enable ultra-low power devices

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-loss-energy-principle-enable-ultra.html

Published: August 25, 2025 09:11

A research team has developed a device principle that can utilize "spin loss," which was previously thought of as a simple loss, as a new power source for magnetic control.

High-fidelity entangling gates connect remote superconducting quantum processors

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-high-fidelity-entangling-gates-remote.html

Published: August 24, 2025 08:30

Quantum computers hold the potential of solving some optimization and data processing problems that cannot be tackled by classical computers. Many of the most promising quantum computing platforms developed so far are based on superconducting qubits, tiny…

Freeze-framing the cellular world to capture a fleeting moment of activity

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-cellular-world-capture-fleeting-moment.html

Published: August 23, 2025 15:00

Optical microscopy is a key technique for understanding dynamic biological processes in cells, but observing these high-speed cellular dynamics accurately, at high spatial resolution, has long been a formidable task.

A new perspective on how cosmological correlations change based on kinematic parameters

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-perspective-cosmological-based-kinematic-parameters.html

Published: August 23, 2025 08:30

To study the origin and evolution of the universe, physicists rely on theories that describe the statistical relationships between different events or fields in spacetime, broadly referred to as cosmological correlations. Kinematic parameters are…

Physics-inspired computer architecture solves complex optimization problems

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-physics-architecture-complex-optimization-problems.html

Published: August 23, 2025 02:50

A line of engineering research seeks to develop computers that can tackle a class of challenges called combinatorial optimization problems. These are common in real-world applications such as arranging telecommunications, scheduling, and travel routing to…

New measurement station in Brazil: Quantum technology expands global network in search for dark matter

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-station-brazil-quantum-technology-global.html

Published: August 22, 2025 20:50

A highly sensitive quantum sensor from Jena has traveled nearly 9,000 kilometers: by truck to Hamburg, by ship across the Atlantic, and finally overland to Vassouras, Brazil.

Simulations reveal pion's interaction with Higgs field with unprecedented precision

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-simulations-reveal-pion-interaction-higgs.html

Published: August 22, 2025 11:45

With the help of innovative large-scale simulations on various supercomputers, physicists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have succeeded in gaining new insights into previously elusive aspects of the physics of strong interaction.

Hidden turbulence discovered in polymer fluids

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-hidden-turbulence-polymer-fluids.html

Published: August 22, 2025 11:45

Turbulence, the chaotic, irregular motion that causes the bumpiness we sometimes experience on an airplane, has intrigued scientists for centuries. At the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), researchers are exploring this phenomenon in a…

Two quantum computers with 20 qubits manage to simulate information scrambling

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-quantum-qubits-simulate-scrambling.html

Published: August 22, 2025 11:20

Four RIKEN researchers have used two small quantum computers to simulate quantum information scrambling, an important quantum-information process. This achievement illustrates a potential application of future quantum computers. The results are published…

Trapped calcium ions entangled with photons form scalable nodes for quantum networks

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-calcium-ions-entangled-photons-scalable.html

Published: August 22, 2025 11:15

Researchers at the University of Innsbruck have created a system in which individual qubits—stored in trapped calcium ions—are each entangled with separate photons. Demonstrating this method for a register of up to 10 qubits, the team has shown an easily…

Advanced computer modeling predicts molecular-qubit performance

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-advanced-molecular-qubit.html

Published: August 22, 2025 10:39

A qubit is the delicate, information-processing heart of a quantum device. In the coming decades, advances in quantum information are expected to give us computers with new, powerful capabilities and detectors that can pick up atomic-scale signals in…

Measuring a previously mysterious imaginary component of wave scattering

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-previously-mysterious-imaginary-component.html

Published: August 22, 2025 09:41

There has long been a mystery when calculating how an incoming light wave scatters off an object and becomes a modified, outgoing light wave. In particular, the time delay of the transition from one to the other comes out to be a complex number, a regular…

Wrinkles in atomically thin materials unlock ultraefficient electronics

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-wrinkles-atomically-thin-materials-ultraefficient.html

Published: August 21, 2025 16:36

Wrinkles can be an asset—especially for next-generation electronics. Rice University scientists have discovered that tiny creases in two-dimensional materials can control electrons' spin with record precision, opening the path to ultracompact,…

Hidden symmetries unlock new ways to control light in quantum materials

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-hidden-symmetries-ways-quantum-materials.html

Published: August 21, 2025 16:31

A team of researchers has discovered how a little-known type of symmetry in quantum materials, called nonsymmorphic symmetry, governs the way these materials interact with intense laser light.

Symmetry-based Floquet optical selection rules help explain light-induced sidebands

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-symmetry-based-floquet-optical-sidebands.html

Published: August 21, 2025 16:12

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD), in collaboration with international partners, have developed momentum-resolved Floquet optical selection rules. They show how these symmetry-based rules determine the…

Overcoming disordered energy in light-matter interactions

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-disordered-energy-interactions.html

Published: August 21, 2025 14:00

Polaritons are formed by the strong coupling of light and matter. When they mix together, all the matter is excited simultaneously—referred to as delocalization. This delocalization has the unique ability to relay energy between matter that is otherwise…

Ultrathin metasurface enables high-efficiency vectorial holography

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-ultrathin-metasurface-enables-high-efficiency.html

Published: August 21, 2025 12:53

Holography—the science of recording and reconstructing light fields—has long been central to imaging, data storage, and encryption. Traditional holographic systems, however, rely on bulky optical setups and interference experiments, making them impractical…

Defect engineering accelerates carrier relaxation in GaN-based LEDs

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-defect-carrier-gan-based.html

Published: August 21, 2025 11:12

A study conducted by researchers from the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has demonstrated how nitrogen vacancies (VN) resolve asymmetric carrier injection in GaN-based light-emitting…

Photonic origami folds glass into microscopic 3D optical devices

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-photonic-origami-glass-microscopic-3d.html

Published: August 21, 2025 10:00

Researchers have developed a technique to fold glass sheets into microscopic 3D photonic structures directly on a chip—a process they call photonic origami. The method could enable tiny, yet complex optical devices for data processing, sensing and…

'Rosetta stone' of code allows scientists to run core quantum computing operations

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-rosetta-stone-code-scientists-core.html

Published: August 21, 2025 05:00

To build a large-scale quantum computer that works, scientists and engineers need to overcome the spontaneous errors that quantum bits, or qubits, create as they operate.

Cost-effective method developed for high-entropy alloy film production

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-effective-method-high-entropy-alloy.html

Published: August 20, 2025 17:12

A collaborative research team has developed a novel method for forming high-performance high-entropy alloy (HEA) films on various surfaces without using expensive alloy targets. This was achieved using a proprietary rotating target composed of multiple…

Simple additive method leads to record-setting perovskite laser performance

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-simple-additive-method-perovskite-laser.html

Published: August 20, 2025 16:22

For years, engineers have sought better ways to build tiny, efficient lasers that can be integrated directly onto silicon chips, a key step toward faster, more capable optical communications and computing.

Scientists program cells to create biological qubit in multidisciplinary research

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-scientists-cells-biological-qubit-multidisciplinary.html

Published: August 20, 2025 16:10

At first glance, biology and quantum technology seem incompatible. Living systems operate in warm, noisy environments full of constant motion, while quantum technology typically requires extreme isolation and temperatures near absolute zero to function.

Optical resonator enables a new kind of microscope for ultra-sensitive samples

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-optical-resonator-enables-kind-microscope.html

Published: August 20, 2025 14:41

Everyone who ever took a photo knows the problem: if you want a detailed image, you need a lot of light. In microscopy, however, too much light is often harmful to the sample—for example, when imaging sensitive biological structures or investigating…

From pitcher plants to printing presses, study shows how sticky films can be tamed

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-pitcher-sticky.html

Published: August 20, 2025 14:23

A recent Cambridge study reveals why sticky liquids don't always spread evenly, knowledge that could help cut waste, improve product quality and make everyday technologies more reliable.

Weak points in diamond fusion fuel capsules identified

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-weak-diamond-fusion-fuel-capsules.html

Published: August 20, 2025 14:20

Scientists at the University of California San Diego have uncovered how diamond—the material used to encase fuel for fusion experiments at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory—can develop tiny structural flaws that…

Ultrabroadband laser 'comb' can enable rapid identification of chemicals with extreme precision

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-ultrabroadband-laser-enable-rapid-identification.html

Published: August 20, 2025 14:17

Optical frequency combs are specially designed lasers that act like rulers to accurately and rapidly measure specific frequencies of light. They can be used to detect and identify chemicals and pollutants with extremely high precision.

Falling water forms beautiful fluted films

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-falling-beautiful-fluted.html

Published: August 20, 2025 13:39

When water drains from the bottom of a vertical tube, it is followed by a thin film of liquid that can adopt complex and beautiful shapes. KAUST researchers have now studied exactly how these "fluted films" form and break up, developing a mathematical…

New model describes result of non-reciprocal interactions between two non-linear molecules

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-result-reciprocal-interactions-linear-molecules.html

Published: August 20, 2025 13:08

Asymmetric interactions between different species of molecules have previously been demonstrated to result in self-organized patterns and functions. If one species A is attracted to B, but in turn, B is repelled by A, run-and-chase dynamic emerges.

Researchers develop novel miniaturized lidar technology based on cross dual-microcomb

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-miniaturized-lidar-technology-based-dual.html

Published: August 20, 2025 13:02

Optical frequency combs, as a time and frequency "ruler," have important applications in precision ranging. Conventional dual-comb ranging schemes utilize the optical Vernier effect to achieve long-distance measurements, and they typically require…

New AI model advances fusion power research by predicting the success of experiments

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-ai-advances-fusion-power-success.html

Published: August 20, 2025 11:30

Practical fusion power that can provide cheap, clean energy could be a step closer thanks to artificial intelligence. Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have developed a deep learning model that accurately predicted the results of a…

Deep beneath the French Alps, scientists hunt for dark matter

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-deep-beneath-french-alps-scientists.html

Published: August 20, 2025 08:57

The mysterious substance called dark matter is intrinsically invisible. It cannot be directly observed—rather, its presence is inferred by its gravitational influence on the universe, such as binding galaxy clusters together and moving stars around their…

Single quantum device that measures amperes, volts and ohms could revolutionize how we measure electricity

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-quantum-device-amperes-volts-ohms.html

Published: August 20, 2025 08:30

A team of scientists has revealed how a single quantum device can accurately measure the three fundamental units of electricity—the ampere (unit of electrical current), the volt (unit of electrical potential) and the ohm (unit of electrical resistance).…

Ultra-thin materials twist light into optical vortices for faster data transmission

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-ultra-thin-materials-optical-vortices.html

Published: August 19, 2025 15:27

Imagine a whirlpool spinning in a river, or a tornado swirling through the sky. They don't just spin on the spot: they travel forward while maintaining that spiraling motion inside them. These twisting motions, called vortices, are powerful and organized…

3D computational fluid dynamics illustrate badminton's 'spin serve' phenomenon

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-3d-fluid-dynamics-badminton-phenomenon.html

Published: August 19, 2025 11:00

One of the world's most popular sports, badminton is played by around 220 million people across the globe. As with other racket sports, a well-executed serve can establish a consequential advantage at the start of a rally.

Physicists create stable, 'breathing' solitons in settings without energy conservation

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-physicists-stable-solitons-energy.html

Published: August 19, 2025 10:33

Solitonic waves—waves that keep their shape and direction of motion for a long time—have intrigued physicists for almost two centuries. In real-world circumstances, these waves eventually die out due to energy loss. A team of UvA physicists have now…

LHCb collaboration observes ultra-rare baryon decay

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-lhcb-collaboration-ultra-rare-baryon.html

Published: August 19, 2025 10:10

Baryons, composite particles made up of three quarks bound together via the so-called strong force, make up the most visible matter and have thus been the focus of numerous physics studies. Studying the rare processes via which unstable baryons decay into…

Theoretical study reveals failure of key quark-gluon plasma probe in low-energy region

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-theoretical-reveals-failure-key-quark.html

Published: August 19, 2025 09:50

According to theoretical predictions, within a millionth of a second after the Big Bang, nucleons had not yet formed, and matter existed as a hot, dense "soup" composed of freely moving quarks and gluons. This state of matter is known as quark-gluon plasma…

Engineers create new class of quantum sensors to detect faint molecular vibrations

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-class-quantum-sensors-faint-molecular.html

Published: August 18, 2025 12:37

A team of Johns Hopkins engineers has developed a new, more powerful method to observe molecular vibrations, an advance that could have far-reaching implications for early disease detection.

A smart accelerator for qubits: Spin-orbit approach boosts both speed and stability

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-smart-qubits-orbit-approach-boosts.html

Published: August 18, 2025 11:19

There are high hopes for quantum computers: they are supposed to perform specific calculations much faster than current supercomputers and, therefore, solve scientific and practical problems that are insurmountable for ordinary computers. The centerpiece…

Sensing single ballistic electrons: High-speed method tracks fleeting quantum events

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-ballistic-electrons-high-method-tracks.html

Published: August 18, 2025 10:06

Researchers at NPL have reported a novel high-speed charge sensing method for ballistic electrons, a potentially useful technique in the fields of electron quantum optics, quantum electrical metrology, flying qubit technology, and signal sensing.

Elegant theory predicts the chaos created by bubbles

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-elegant-theory-chaos.html

Published: August 18, 2025 09:47

A team of international researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Johns Hopkins University and Duke University has discovered that a century-old theory describing turbulence in fluids also applies to a very bubbly problem: how…