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Atom-thin tech replaces silicon in the world’s first 2D computer

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Published: June 12, 2025 03:17

In a bold challenge to silicon s long-held dominance in electronics, Penn State researchers have built the world s first working CMOS computer entirely from atom-thin 2D materials. Using molybdenum disulfide and tungsten diselenide, they fabricated over…

Scientists just took a big step toward the quantum internet

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Published: June 12, 2025 03:14

A team of Danish and German scientists has launched a major project to create new technology that could form the foundation of the future quantum internet. They re using a rare element called erbium along with silicon chips like the ones in our phones to…

Sun’s secret storms exposed: NASA's codex unveils a turbulent corona

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Published: June 12, 2025 00:13

NASA s CODEX experiment aboard the International Space Station is revealing the Sun like never before. Using advanced filters and a specialized coronagraph, CODEX has captured images showing that the solar wind streams of charged particles from the Sun is…

Astronomers just found a giant planet that shouldn’t exist

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/250611085304.htm

Published: June 11, 2025 08:53

Scientists have discovered a giant planet orbiting a tiny red dwarf star, something they believed wasn t even possible. The planet, TOI-6894b, is about the size of Saturn but orbits a star just a fifth the mass of our Sun. This challenges long-standing…

Clean energy, dirty secrets: Inside the corruption plaguing california’s solar market

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/250611083736.htm

Published: June 11, 2025 08:37

California s solar energy boom is often hailed as a green success story but a new study reveals a murkier reality beneath the sunlit panels. Researchers uncover seven distinct forms of corruption threatening the integrity of the state s clean energy…

From the andes to the beginning of time: Telescopes detect 13-billion-year-old signal

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/250611054148.htm

Published: June 11, 2025 05:41

Astronomers have pulled off an unprecedented feat: detecting ultra-faint light from the Big Bang using ground-based telescopes. This polarized light scattered by the universe's very first stars over 13 billion years ago offers a new lens into the Cosmic…

This mind-bending physics breakthrough could redefine timekeeping

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Published: June 11, 2025 05:41

By using a clever quantum approach that involves two "hands" on a clock one moving quickly and invisibly in the quantum world, the other more traditionally scientists have found a way to boost timekeeping precision dramatically. Even better, this trick…

Sand clouds and moon nurseries: Webb’s dazzling exoplanet reveal

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Published: June 10, 2025 11:24

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have captured breathtakingly detailed images of two giant exoplanets orbiting a distant sun-like star. These observations revealed sand-like silicate clouds in one planet s atmosphere and an unexpected disk…

AI sees through chaos—and reaches the edge of what physics allows

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Published: June 10, 2025 11:24

Scientists have uncovered how close we can get to perfect optical precision using AI, despite the physical limitations imposed by light itself. By combining physics theory with neural networks trained on distorted light patterns, they showed it's possible…

Sharper than lightning: Oxford’s one-in-6. 7-million quantum breakthrough

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/250610074301.htm

Published: June 10, 2025 07:43

Physicists at the University of Oxford have set a new global benchmark for the accuracy of controlling a single quantum bit, achieving the lowest-ever error rate for a quantum logic operation--just 0.000015%, or one error in 6.7 million operations. This…

Sun unleashes monster solar storm: Rare G4 alert issued for earth

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Published: June 10, 2025 07:42

A violent solar eruption on May 31 launched a coronal mass ejection (CME) hurtling toward Earth, triggering a rare G4-level geomagnetic storm alert. Captured in real-time by U.S. Naval Research Laboratory instruments, this cosmic blast has the potential to…

Scientists may have spotted a giant new planet forming

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/250610004044.htm

Published: June 10, 2025 00:40

A team of international astronomers has uncovered what may be a gas giant planet forming around a distant young star. Using the powerful Very Large Telescope in Chile, they captured dazzling near-infrared images of a spiral-armed disk, matching theoretical…

Planets may start forming before their stars are even done

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/250609121632.htm

Published: June 9, 2025 12:16

Planets may begin forming much earlier than scientists once believed during the final stages of a star s birth, not afterward. This bold new model, backed by simulations from researchers at SwRI, could solve a long-standing mystery: why so many exoplanet…

Photonic quantum chips are making AI smarter and greener

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/250608222002.htm

Published: June 8, 2025 22:20

A team of researchers has shown that even small-scale quantum computers can enhance machine learning performance, using a novel photonic quantum circuit. Their findings suggest that today s quantum technology isn t just experimental it can already…

Photons Collide in the Void: Quantum Simulation Creates Light Out of Nothing

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/250608072527.htm

Published: June 8, 2025 07:25

Physicists have managed to simulate a strange quantum phenomenon where light appears to arise from empty space a concept that until now has only existed in theory. Using cutting-edge simulations, researchers modeled how powerful lasers interact with the…

How outdated phones can power smart cities and save the seas

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/250608072443.htm

Published: June 8, 2025 07:24

In a world where over a billion smartphones are produced yearly, a team of researchers is flipping the script on electronic waste. Instead of tossing out older phones, they ve demonstrated a groundbreaking approach: turning outdated smartphones into micro…

This battery self-destructs: Biodegradable power inspired by "Mission: Impossible"

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/250607231828.htm

Published: June 7, 2025 23:18

Scientists at Binghamton University are bringing a sci-fi fantasy to life by developing tiny batteries that vanish after use inspired by Mission: Impossible. Led by Professor Seokheun Choi, the team is tackling one of the trickiest parts of biodegradable…

This “robot bird” flies at 45 mph through forests—With no GPS or light

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/250607103103.htm

Published: June 7, 2025 10:31

Unlike birds, which navigate unknown environments with remarkable speed and agility, drones typically rely on external guidance or pre-mapped routes. However, a groundbreaking development by Professor Fu Zhang and researchers from the Department of…

Scientists built a transistor that could leave silicon in the dust

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/250606231252.htm

Published: June 6, 2025 23:12

Shrinking silicon transistors have reached their physical limits, but a team from the University of Tokyo is rewriting the rules. They've created a cutting-edge transistor using gallium-doped indium oxide with a novel "gate-all-around" structure. By…

Scientists freeze quantum motion using ultrafast laser trick

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Published: June 5, 2025 16:27

Harvard and PSI scientists have managed to freeze normally fleeting quantum states in time, creating a pathway to control them using pure electronic tricks and laser precision.