Physics

Mystery of Spinning Atomic Fragments Solved at Last

Scientific American: For more than 40 years, a subatomic mystery has puzzled scientists: Why do the fragments of splitting atomic nuclei emerge spinning from the wreckage? Now researchers find these perplexing gyrations might be explained by an effect akin to what…

A Superconducting Qubit that Protects Itself

Physics: Today, noise poses one of the biggest challenges for quantum computation efforts. Be it in the form of dissipated heat, electromagnetic radiation, or something else, noise can disrupt fragile quantum superpositions and lead to errors. The jury is still…

Atomically Precise Sensors Could Detect Another Earth

IEEE Spectrum: Gazing into the dark and seemingly endless night sky above, people have long wondered: Is there another world like ours out there, somewhere? Thanks to new sensors that we and other astronomers are developing, our generation may be the…

Kagome graphene reveals exciting properties

Materials Today: Researchers around the world are searching for new synthetic materials with special properties such as superconductivity — that is, conducting electric current without resistance. These new substances are an important step in the development of highly energy-efficient electronics, and…