There is a property of a quantum state called “magic.” As shown by the Gottesman-Knill theorem, so-called stabilizer states, which are composed of only Clifford gates, can be efficiently computed on a classical computer…

First Constraints from DAMIC-M on Sub-GeV Dark-Matter Particles Interacting with Electrons

Scientists have discovered a new class of defects in diamond that may be of use for quantum information processing and precise and remote temperature measurements within very small objects…

Evidence of Antineutrinos from Distant Reactors Using Pure Water

Fluctuation-induced current from freestanding graphene

Neural Importance Sampling for Rapid and Reliable Gravitational-Wave Inference

New mechanism proposed that can reverse the evolution of a quantum system

Study suggests if wormholes are real, they might magnify light by 100,000 times -- far more than is the case for black holes

Physicists nail down the most precise value yet of the electron magnetic moment

Mexican jumping beans exhibit diffusive motion: Mexican jumping beans use random walk strategy to find shade

Synchronous Observation of Bell Nonlocality and State-Dependent Contextuality

A laser-fusion scheme has achieved ignition—an important step on the road to energy production

Deep Underground Experiment Results Confirm Anomaly: Possible New Fundamental Physics

Researchers show that in the famous double-slit experiment, a neutron literally takes both possible paths simultaneously

Ghost of vector fields in compact stars

Lattice Gauge Equivariant Convolutional Neural Networks

Physicists make unexpected discovery: Black holes exert pressure [-2E-46bar] on the space around them

XENON1T Experiment May Have Detected Dark Energy

Quantum Mechanics of Gravitational Waves

Researchers analyzed the first ever detected black hole merger

A compact quantum-computer that fits in 19-inch server racks

20 years ago, a famous DAMA/LIBRA experiment potentially detected dark matter

Scientists are developing a way to easily manipulate and store light such that photons can be used on demand, a technique that may one day become integral in quantum-information transfer, fiber-optics and theories that remain untested due to light-based restrictions.

Physics without determinism: Alternative interpretations of classical physics

A new on-chip “wire” for sound promises phononic circuits for classical signal processing and cryogenic quantum systems.

X-rays can melt silicon in 100 fs - the time it takes light to travel the width of a human hair

Physicists create graphene circuit, prove that Brownian motion can do work

A new magnetic metamaterial allows "unprecedented focusing of magnetic fields in empty space and enables the remote cancellation of magnetic sources, opening an avenue for manipulating magnetic fields in inaccessible regions."

Gravitational Test beyond the First Post-Newtonian Order with the Shadow of the M87 Black Hole

Aalto University researchers have developed a black silicon photodetector that has reached above 130% efficiency in UV range without external amplification, breaking the theoretical one-photon–one-electron barrier known as the Shockley-Queisser limit

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