Scientists have developed a new way to control quantum systems that can make their behavior appear more consistent with time moving backward rather than forward. The research, published in Physical Review X, introduces quantum control protocols that reshape a system’s “arrow of time,” the concept that time naturally moves in only one direction. The approach…
On July 4, 2012, scientists packed a large hall at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, also known as CERN, to hear the results of two experiments to find the Higgs boson, a particle so important in the realm of physics that it had been nicknamed “the God particle.” The detection of that elusive fundamental…
Physicists have used a machine learning approach to reveal unexpected details about how particles interact in complex systems. Their work focuses on non-reciprocal forces, where one particle influences another differently than it is influenced in return. The findings, published in PNAS, come from a collaboration between experimental and theoretical physicists at Emory University. By combining…
Those experiments seek to answer some of the biggest questions in science. These include learning how the Universe began and how it will end, finding the first ever signs of life on planets orbiting distant stars, detecting black holes that ripple space time, mapping newborn planets around distant stars and analysing their atmospheres for signs…
Shorouk Express Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email More than 700,000 GCSE physics students could be without a specialist teacher, a report has warned. The Institute of Physics (IOP) has called…
In a groundbreaking experiment, gold has defied the expectations that it was still solid even after being heated above the standard temperature. With the help of rapid laser bursts, the scientists could superheat gold beyond the entropy catastrophe, which is a theoretical boundary at which solids need to melt due to extreme heat. To the…
Nord Quantique promises quantum power without the bulk or energy drainTraditional HPC may fall if Nord’s speed and energy claims prove realCracking RSA-830 in an hour could transform cybersecurity forever A quantum computing startup has announced plans to develop a utility-scale quantum computer with more than 1,000 logical qubits by 2031. Nord Quantique has set…
