Category: 4. Physics

January 23, 2025• Physics 18, 16

Physicists have demonstrated a quantum machine that could reduce errors in quantum computers by ensuring that the qubits they use remain in their initial state before a calculation starts.

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January 23, 2025• Physics 18, s11

Roughing up the surfaces of particles in a colloidal system can smooth its transition into a glassy state.

For researchers studying the glass transition, a colloidal suspension sandwiched between…

January 22, 2025• Physics 18, s5

Noise is typically detrimental to quantum effects, but simulations suggest that it can boost entanglement under certain conditions.

In the quantum world, noise is usually seen as disruptive,…

January 22, 2025• Physics 18, 15

In one of his annus mirabilis papers, Einstein explained the photoelectric effect by considering light as a stream of energy quanta—which were later called photons.

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January 21, 2025• Physics 18, 14

Researchers predict that having extra sets of chromosomes can both speed up and slow down the evolution of an organism, depending on the organism’s “fitness landscape.”

January 21, 2025• Physics 18, s13

Powerful shock waves around magnetized neutron stars may be the source of mysterious radio bursts that are observed across the sky.

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January 17, 2025• Physics 18, 13

Measurements of grains flowing down an inclined plane have uncovered general principles that may help researchers model rockslides and other granular flows.

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January 17, 2025• Physics 18, 12

The experiment provided further proof of the reality of photons, yet Millikan didn’t accept their existence until later in his career.

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