Category: 4. Physics

January 16, 2025• Physics 18, s7

Researchers have built an optical clock using an array of trapped ions—an architecture that can be scaled up to boost the clock’s precision.

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Improving the precision of optical clocks depends on…

January 16, 2025• Physics 18, s8

Researchers find that two types of biological magnetic sensor can sense fields close to the quantum limit, a finding that could guide the design of lab-made devices.

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January 16, 2025• Physics 18, 11

Researchers predict the existence of a class of particles that behave differently from those already known.

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January 15, 2025• Physics 18, s4

A new model reveals that bursts of neural activity known as critical avalanches underlie the brain’s ability to respond consistently to stimuli.

According to the “critical brain hypothesis,” the…

January 15, 2025• Physics 18, 10

A cryogenic microscope reveals the atomic-scale processes that disrupt the charge-ordered state in a material as the temperature rises.

January 14, 2025• Physics 18, s9

Researchers have measured graphene’s plasmon spectrum using a novel electron-based spectroscopy technique.

Light-based instruments that probe electronic quasiparticles in few-atom-thick material…

January 14, 2025• Physics 18, 8

The discovery of an isotope, rutherfordium-252, whose ground state forestalls fission for just 60 nanoseconds, could help theorists understand the cosmic synthesis of superheavy elements.

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January 9, 2025• Physics 18, s3

A new method for fixing errors in quantum computations can be just as accurate as previous approaches while needing fewer resources.

In quantum computing, the inherent fragility of quantum bits, or…

January 9, 2025• Physics 18, 4

In a Salt Lake City museum, the Traveling Gallery of Fluid Motion invites visitors to connect art and science, as the famous Italian polymath did.

Andre Calado