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New Vienna Clock Drifts 1 Second Per 30 Million Years
Technology

New Vienna Clock Drifts 1 Second Per 30 Million Years

Physicists in Vienna built a prototype clock that keeps time using atomic nuclei instead of electrons — and it already rivals decades of atomic-clock engineering.

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UCF Finds Third Type of Magnetism for Future Computers
Technology

UCF Finds Third Type of Magnetism for Future Computers

Physicists confirmed altermagnetism in a layered cobalt material, a discovery that could let future chips use electron spin instead of charge.

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Giant Atoms Set 3 Records for Quantum Computers
Technology

Giant Atoms Set 3 Records for Quantum Computers

University of Stuttgart physicists trapped supersized Rydberg atoms at room temperature, breaking three world records without costly cooling.

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Kyoto Physicists Crack 25-Year Quantum Puzzle
Technology

Kyoto Physicists Crack 25-Year Quantum Puzzle

Researchers in Japan have found a way to measure a second major type of quantum entanglement for the first time, closing a 25-year gap and opening a new path toward practical quantum teleportation.

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2-Millisecond Chip Captures Sound's Quantum Jump
Science

2-Millisecond Chip Captures Sound's Quantum Jump

Stanford physicists tracked a single phonon vanish between energy states in real time, using a resonator that rings for 2 milliseconds — a scientific first.

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IBM's 70-Qubit Computer Solved What Supercomputers Can't
Technology

IBM's 70-Qubit Computer Solved What Supercomputers Can't

IBM and University of Chicago researchers completed a quantum calculation that top classical computers can't practically match, using 70 error-corrected qubits.

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Scientists Spot a Glueball: The Particle Made of Pure Force
Science

Scientists Spot a Glueball: The Particle Made of Pure Force

Researchers at Beijing's BESIII confirm strong evidence for the glueball — a particle made entirely of gluons, fulfilling a 50-year prediction of quantum physics.

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Superconductor Breakthrough: Nanoscale Trick Could Slash Electronics Energy Use
Science

Superconductor Breakthrough: Nanoscale Trick Could Slash Electronics Energy Use

Researchers at Chalmers used nanoscale ridges in the substrate to dramatically boost superconductivity in ultrathin films, opening a path to far more efficient electronics.

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Scientists Find 'On-Off Switch' for Superconductivity in Twisted Graphene
Technology

Scientists Find 'On-Off Switch' for Superconductivity in Twisted Graphene

An Ohio State team can flip superconductivity on and off in twisted bilayer graphene by tuning its surroundings — a step toward the long-sought goal of room-temperature electronics with zero energy loss.

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New Camera Captures Events Unfolding in Trillionths of a Second
Science

New Camera Captures Events Unfolding in Trillionths of a Second

Chinese researchers unveiled an imaging method that captures both brightness and structural change in a single shot at femtosecond speeds — opening a new window on ultrafast science.

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Astronomers Find the Universe's Most Pristine Star
Science

Astronomers Find the Universe's Most Pristine Star

A star with less than 0.005% of the Sun's metals has been discovered drifting into the Milky Way — offering a rare window into the universe's earliest era.

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Webb Telescope Discovers a Bizarre 'Sulfur World' — A Brand-New Type of Exoplanet
Science

Webb Telescope Discovers a Bizarre 'Sulfur World' — A Brand-New Type of Exoplanet

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified an entirely new class of exoplanet: a sulfur-drenched world with a molten interior, just 35 light-years from Earth.

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This 12-Year-Old Just Built a Nuclear Fusion Reactor in Texas — and May Break a World Record
Human Achievements

This 12-Year-Old Just Built a Nuclear Fusion Reactor in Texas — and May Break a World Record

Aiden MacMillan, a 12-year-old from Dallas, has achieved nuclear fusion with a homemade reactor — potentially making him the youngest person ever to accomplish the feat.

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Scientists Achieve First Long-Distance Quantum Internet Connection Between Cities
Technology

Scientists Achieve First Long-Distance Quantum Internet Connection Between Cities

Physicists have transmitted quantum-encrypted data between two cities 50 kilometers apart, marking a major milestone toward an unhackable internet.

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