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After 20 years, scientists finally shrink a powerful laser onto a chip
EPFL researchers integrated a femtosecond laser onto a photonic chip, matching tabletop performance after 20 years of effort. Published in Nature.
Read full story →Scientists discover a quantum effect that could eliminate batteries
Researchers discovered how to control the nonlinear Hall effect to convert AC to DC at room temperature, potentially enabling battery-free electronics powered by ambient energy.
Read full story →New discovery upends an 80-year-old theory of turbulence
University of Pittsburgh physicists reversed the direction of turbulent energy flow, overturning Kolmogorov's 1941 cascade theory using tensor geometry and electromagnetic experiments.
Read full story →A stellar "Rosetta stone" reveals the source of mysterious cosmic signals
ASKAP radio telescope identified the source of long-period radio transients: a white dwarf pulling material from a red dwarf companion, producing pulses every 1.4 hours.
Read full story →Scientists discover a hidden quantum world inside cobalt
Researchers found a rich network of topological electronic states inside cobalt, stable at room temperature, rewriting what was known about this common ferromagnetic metal.
Read full story →Scientists simulated a nuclear fireball and found a surprise in the fallout
LLNL recreated nuclear fireball conditions in a plasma flow reactor, finding that cooling dynamics during particle formation differ significantly from current fallout models.
Read full story →Scientists found a surprisingly simple way to create powerful quantum states
University of Chicago physicists showed that minor adjustments to atom energy levels in optical cavities generate highly entangled quantum states, eliminating the need for complex hardware.
Read full story →New light-powered chip could accelerate AI and quantum computing
Monash University scientists built a chip using valleytronics that generates, steers, and reads light-based quantum information in a single device, published in Nature Photonics.
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