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DESI Completes Planned 3D Map of the Universe and Continues Exploring
DESI's five-year survey mapped 47 million galaxies and quasars — far exceeding its 34 million target — and hints that dark energy may evolve over time.
Read full story →Graphene just defied a fundamental law of physics
Electrons in ultra-clean graphene flow as a nearly frictionless quantum liquid, violating the Wiedemann-Franz law by over 200-fold at low temperatures.
Read full story →UC Irvine physicists discover method to reverse 'quantum scrambling'
Researchers found a precisely tuned intervention that can refocus quantum information scrambled across many qubits, exploiting the microscopic reversibility of quantum mechanics.
Read full story →Scientists Capture Superconductivity's 'Dancing Pairs' for First Time, Filling Gap in Decades-Old Theory
Scientists directly imaged electron pairs in a superconductor for the first time, revealing coordinated behavior among pairs not predicted by the 70-year-old BCS theory.
Read full story →Gravity Follows Newton's and Einstein's Rules, Even at Cosmic Scales
ACT and Sloan telescope data confirm gravity weakens with distance exactly as Newton and Einstein predict at cosmic scales, ruling out modified gravity theories.
Read full story →IonQ Achieves Key Photonic Interconnect Milestone, Demonstrating Networked Quantum Systems Using Entanglement
IonQ connected two independent trapped-ion quantum computers via photonic links and demonstrated entanglement between remote systems, a foundational step toward distributed quantum computing.
Read full story →Record-breaking photonics approach traps light on a chip for millions of cycles
An aluminum-coating nanofabrication technique enabled photonic microdisks with optical quality factors above one million, boosting nonlinear conversion efficiency 10,000-fold.
Read full story →Unlocking unusual superconductivity in a lightweight element
Penn State researchers engineered Ising-type superconductivity in gallium by sandwiching atomically thin gallium films between graphene and silicon carbide, sustaining it beyond conventional magnetic field limits.
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