Dual-purpose qubit design could speed operations while cutting quantum errors
Researchers from MIT have designed a new qubit architecture that enables qubits to interact with each other much more quickly while remaining very stable.…
This advance could someday help scientists build practical quantum com…
Quantum control algorithm looks to explain how birds migrate
The hidden world of quantum mechanics exists at scales many orders of magnitude smaller than living organisms, yet scientists have long theorized that quantum effects play an important role in biology.…
Birds' ability to sense magnetic fields during migration is one of the…
New qubit architecture enables faster, more accurate operations
Researchers from MIT have designed a new qubit architecture that enables qubits to interact with each other much more quickly while remaining very stable.…
This advance could someday help scientists build practical quantum com…
Qubits, which are the building blocks of a quantum computer, usually o…
But qubits are so fragile and error-prone that it is difficult for sci…
Making superconductors thinner can change how they accommodate magnetic fields
What happens when a superconductor becomes so thin that electrons can no longer behave as if they were moving through an ordinary three-dimensional piece of metal?…
This question has been at the center of my recent work on quantum conf…
Over the past few years, I have been developing this line of theory wi…
Our initial goal was to understand something rather concrete: Why does…
Scientists observe Einstein's gravity in the quantum world
An international team including Nobel Prize-winning physicist Professor Sir Roger Penrose has observed a long-predicted effect of gravity on a falling quantum object for the first time.…
The result shows that a fundamental principle at the heart of Einstein…
The study, led by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, the University o…
Sorry, this neutrino laser won't work, physicists say
Neutrinos are pervasive yet intangible particles that permeate the universe, streaming through whole planets, stars and our bodies by the trillions each second.…
The elementary particles are often described as "ghostly" for their ne…
Physicists test the weak equivalence principle in an orbiting space station
The weak equivalence principle (WEP) is central to Einstein's general relativity.It posits that gravity must accelerate everything equally, regardless of what it is made from.…
For the first time, a team led by Ming-Sheng Zhan at the Wuhan Institu…
Temperature emerges as a control for topological properties of materials
Spin-orbit coupling (SOC), an interaction between an electron's spin and its motion, plays a key role in creating topological insulators—unusual materials that are insulating in their interior but can conduct electricity along their surfaces.
Ten-channel photonic interface links neutral-atom qubits in parallel
A research group in Japan has demonstrated a world-record 10-channel multiplexed quantum photonic interface based on an integrated waveguide array, a key technology for optically interconnecting multiple quantum computers.…
MIT Quantum Initiative launches postdoctoral fellowship program
The MIT Quantum Initiative (QMIT) has launched a new postdoctoral fellowship program to accelerate interdisciplinary quantum research and develop the next generation of scientific leaders working at the frontiers of quantum science and technology.…
Supported by a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the p…
As opportunities in quantum research expand, investing in outstanding …
These fellowships are designed to help cultivate the next generation o…
Carnegie Mellon University scientists have uncovered a new phenomenon that challenges a longstanding assumption about how electronic materials respond to magnetic fields.…
The discovery broadens the fundamental understanding of the Hall effec…
American science needs an executive branch constrained by checks and balances
Nature Physics, Published online: 28 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03414-0American science needs an executive branch constrained by checks and balances
New quantum computing method broadens spectroscopy of hard-to-model matter
Scientists could have a new way to explore the hidden behavior of matter, thanks to research involving Queen Mary University of London that uses a quantum computer to carry out a new form of computational spectroscopy.