
Physics
Imitation dark matter axions have arrived. They could reveal the real thing
A long-elusive, hypothetical subatomic particle called the axion can be simulated and potentially detected in a type of thin material.
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A long-elusive, hypothetical subatomic particle called the axion can be simulated and potentially detected in a type of thin material.
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Majorana qubits could be error resistant. But after a contentious talk at the Global Physics Summit, scientists aren’t convinced Microsoft has them.
Many scientists say “subcritical” experiments and computer simulations make nuclear weapons testing unnecessary.
A quantum processor solved a problem in 20 minutes that would take a supercomputer millions of years. A supercomputer then did a part of it in about 2 hours.
Chemists identify a single molecule that naturally tiles in nonrepeating patterns, which could help build materials with novel electronic properties.
The “Helmholtz resonator” concept explains the frequencies of sound produced by clapping the hands together in different configurations.
Biohybrid robots made with plant and fungal tissue are more sensitive to their surroundings.
Transforming the brain tissue to glass would have required an extremely hot and fast-moving ash cloud, lab experiments suggest.
The charge transferred when identical objects touch depends on their history, scientists find.
High-pressure experiments generated the first direct observation of plastic ice, which has qualities of both crystalline ice and liquid water.
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