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Scientists observe Einstein's gravity in the quantum world
An international team including Roger Penrose used ultracold atoms to directly measure gravity's effect on a falling quantum object for the first time.
Read full story →LZ Sees Surprising Result in Search for Dark Matter
The LZ dark matter detector recorded an unexplained nuclear recoil event that could be the most compelling hint yet of a heavy WIMP particle.
Read full story →Scientists just overturned a century-old physics assumption
Carnegie Mellon physicists showed the Hall effect can occur with an in-plane magnetic field, overturning a 147-year-old assumption about the phenomenon.
Read full story →New qubit architecture enables faster, more accurate operations
MIT's new 'arm qubit' splits data storage and coupling into separate components, enabling faster gates with lower error rates for future quantum computers.
Read full story →NASA's Hubble Tracks New Decagon Encircling Saturn's South Pole
Hubble spotted a giant 10-sided atmospheric wave forming around Saturn's south pole, the first such regular polygon jet pattern seen in that hemisphere.
Read full story →Dying radio galaxies fade faster than scientists expected
A newly identified population of young remnant radio galaxies shows that black hole jets can switch off and fade from view far faster than previously thought.
Read full story →Quantum oscillations defy expectations in this exotic material
Zirconium pentatelluride shows electron quantum oscillations that persist under extreme cold and high magnetic fields, defying conventional predictions.
Read full story →Surf's up: How the seafloor shapes breaking waves
Scripps researchers modeled how seafloor slope and wave height precisely control how ocean waves break, from thick overturning jets to gentle inclined breaks.
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