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The World’s Largest Neutrino Detector Begins Operations Deep Underground

Neutrinos rank among the most mysterious particles in the standard model, largely because they are so elusive. Although around 400 trillion of them stream through every human body each second, produced mainly by the Sun, they almost never interact with ordinary matter—making them notoriously difficult to study. A Giant Leap in Detection To peel back […]

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China Launches World-First Quantum Computer Into Space

The competition for quantum supremacy has reached a new stage—this time extending into space. China unveiled its fastest quantum computer as another milestone marked the first launched into orbit on a SpaceX rocket. China’s newly unveiled model outperforms several of the world’s most powerful supercomputers. Using a photon-based architecture, the system performs complex computations exponentially

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Unicorn IQM Expands Quantum Computing Globally

Physics, Quantum Physics / Marcílio Santos

Finnish quantum computing company IQM has achieved unicorn status after a $300+ million Series B round led by cybersecurity-focused investor Ten Eleven Ventures. A spinout from academia, IQM develops both on-premise quantum computers and a complementary cloud platform. While it has clients in the APAC region and the U.S., its primary market is currently Europe.

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Nuclear Waste Could Become a Source of Tritium for Fusion Power

Material & Energy, Nuclear & Particles / Samilton Santos

A looming shortage of fuel for nuclear fusion may have an unexpected fix. A physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) suggests that tritium for fusion reactors could be generated using nuclear waste left over from fission plants. If fusion energy becomes practical, it could revolutionize power production, delivering virtually limitless electricity on demand. Yet,

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Physicists Used a Quantum Computer to Reverse the Flow of Time

Physics, Quantum Physics / Marcílio Santos

Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, working with colleagues in the U.S. and Switzerland, managed to revert a quantum computer’s state by a fraction of a second. They also estimated the probability of an electron in the vacuum of interstellar space spontaneously returning to a previous state in its own timeline. Lead

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Scientists Capture First Quantum Bit Made from Antimatter

Physics, Quantum Physics / Ana Manuel

For the first time, CERN researchers have examined an antimatter particle held in a quantum superposition—a state where its properties remain undecided. Although the quantum behavior of regular matter has been thoroughly explored and applied in qubits for quantum computing, this discovery has implications far beyond technology, potentially shedding light on why the universe exists

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Revealing the Planck time Limit Unlocks New Quantum Tech

Physics, Quantum Physics / Ana Manuel

A Japanese team observed “heavy fermions”—massive electrons—exhibiting quantum entanglement governed by Planckian time. This breakthrough, published in npj Quantum Materials, could lead to a new class of quantum computers using solid-state materials. Heavy fermions form when conduction electrons in a solid strongly interact with localized magnetic electrons, significantly increasing their effective mass. This interaction leads

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MIT Experiment Proves Einstein Was Wrong About Quantum Physics

Physics, Quantum Physics / Marcílio Santos

Major tech breakthroughs often stem from basic questions. MIT researchers have used modern tools to recreate a landmark physics experiment, showing that Einstein’s take on quantum physics was incorrect—a key step forward for quantum technology. Young’s Experiment Unveiled Light’s Dual Nature, but Quantum Mechanics Took It Further In 1801, Thomas Young’s double-slit experiment demonstrated that

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Unexplained Radio Signals Under Antarctic Ice Challenge Physics Norms

Physics, Theoretical Physics / Samilton Santos

It sounds like something out of science fiction, but scientists have picked up puzzling radio signals originating beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet—signals that don’t quite align with our current understanding of particle physics. ANITA’s Unexpected Discovery These strange pulses were initially detected between 2016 and 2018 by NASA’s Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA), a high-altitude experiment

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The World’s First Nuclear Explosion Created a Rare Form of Matter

Nuclear & Particles, Physics, Science / Samilton Santos

Eighty years ago, at 5:29 a.m. on July 16, 1945, a momentous and devastating event unfolded in the New Mexico desert. That morning, the U.S. Army conducted the Trinity test—the world’s first detonation of a nuclear bomb—using a plutonium-based implosion device nicknamed “the Gadget.” This unprecedented explosion marked the dawn of the nuclear age and

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