USTC researchers created a long-lived Schrödinger-cat state, boosting quantum metrology and precision measurements. Their ...

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To solve the Milky Way mystery, de Ruiter devised a method to identify radio pulses lasting seconds to minutes within the ...

Over the past decade, scientists have detected a puzzling phenomenon: radio pulses coming from within our Milky Way galaxy ...

Scientists have unlocked a way to read magnetic orientation at record-breaking speeds using terahertz radiation. Modern hard ...

D-Wave’s fresh claim that it has achieved “quantum advantage” has sparked criticism of the company—and of the scientific ...

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The Stellaris design described in Fusion Engineering and Design provides a maximum of 2.7 GW of fusion energy, resulting in ...