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MIT engineers develop a magnetic transistor for more energy-efficient electronics

Transistors, the building blocks of modern electronics, are typically made of silicon. Because it’s a semiconductor, this material can control the flow of electricity in a circuit. But silicon has fundamental physical limits that restrict how compact and energy-efficient a transistor can be.MIT researchers have now replaced silicon with a magnetic semiconductor, creating a magnetic transistor that could enable smaller, faster, and more energy-efficient circuits. The material’s magnetism strongly

Your consciousness may emerge from a mysterious quantum field, radical new theory suggests

This interaction could help explain both why quantum processes can occur within environments like the brain and why we lose ...

Rigetti Stock Slips After a Delay. What the 108-Qubit System Means for RGTI

A delay in the general availability of Rigetti Computing's (NASDAQ:RGTI) 108-qubit Cepheus-1-108Q system pushed the stock ...

How should investors interpret Rigetti's 108-qubit roadmap update?

Rigetti Computing’s RGTI latest update on its 108-qubit Cepheus-1-108Q system reflects a deliberate shift toward performance ...

Scientists realize a three-qubit quantum register in a silicon photonic chip

Quantum technologies are highly promising devices that process, transfer or store information leveraging quantum mechanical ...

Scientists crack 3-qubit quantum register on a tiny silicon photonic chip

Quantum engineers have now demonstrated a fully controllable three‑qubit register on a silicon photonic chip, turning a ...

Trapping of single atoms in metasurface optical tweezer arrays

<p>Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09961-5">doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09961-5</a></p>Single strontium atoms are trapped in optical tweezer arrays generated via holographic metasurfaces, overcoming a critical barrier to realizing scalable neutral-atom quantum technologies.

Memories of items and their contexts are encoded by separate groups of human brain cells

<p>Nature, Published online: 14 January 2026; <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00016-x">doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00016-x</a></p>Human memory often needs to link specific items to the situation in which they feature. Brain recordings reveal that two distinct groups of neurons respond to stimuli and contextual information. These groups then cooperate to form flexible memories, rather than individual neurons encoding both signal types.

Quantum simulator reveals how vibrations steer energy flow in molecules

Researchers led by Rice University's Guido Pagano used a specialized quantum device to simulate a vibrating molecule and track how energy moves within it. The work, published Dec. 5 in Nature Communications, could improve understanding of basic mechanisms behind phenomena such as photosynthesis and solar energy conversion.

New state of matter discovered in a quantum material

At TU Wien, researchers have discovered a state in a quantum material that had previously been considered impossible. The definition of topological states should be generalized.

Chemists determine the structure of the fuzzy coat that surrounds Tau proteins

One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease is the clumping of proteins called Tau, which form tangled fibrils in the brain. The more severe the clumping, the more advanced the disease is.The Tau protein, which has also been linked to many other neurodegenerative diseases, is unstructured in its normal state, but in the pathological state it consists of a well-ordered rigid core surrounded by floppy segments. These disordered segments form a “fuzzy coat” that helps determine how Tau interacts wi

Quantum Acceleration For Frontier AI: Does It Cut The Cost Of Training?

Where, exactly, could quantum hardware reduce end-to-end training cost rather than merely improve asymptotic complexity on a ...

A new valve for quantum matter: Steering chiral fermions by geometry alone

A collaboration between Stuart Parkin's group at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle (Saale) and ...

Quantum-dot device can generate multiple frequency-entangled photons

Researchers have designed a new device that can efficiently create multiple frequency-entangled photons, a feat that cannot be achieved with today's optical devices. The new approach could open a path ...

Beyond AI: Quantum’s shockwave revolution is coming by 2030

Artificial intelligence is still remaking the global economy, but a second, deeper tremor is already building underneath it.

Quantum promises AI-level disruption. Don’t panic just yet.

There’s no guarantee quantum catches on once it moves beyond a research setting, UBS says. Here are four scenarios for the ...

MKS Inc. Unveils Photonics Solutions to Advance AI, Quantum, and Biotech at Photonics West 2026

ANDOVER, Mass., Jan. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MKS Inc. (NASDAQ: MKSI), a global provider of enabling technologies that transform our world, ...

Quantum cameras could remake space-based intelligence

Can quantum physics enable better, cheaper, faster satellite photos? In a month or two, a startup will test a “quantum camera ...

What does cybersecurity look like in the quantum age?

Quantum computers promise unprecedented computing speed and power that will advance both business and science. These same ...

Global first: Scientists teleport quantum information through active fiber-optic networks

You are watching a long-standing assumption in physics and engineering quietly fall apart. Researchers at Northwestern ...