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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
She memorized 200+ Taylor Swift songs: Now this 18-year-old Los Angeles girl has won $100,000 for her quantum physics research
An 18-year-old Los Angeles student Rachel Chen and devoted Taylor Swift fan has won $100,000 at the Regeneron Science Talent ...
Physicists Watched a Quantum Material Rebuild Itself Like Ice After Laser Blasts
Illustration showing the two phases (uniform blue stripes and subtle red stripes) in the material, plus the pump (red) and ...
Physics-aware benchmark reveals why similar materials AI models can predict thermal conductivity differently
Material properties such as sound insulation, resistance to extreme heat and thermal expansion originate from how the ...
Einstein's Gravity Passes New Quantum Test As Falling Atoms Reveal a Tiny Predicted Effect
A new experiment using ultracold rubidium atoms found that a quantum object in free fall behaves consistently with Einstein's ...
Unconventional quantum materials could dramatically boost the search for dark matter
For decades, physicists have searched for dark matter, the invisible substance thought to make up roughly 85% of all matter ...
Show HN: Maxxwell – The IDE for Optimal Tokenmaxxing
Hi HN! I’m Michael, one of the founders of Rindler (YC S26). We built Maxxwell, which helps you manage a dozen coding-agent sessions’ progress, context, and blockers. This lets you spend more time with the actual high-leverage decisions (and gives yo...
Has anybody burned out of tech like me, and done something else?
I turn 39 this month and have burned out of tech after my first full time role at 24. My last role Finished end of '23.I don't blame the industry.. I have been diagnosed with ADHD which ultimately led to me not being great at finishing stuf...
Show HN: ColliePWA a mobile interface for AI agents in herdr/tmux/zellij
Sharing the PWA[1] I built over the last couple of weeks to access my terminal sessions/agents when not in front of my computer. This started off as a weekend experiment right when herdr[2] (terminal multiplexer) released the functionality to wr...
Unconventional quantum materials could dramatically boost the search for dark matter
For decades, physicists have searched for dark matter, the invisible substance thought to make up roughly 85% of all matter in the universe. Although its gravitational influence shapes galaxies and the large-scale structure of the cosmos, dark matter...
Show HN: Intro-level book about quantum computing theory/hardware/applications
Hi HN - If you're anything like me, you've seen the occasional quantum computing posts here and skimmed through them, hoping that the comments would explain the significance (or lack thereof) of the results in question. I got to the point w...
Injectable nanodevices could provide effective treatment for drug-resistant glioblastoma
The brain cancer glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive and treatment-resistant cancers known to medicine, carrying a median survival of just 12-15 months, even with the best available care. Now, researchers at the MIT Media Lab have develop...
Drug-delivering particles aim to breach the blood–brain barrier
Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02655-6The inability to get drugs into the brain has impeded the treatment of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases for decades. Techniques based on nanoparticles and exosomes are vy...
A burst of “pink noise” may lead to more restorative sleep
During the day, waste products such as lactic acid and worn-out proteins build up in the brain. When we sleep at night, waves of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) help to wash away this waste, keeping the brain healthy.In a new study, MIT researchers have sh...
Layer-based design offers new route to topological magnets
Topological quantum materials combine unusual electronic states with properties such as magnetism or superconductivity, offering possibilities for future electronics and quantum technologies. Researchers at Tohoku University have now shown that chang...
Show HN; AGI brain project. Who wants to join in and help me?
Hello fellow traveller of the internet. I am sincerely glad you decided to click on my post to check out what I have in store!The short of my post is here; I have completed a vague blueprint and I have formed a few prototype scripts for various regio...
Could quantum protocols make electronic voting more secure?
Electronic voting, the use of electronic systems to cast, record or count votes, could potentially simplify the process of electing new political leaders or other representatives. While some countries have already started using internet-connected dev...
Have we found alien life? Hundreds of scientists weigh in
Two major alien-life announcements in 2025 generated enormous excitement, but most astrobiologists remained unconvinced. Only 6.6% of surveyed experts thought possible biological molecules on K2-18b probably represented extraterrestrial life, while 1...
OpenAI says 10,000 AI agents cracked one of math's hardest problems in 88 hours
OpenAI said Tuesday that one of its unreleased artificial intelligence models had solved a mathematical puzzle that has eluded mathematicians for generations, a claim that also drew a fight with rival researchers over credit.
IonQ launches Superion 256, a quantum computer built for volume production
Quantum chip developer IonQ Inc. today launched Superion 256, a 256-qubit quantum computer built around control chips made on ...