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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
Why Bigger Quantum Chips Still Fail the Noise Test
Forget raw qubit counts—logical qubits, error correction, and stability are the real metrics driving the quantum computing ...
Scientists just broke a textbook rule of physics
Scientists have defied a long-standing rule of laser physics by generating X-rays with much higher energies than conventional theory predicts. The surprising discovery reveals how two electrons working together can overcome a previously accepted limi...
Meteors don't just burn up. What really happens is far more violent
Scientists have uncovered seven surprising stages that space rocks go through as they hurtle toward Earth, revealing that melting and violent fragmentation, rather than simple evaporation, determine their fate. The discovery could help explain why me...
Ask HN: What do you believe or not believe about AI?
There is quite opposing discourse on the internet as to whether AI is going to take everyone's job, or if we are witnessing one of the greatest pre-IPO PR jobs in history. Or both.I'm wondering what people smarter than me believe or don...
Request for Startups – "LLMs That Write Well" – Why?
Folks, I've been looking into LLMs creativity and writing style recently, expiriencing the common fructration there. The problem is obvious, but it doesn't seem to me that there is a merit for a startup/company. Solution seems to be a...
The phantom lighthouse: New research explains one of Australia's strangest illusions
There are two lighthouses on Lady Elliot Island, at the southernmost tip of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The first was built in 1873, but was decommissioned in 1995 when the second took over the job of warning ships off the reef. Visitors to the i...
First clear image of China's mysterious 'divine dragon' space plane revealed in US government report
A new U.S. intelligence agency report has seemingly released the first clear photograph of China's mysterious "dragon" space plane in orbit around Earth. The surprise snap reveals that the top-secret vehicle is very simila...
A single-molecule spin–photon interface
Nature, Published online: 28 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11147-6A triplet carbene molecule in a tailored crystal provides a stable single-molecule spin–photon interface with millisecond coherence, advancing chemically engineered molecular qu...
<i>Clostridium perfringens</i> Delta toxin targets CD9 to drive NEC and brain injury
Nature, Published online: 28 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11211-1A subset of necrotizing enterocolitis in infants is mediated specifically by the Clostridium perfringens Delta toxin.
The brain liquidates billions of mutant neurons around the time we’re born
Nature, Published online: 28 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03444-xFaulty neurons can contribute to various neurological conditions, but researchers have uncovered a system that might clean them up.
Narrow carbon pentaheptite nanoribbon as a covalent metal
Nature, Published online: 28 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11202-2Planar carbon pentaheptite nanoribbons are synthesized by laterally fusing polypentalene chains transformed from pre-synthesized polycyclooctadiene chains, suggesting a possible...
Quantum sensor loop design could improve magnetic measurements for medicine and communications
Adelaide University quantum engineers have found a new way to improve some of the world's most sensitive sensors of electromagnetic fields, a breakthrough that could help advance brain imaging, ...
Capturing the complete process of embryonic development
For decades, scientists have been able to look at individual moments in the development of an embryo: a snapshot of a developing brain, a picture of how the heart takes shape, or a glimpse of cells beginning to form the nervous system.But what if ins...
IonQ Wins AFRL Phase 2 Contract to Beam Quantum Entanglement Through Open Air to Drones
IonQ has received $7.5 million in AFRL Phase 2 funding to build open-air quantum entanglement links using ...
Rotating Magnet Could Switch Quantum Entanglement On and Off
A theoretical proposal shows that the Barnett effect in a rotating magnetic sphere can switch optical-microwave quantum ...
How the biggest Alzheimer’s risk gene disrupts the process of insulating neurons
One of the main ways that the APOE4 gene variant, the biggest genetic risk factor for late onset Alzheimer’s disease, undermines brain circuit function is by disrupting the process of insulating neurons with a fatty sheath that optimizes their electr...
When simulations fall short, this spectrometer learns for itself
An NMR spectrometer can reveal molecular structure down to the atomic level, but weak signals limit what it can see. Now, Aarhus University researchers have used AI to let the spectrometer learn the best pulse sequence directly from the sample.
The grand plan to transform psychiatry — by personalizing mental-health care
Nature, Published online: 28 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03391-7Could a blood sample, a brain scan and a look at your phone data transform how your psychiatrist treats you?
Slow-motion electron camera reveals light-driven quantum jumps in graphene
Using a new slow-motion electron camera, physicists from Regensburg, Marburg and Jülich revealed how intense electric fields drive electrons in graphene, causing them to jump across energy gaps in a seemingly paradoxical manner. This was made possibl...