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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

Sparks of Genius to Flashes of Idiocy: How to Solve AI’s ‘Jagged Intelligence’ Problem

We need to give models knowledge that anchors their behavior to the realities of our world. Modern AI chatbots can do amazing things, from writing research papers to composing Shakespearian sonnets about your cat. But amid the sparks of genius, there are flashes of idiocy. Time and again, the large language models, or LLMs, behind today’s generative AI tools make basic errors—from failing to solve basic high school math problems to stumbling over the rules of Connect Four.This instability has be

Putting sports stats to the test: Unpredictable play helps pick a winner in soccer

A comprehensive game plan and strategic tactics are critical to winning soccer, but how much does a team's unpredictability in moving the soccer ball around the pitch matter? In a new article published in PLOS One, an international team of researchers analyzed event data from top-tier association soccer competitions to provide insights into match analysis, player tactics and game strategy.

MIT-Royalty Pharma Faculty Founder Initiative supports biotech innovators

The MIT-Royalty Pharma Faculty Founder Initiative, recently renamed in recognition of a gift by Royalty Pharma, runs a two-year program that supports biotech innovators and faculty entrepreneurs interested in commercializing their solutions. The $3 million gift will support four years of the initiative.Over the course of two years, participants receive wide-ranging support to help advance and grow their biotech solutions into startups and companies ready for commercialization. This includes

James Webb reveals a barred spiral galaxy shockingly early in the Universe

Astronomers have spotted what may be one of the universe’s earliest barred spiral galaxies — a striking cosmic structure forming just 2 billion years after the Big Bang. The galaxy, COSMOS-74706, dates back about 11.5 billion years and contains a stellar bar, a bright, linear band of stars and gas stretching across its center, similar to the one in our own Milky Way.

Iron outperforms rare metals in stunning chemistry advance

Researchers at Nagoya University have created a more efficient iron-based photocatalyst that could reduce the need for rare and expensive metals in advanced chemistry. Unlike earlier designs, the new catalyst uses far fewer costly chiral ligands while still precisely controlling the three dimensional structure of molecules.

Scientists turn methane into medicine in stunning breakthrough

Scientists have unveiled a breakthrough way to turn natural gas—long burned as fuel—into valuable chemical building blocks for medicines and other high-demand products. By designing a clever iron-based catalyst powered by LED light, researchers managed to activate stubborn molecules like methane and transform them into complex compounds, even creating the hormone therapy drug dimestrol directly from methane for the first time.

Quantum computers go high-dimensional with a four-state photon gate

The collaboration of TU Wien with research groups in China has resulted in a crucial building block for a new kind of quantum ...

Breaking encryption with a quantum computer just got 10 times easier

The commonly used RSA encryption algorithm can now be cracked by a quantum computer with only 100,000 qubits, but the technical challenges to building such a machine remain numerous ...

World-first: Quantum-inspired optimization computer installed on mobile robot

Japanese firms Toshiba and MIRISE Technologies have demonstrated a breakthrough in autonomous mobility. The ...

Cracking encryption with a quantum computer just got 10x easier

A team at Google Quantum AI, led by researcher Craig Gidney, has shown that breaking RSA-2048 encryption could require roughly 20 times fewer physical qubits than previously estimated, collapsing the ...

John Lilic: Quantum computing threatens all classical cryptography by 2030, the dynamic quantum ecosystem reshapes finance, and investment is crucial for advanc…

Quantum computing's rapid evolution threatens to upend cryptographic security by 2030, urging immediate industry action.

Want to Invest in Quantum Computing? 2 Stocks That Are Great Buys Right Now

Quantum computing is still years away from becoming practical for mainstream use, but we're seeing incredible progress in the ...

Italian court suspends €47m quantum computing contract with IBM following tender process appeal

An Italian court has suspended a €47 million ($56m) contract between IBM and the University of Salerno for the delivery and ...

1 Top Quantum Computing Stock to Buy in 2026

Management says it could take five to 10 years before useful quantum computers emerge. Most quantum computing stocks are ...

Show HN: Quantumopt – GNN-based quantum circuit compiler (34% gate reduction)

I'm a CS student with no prior quantum computing background who built this in about a week.quantumopt uses a Graph Attention Network trained on 10,240 quantum circuits to predict optimization potential, then passes to Qiskit's transpiler for hardware-specific compilation targeting IBM Brisbane.Results on 41 real QASMbench circuits: - 34% average gate reduction - 28% average depth reduction - 0 circuits made worse - 82% GNN prediction accuracyHappy to answer questions about the GNN

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A lost moon may have created Titan and Saturn’s rings

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may have been born in a colossal cosmic crash. New research suggests Titan formed when two older moons slammed together hundreds of millions of years ago—an event so violent it reshaped Saturn’s entire moon system and may have indirectly sparked the formation of its iconic rings. Clues come from Titan’s unusual orbit, its surprisingly smooth surface, and the strange behavior of the tumbling moon Hyperion.

New engine uses the freezing cold of space to generate power at night

Engineers at UC Davis have built a remarkable device that creates power at night by tapping into something we rarely think about: the vast cold of outer space. Using a special type of Stirling engine, the system links the warmth of the ground to the freezing depths above us, generating mechanical energy simply from the natural temperature difference after sunset.

Green hydrogen has a hidden problem and scientists may have fixed it

Green hydrogen could be a game-changer for the clean energy transition—but right now, it’s too expensive and still relies on harmful “forever chemicals.” A new EU-backed project called SUPREME aims to fix that by reinventing how hydrogen is made. Led by the University of Southern Denmark with partners across Europe, researchers are developing a PFAS-free electrolysis system that slashes the use of rare metals like iridium and dramatically cuts costs.