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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
China moves AI brain implants from trials towards real-world use
<p>Nature, Published online: 19 May 2026; <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01468-x">doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01468-x</a></p>Chinese start-up firms are supercharging their efforts to develop algorithms for brain–computer interfaces that help people to walk and talk.
Quantum Q-Day could disrupt the world even sooner than AGI
Quantum Q-Day threatens encryption; organizations must prepare now.
Twisted WSe₂ reveals elusive charge-neutral quantum modes
Quantum materials, materials with properties that are influenced by the laws of quantum mechanics, have attracted ...
Tufts quantum information and quantum computing lab graduates final cohort of doctoral scholars
This spring marks the end of physics Professor Peter Love’s quantum information and quantum computing lab group’s time at ...
One of the Largest Physics Surveys Ever Finds No One Agrees on Anything
1,600 respondents answered 10 questions about central issues in physics, from the Big Bang to black holes, cosmic inflation, and quantum gravity. The results are…interesting.
Is consciousness more fundamental to reality than quantum physics?
The idea that everything that exists can be built from the bottom up has long held sway among physicists. Now, a new kind of science is under construction that centres conscious experience – and might unravel the universe’s biggest mysteries
Illinois Wesleyan University to Launch New Quantum Center
A private liberal arts college is reimagining quantum studies as a concentration, and a new facility will give students access to close faculty interactions and research opportunities leading to future job prospects.
Physicists Observe Strange Quantum Rotation Effect That Defies Intuition
Researchers discovered that atomic rotations inside a crystal can unexpectedly flip direction while still obeying the laws of angular momentum conservation.
A physicist's fresh look at the 'prisoner's dilemma' reveals hope for cooperation
The "prisoner's dilemma" is one of the most famous ideas in game theory. For decades, this game has been used to explain why selfishness often beats cooperation. In the prisoner's dilemma, two players can either cooperate or cheat. Cheating always seems to pay off more, so both players end up cheating and losing out even though working together would have given them the biggest reward.
Language development in the brain
The brain’s capacity to use and understand language expands rapidly in the first years of life, as babies start to make sense of the words they hear and eventually begin to piece together sentences of their own. The language-processing parts of the brain that make this possible continue to evolve in older children, as they expand their vocabularies and learn to use language more flexibly. MIT brain researchers have captured snapshots of the developing language-processing network in brain sc
The Fully Anesthetized Brain Can Still Track a Podcast
A new study challenges the idea that consciousness is necessary to make sense of language. Our brains keep on whirling long after we drift off to sleep.Each night, the hippocampus, a major hub for learning, replays experiences from the previous day and etches them into memory. And even in deep sleep, neurons in sensory regions of the brain spark with activity when they receive new stimuli, like sounds.This raises a provocative question: How much is consciousness required to make sense of the wor
Prototype sets record for optical quantum information technology
Chinese scientists have developed a programmable quantum computing prototype called Jiuzhang 4.0 that has set a new world record for optical quantum information technology, according to a study published May 13 in the journal Nature.
Twisted WSe₂ reveals elusive charge-neutral quantum modes
Quantum materials, materials with properties that are influenced by the laws of quantum mechanics, have attracted considerable attention over the past few decades. Their unique properties make these materials advantageous for the development of numerous cutting-edge technologies, including quantum computers, highly sensitive sensors and energy-efficient electronics.
Schrödinger’s clock: Time could tick faster and slower at the same time
Time might be even stranger than Einstein imagined. Physicists are now exploring the possibility that a single clock could exist in a quantum superposition, ticking both faster and slower at the same time — almost like Schrödinger’s cat being both alive and dead simultaneously. Using incredibly precise atomic clocks and cutting-edge quantum technologies, researchers believe they may soon be able to test this bizarre prediction in the lab for the first time.
Quantum Entanglement and W-State Dynamics
Quantum entanglement lies at the heart of quantum mechanics, describing non-classical correlations that arise when particles share a joint quantum state. While bipartite entanglement between two ...
Is it worth to study HPC and GPU programming?
I am going to do my Msc in Computer Science and I'll have to pick a specialization between Parallel Computing, Scientific Computing, Quantum Computing, Data Science, or Theoretical CS. Is HPC something thats worth taking courses in or is it something you'd learn later on when you're a senior engineer?
The “impossible” LED that could change everything
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have achieved what was once considered impossible by electrically powering insulating nanoparticles to create a completely new kind of LED. Using tiny organic “molecular antennas,” the team found a way to funnel energy into materials that normally cannot conduct electricity, producing ultra pure near infrared light with remarkable efficiency.
Scientists just unlocked a cheaper way to make clean hydrogen fuel
Researchers have developed a durable new catalyst that produces clean hydrogen without relying on expensive platinum metals. The breakthrough could make renewable hydrogen fuel cheaper, more efficient, and easier to scale for real-world energy use.
AI reveals the invisible magnetic chaos wasting energy inside electric motors
Electric vehicles are pushing scientists to tackle one of the biggest hidden energy drains inside electric motors: magnetic energy loss. Now, researchers in Japan have developed a powerful AI-driven physics model that can peer into the chaotic “maze-like” magnetic patterns inside motor materials and reveal how heat and microscopic magnetic structures trigger wasted energy.