/ en-us Â鶹ÒùÔº internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Â鶹ÒùÔºics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Quantum computing is still in its early stages of development, but researchers have extensively explored its potential uses. A recent study conducted at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil proposed a hybrid quantum-classical model to support breast cancer diagnosis from medical images. /news/2025-10-combination-quantum-classical-early-diagnosis.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Wed, 01 Oct 2025 16:10:04 EDT news678553441 The terahertz (THz) band of the electromagnetic spectrum holds immense promise for next-generation technologies, including high-speed wireless communication, advanced encryption, and medical imaging. However, manipulating THz waves has long been a technical challenge, since these frequencies interact weakly with most natural materials. /news/2025-09-electrically-tunable-metasurface-real-thz.html Optics & Photonics Mon, 29 Sep 2025 12:21:04 EDT news678367261 Plasma is a state of matter that emerges when a gas is heated to sufficiently high temperatures, prompting some electrons to become free from atoms. This state of matter has been the focus of many astrophysical studies, as predictions suggest that it would be found in the proximity of various cosmological objects, including pulsars and black holes. /news/2025-09-3d-particle-cell-simulations-true.html Plasma Â鶹ÒùÔºics Fri, 26 Sep 2025 06:30:01 EDT news677325643 Researchers have built on past studies and introduced new methods to explore the nature and role of subsurface fluids, including water, in the instances and behaviors of earthquakes and volcanoes. Their study suggests that water, even heavy rainfall, can play a role in or even trigger seismic events. This could potentially lead to better early warning systems. /news/2025-09-supercritical-subsurface-fluids-window-world.html Earth Sciences Wed, 24 Sep 2025 05:00:02 EDT news677773990 New research has found that female crabs show significantly greater sensitivity to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) from underwater power cables than males, which transmit electricity from offshore installations including wind farms. /news/2025-09-female-crabs-sensitive-underwater-power.html Plants & Animals Ecology Tue, 23 Sep 2025 09:03:04 EDT news677836981 New UNSW research confirms that in the battle for survival, some animals win not with brawn, but with bling, putting to bed a debate that has puzzled generations of scientists. The study is published in the journal Ecology Letters. /news/2025-09-bling-brawn-animals-edge-game.html Evolution Ecology Fri, 19 Sep 2025 11:12:04 EDT news677499122 Dark matter is an elusive type of matter that does not emit, reflect or absorb light, yet is predicted to account for most of the universe's mass. As it cannot be detected and studied using conventional experimental techniques, the nature and composition of dark matter have not yet been uncovered. /news/2025-09-plasmon-effects-neutron-star-magnetospheres.html Astronomy Fri, 19 Sep 2025 10:10:32 EDT news677495428 While many plans for quantum computers transmit data using the particles of light known as photons, researchers from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) are turning to sound. /news/2025-09-tomorrow-quantum.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Thu, 18 Sep 2025 12:28:04 EDT news677417282 A recent Â鶹ÒùÔºical Review Letters publication presents a thorough analysis of MicroBooNE detector data, investigating the anomalous surplus of neutrino-like events detected by the preceding MiniBooNE experiment. /news/2025-09-microboone-detector-excludes-electron-neutrino.html General Â鶹ÒùÔºics Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:20:01 EDT news677340695 Quantum computing, an approach to deriving information that leverages quantum mechanical effects, relies on qubits, quantum units of information that can exist in superpositions of states. To effectively perform quantum computing, engineers and physicists need to be able to measure the state of qubits efficiently. /news/2025-09-device-amplifies-shielding-qubits-unwanted.html Superconductivity Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Wed, 17 Sep 2025 06:30:01 EDT news677245404 This is what fun looks like for a particular set of theoretical chemists driven to solve extremely difficult problems: Deciding whether the electromagnetic fields in molecular polaritons should be treated classically or quantum mechanically. /news/2025-09-principles-simulations-reveal-quantum-entanglement.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:10:04 EDT news677170985 Within our Milky Way galaxy, in the direction of the constellation Vulpecula, a cosmic "lighthouse" named PSR B1937+21 spins at an astonishing rate of 642 revolutions per second. It emits electromagnetic pulses that rival the precision of atomic clocks. /news/2025-09-ultra-wideband-radio-unravel-polarization.html Astronomy Mon, 08 Sep 2025 11:00:02 EDT news676548001 The existing bottleneck in efficiently miniaturizing components for quantum computers could be eased with the help of 3D printing. /news/2025-09-3d-micro-ion-quantum-tech.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Fri, 05 Sep 2025 08:47:38 EDT news676280851 Jupiter hosts the brightest and most spectacular auroras in the solar system. Near its poles, these shimmering lights offer a glimpse into how the planet interacts with the solar wind and moons swept by Jupiter's magnetic field. /news/2025-09-juno-auroral-signature-jupiter-largest.html Planetary Sciences Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:19:03 EDT news676127941 Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM) have developed a novel method for investigating the internal structure of atoms and discovered previously unknown atomic transitions in samarium, a rare earth element. Their findings were published in the journal Â鶹ÒùÔºical Review Applied. /news/2025-08-dual-spectroscopy-reveals-previously-unknown.html General Â鶹ÒùÔºics Optics & Photonics Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:21:03 EDT news675354061 With the help of innovative large-scale simulations on various supercomputers, physicists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have succeeded in gaining new insights into previously elusive aspects of the physics of strong interaction. /news/2025-08-simulations-reveal-pion-interaction-higgs.html General Â鶹ÒùÔºics Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:45:21 EDT news675081910 A qubit is the delicate, information-processing heart of a quantum device. In the coming decades, advances in quantum information are expected to give us computers with new, powerful capabilities and detectors that can pick up atomic-scale signals in medicine, navigation and more. The realization of such technologies depends on having reliable, long-lasting qubits. /news/2025-08-advanced-molecular-qubit.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:39:05 EDT news675077941 Astronomers from Seoul National University, South Korea and elsewhere report the detection of 62 new luminous quasars as part of the All-sky BRIght, Complete Quasar Survey (AllBRICQS). The discovery was detailed in a research paper published August 8 on the arXiv preprint server. /news/2025-08-astronomers-dozens-luminous-quasars.html Astronomy Tue, 19 Aug 2025 08:30:01 EDT news674750781 Dr. Seon Joon Kim and his team at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)'s Convergence Research Center for SEIF have developed a high-conductivity amphiphilic MXene material that can be dispersed in water, polar and nonpolar organic solvents. /news/2025-08-high-amphiphilic-mxene-dispersed-wide.html Nanomaterials Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:33:02 EDT news674739181 Â鶹ÒùÔºicists from the University of Copenhagen have begun using the gigantic magnetic fields of galaxy clusters to observe distant black holes in their search for an elusive particle that has stumped scientists for decades. /news/2025-08-intergalactic-mysterious-dark-particle-clever.html Astronomy Fri, 15 Aug 2025 08:53:04 EDT news674466781 Researchers at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge have demonstrated a new way to control radiation in the terahertz range—an often-overlooked part of the electromagnetic spectrum—with unprecedented dynamic range and speed. The findings could open the door to advanced technologies in communications, imaging, and sensing and mark major progress in the development of practical devices that operate in the terahertz range. /news/2025-08-graphene-capacitors-rapid-high-depth.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Fri, 15 Aug 2025 03:00:01 EDT news674445047 Interactions between atoms and molecules are facilitated by electromagnetic fields. The bigger the distance between the partners involved, the weaker these mutual interactions are. In order for the particles to be able to form natural chemical bonds, the distance between them must usually be approximately equal to their diameter. /news/2025-08-molecular-hybridization-quantum-vacuum.html Optics & Photonics Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Wed, 13 Aug 2025 12:06:03 EDT news674305561 Graphite has attracted global interest due to its unique anisotropic properties, including excellent electrical and thermal conductivity. Widely used as a battery anode material and in applications such as electromagnetic shielding, catalysis, and nuclear technology, graphite remains a critical material in both industrial and research fields. /news/2025-08-mirror-graphite-strength.html Nanomaterials Tue, 12 Aug 2025 09:41:02 EDT news674210457 In the past, chemists have used temperature, pressure, light, and other chemical ways to speed up or slow down chemical reactions. Now, researchers at the University of Rochester have developed a theory that explains a different way to control chemical reactions—one that doesn't rely on heat or light but instead on the quantum environment surrounding the molecules. /news/2025-08-theory-quantum-jigsaw-puzzle-chemical.html Analytical Chemistry Fri, 08 Aug 2025 11:20:01 EDT news673870516 The ability to detect single photons (the smallest energy packets constituting electromagnetic radiation) in the infrared range has become a pressing need across numerous fields, from medical imaging and astrophysics to emerging quantum technologies. In observational astronomy, for example, the light from distant celestial objects can be extremely faint and require exceptional sensitivity in the mid-infrared. /news/2025-08-bottleneck-photon-2d-materials.html Optics & Photonics Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:43:44 EDT news673796618 Microrobots formed in droplets could enable precision-targeted drug delivery, improving on I.V. drug delivery that sends only 0.7% of the drug to the target tissue, according to a recent study in Science Advances, conducted through simulations at the University of Michigan and experiments at the University of Oxford. /news/2025-07-microrobots-drugs-drug-delivery.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:57:13 EDT news673196227 Â鶹ÒùÔºicists at Bielefeld University and the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW Dresden) have developed a method to control atomically thin semiconductors using ultrashort light pulses. The study, published in Nature Communications, could pave the way for components that are controlled at unprecedented speeds directly by light—ushering in a new generation of optoelectronic devices. /news/2025-07-physicists-terahertz-electronic-properties-2d.html General Â鶹ÒùÔºics Thu, 24 Jul 2025 12:20:38 EDT news672578434 A team of astronomers from Rhodes University and elsewhere have investigated a sample of 104 quasars detected with the MeerKAT International GHz Tiered Extragalactic Exploration (MIGHTEE) survey. The new study, published July 16 on the pre-print server arXiv, could help us advance our knowledge about quasars and their properties. /news/2025-07-quasars-mightee-survey.html Astronomy Thu, 24 Jul 2025 08:00:01 EDT news672549587 In a breakthrough for antimatter research, the BASE collaboration at CERN has kept an antiproton—the antimatter counterpart of a proton—oscillating smoothly between two different quantum states for almost a minute while trapped. The achievement, reported in a paper published today in the journal Nature, marks the first demonstration of an antimatter quantum bit, or qubit, and paves the way for substantially improved comparisons between the behavior of matter and antimatter. /news/2025-07-antimatter-quantum-bit-paves-comparisons.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Wed, 23 Jul 2025 12:21:37 EDT news672492040 A University of Colorado Denver engineer is on the cusp of giving scientists a new tool that can help them turn sci-fi into reality. /news/2025-07-quantum-tool-gamma-ray-lasers.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Wed, 23 Jul 2025 09:10:05 EDT news672480271