/ en-us �鶹��Ժ internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: �鶹��Ժics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Quantum mechanics has a reputation that precedes it. Virtually everyone who has bumped up against the quantum realm, whether in a physics class, in the lab, or in popular science writing, is left thinking something like, "Now, that is really weird." For some, this translates to weird and wonderful. For others it is more like weird and disturbing. /news/2025-07-electron-magnetic-moment-state-values.html Quantum �鶹��Ժics Wed, 09 Jul 2025 09:20:39 EDT news671271633 When the Empire State Building was constructed, its 102 stories rose above midtown one piece at a time, with each individual element combining to become, for 40 years, the world's tallest building. Uptown at Columbia, Oleg Gang and his chemical engineering lab aren't building Art Deco architecture; their landmarks are incredibly small devices built from nanoscopic building blocks that arrange themselves. /news/2025-07-3d-material-dna.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Wed, 09 Jul 2025 06:48:05 EDT news671262482 Companies building next-generation products and breakthrough technologies are often limited by the physical constraints of traditional materials. In aerospace, defense, energy, and industrial tooling, pushing those constraints introduces possible failure points into the system, but companies don't have better options, given that producing new materials at scale involves multiyear timelines and huge expenses. /news/2025-07-platform-advanced-metals-scale.html Materials Science Thu, 03 Jul 2025 08:47:00 EDT news670751214 Researchers at the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) in Jena, Germany, together with international collaborators, have developed two complementary methods that could make quantum communication via fiber optics practical outside the lab. /news/2025-07-photon-bins-stability-quantum-communication.html Optics & Photonics Quantum �鶹��Ժics Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:02:21 EDT news670593734 Research led by the National Institute of Biological Sciences in Beijing has discovered that switching on a single dormant gene enables mice to regenerate ear tissue. /news/2025-06-silent-gene-revives-tissue-regeneration.html Biotechnology Molecular & Computational biology Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:50:07 EDT news670502862 Sarcopenia, which is a progressive and extensive decline in muscle mass and strength, is common with aging and is estimated to affect up to 50% of people aged 80 and older. It can lead to disability and injuries from falls and is associated with a lower quality of life and increased mortality. Apart from lifestyle changes, there is no current clinical treatment for sarcopenia. /news/2025-06-space-grown-muscle-tissues-reveal.html Space Exploration Thu, 26 Jun 2025 11:00:01 EDT news670137910 Optical biosensors use light waves as a probe to detect molecules, and are essential for precise medical diagnostics, personalized medicine, and environmental monitoring. /news/2025-06-scientists-illuminating-biosensor.html Optics & Photonics Quantum �鶹��Ժics Thu, 26 Jun 2025 07:05:18 EDT news670140313 Scientists at National Taiwan University have developed a new microfluidic system that can detect subtle chemical fingerprints from bacteria—helping to identify even antibiotic-resistant strains. This technology could help physicians quickly and accurately diagnose infections in hospitals. The study is published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics. /news/2025-06-microfluidic-quickly-accurately-bacteria-antibiotic.html Cell & Microbiology Biotechnology Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:56:03 EDT news670074961 Engineers at the University of California San Diego have achieved a long-sought milestone in photonics: creating tiny optical devices that are both highly sensitive and durable—two qualities that have long been considered fundamentally incompatible. /news/2025-06-sensitive-tough-photonic-devices-reality.html Optics & Photonics Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:41:51 EDT news670074102 Scientists from TU Delft (The Netherlands) have observed quantum spin currents in graphene for the first time without using magnetic fields. These currents are vital for spintronics, a faster and more energy-efficient alternative to electronics. This breakthrough, published in Nature Communications, marks an important step towards technologies like quantum computing and advanced memory devices. /news/2025-06-quantum-currents-graphene-external-magnetic.html Condensed Matter Quantum �鶹��Ժics Tue, 24 Jun 2025 11:44:03 EDT news669984241 Scientists across the world are working to make quantum technologies viable at scale—an achievement that requires a reliable way to generate qubits, or quantum bits, which are the fundamental units of information in quantum computing. /news/2025-06-defects-2d-material-quantum-bits.html Condensed Matter Quantum �鶹��Ժics Mon, 23 Jun 2025 14:51:04 EDT news669909061 Lower consumer spending and higher unemployment can make a recession seem like an inauspicious time to take a new product to market. /news/2025-06-product-recession-pay.html Economics & Business Thu, 19 Jun 2025 11:20:04 EDT news669550802 Imagine a computer that does not rely only on electronics but uses light to perform tasks faster and more efficiently. A collaboration between two research teams from Tampere University in Finland and Université Marie et Louis Pasteur in France have now demonstrated a novel way of processing information using light and optical fibers, opening up the possibility of building ultra-fast computers. The studies are published in Optics Letters and on the arXiv preprint server. /news/2025-06-based-optical-fibers-potential-ultra.html Optics & Photonics Wed, 18 Jun 2025 11:33:04 EDT news669465182 Researchers have published the demonstration of a fully-integrated single-chip microwave photonics system, combining optical and microwave signal processing on a single silicon chip. /news/2025-06-programmable-solution-higher-wireless-communication.html Optics & Photonics Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:16:03 EDT news668344561 MIT physicists have demonstrated a new form of magnetism that could one day be harnessed to build faster, denser, and less power-hungry "spintronic" memory chips. /news/2025-06-physicists-magnetism.html Condensed Matter Thu, 05 Jun 2025 09:12:04 EDT news668333521 Scientists at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland have developed a powerful new tool for finding the next generation of materials needed for large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computing. /news/2025-05-quantum-visualization-technique-ute-intrinsic.html Superconductivity Quantum �鶹��Ժics Thu, 29 May 2025 14:00:03 EDT news667660321 Blood vessels are like big-city highways; full of curves, branches, merges, and congestion. Yet for years, lab models replicated vessels like straight, simple roads. /news/2025-05-customizable-chips-mimic-real-life.html Cell & Microbiology Biotechnology Tue, 27 May 2025 16:20:03 EDT news667581601 Laser frequency combs are light sources that produce evenly spaced, sharp lines across the spectrum, resembling the teeth of a comb. They serve as precise rulers for measuring time and frequency, and have become essential tools in applications such as lidar, high-speed optical communications, and space navigation. Traditional frequency combs rely on large, lab-based lasers. However, recent advancements have led to the development of chip-scale soliton microcombs, which generate ultrashort pulses of light within microresonators. /news/2025-05-chip-scale-soliton-microcombs-femtosecond.html Optics & Photonics Wed, 21 May 2025 15:40:30 EDT news667060828 What if ultrafast pulses of light could operate computers at speeds a million times faster than today's best processors? A team of scientists, including researchers from the University of Arizona, are working to make that possible. /news/2025-05-world-petahertz-phototransistor-ambient-conditions.html Optics & Photonics Quantum �鶹��Ժics Mon, 19 May 2025 16:15:04 EDT news666890101 Researchers have developed a 3D micro-printed sensor for highly sensitive on-chip biosensing. The sensor, which is based on a polymer whispering-gallery-mode microlaser, opens new opportunities for developing high-performance, cost-effective lab-on-a-chip devices for early disease diagnosis. /news/2025-05-3d-microlaser-sensors-supercharged-biosensing.html Bio & Medicine Nanophysics Mon, 19 May 2025 13:38:04 EDT news666880681 Konstantin Vodopyanov, a professor at the College of Sciences and CREOL, the College of Optics and Photonics, recently co-authored a study published in the journal Optica. This research examines electro-optic sampling (EOS), a technique that advances fields such as quantum physics, molecular spectroscopy and biomedical sensing. /news/2025-05-electro-optic-sampling-insights-quantum.html Optics & Photonics Quantum �鶹��Ժics Thu, 15 May 2025 16:57:03 EDT news666547021 When two organisms live together so closely that they merge into a functional unit, this is known as symbiosis. In the "1+1=1" project, an international, interdisciplinary research team is investigating how synthetic symbiosis between microorganisms can be created in a targeted manner—and what this reveals about the formation of complex cell structures. /news/2025-05-paramecium-cyanobacterium.html Cell & Microbiology Biotechnology Mon, 12 May 2025 10:45:09 EDT news666265504 Researchers at the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology recently connected their campuses with an experimental quantum communications network using two optical fibers. In a new paper published in Optica Quantum, scientists describe the Rochester Quantum Network (RoQNET), which uses single photons to transmit information about 11 miles along fiber-optic lines at room temperature using optical wavelengths. /news/2025-05-photon-technology-powers-mile-quantum.html Optics & Photonics Quantum �鶹��Ժics Tue, 06 May 2025 11:39:03 EDT news665750341 Quantum technologies, which leverage quantum mechanical effects to process information, could outperform their classical counterparts in some complex and advanced tasks. The development and real-world deployment of these technologies partly relies on the ability to transfer information between different types of quantum systems effectively. /news/2025-05-microwave-optical-transducer-rare-earth.html Optics & Photonics Quantum �鶹��Ժics Tue, 06 May 2025 07:50:01 EDT news665412436 Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) are tackling one of the most complex challenges in the world of quantum information—how to create reliable, scalable networks that can connect quantum systems over distances. /news/2025-05-strategy-quantum-networks-stable-replenishing.html Quantum �鶹��Ժics Fri, 02 May 2025 11:32:03 EDT news665404321 Interdisciplinary teams across the Quantum Systems Accelerator (QSA) are using innovative approaches to push the boundaries of superconducting qubit technology, bridging the gap between today's NISQ (Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum) systems and future fault-tolerant systems capable of impactful science applications. /news/2025-05-superconducting-qubits-enable-quantum-simulations.html Quantum �鶹��Ժics Fri, 02 May 2025 03:00:01 EDT news665370816 Today, most of us carry a fairly powerful computer in our hand—a smartphone. But computers weren't always so portable. Since the 1980s, they have become smaller, lighter, and better equipped to store and process vast troves of data. Yet the silicon chips that power computers can only get so small. /news/2025-05-unique-molecule-smaller-efficient.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Thu, 01 May 2025 17:04:04 EDT news665337841 By adding a sound-mediated way to control light to the toolkit of light-based chips, University of Twente researchers have pushed the boundaries of the technology. This opens up the possibility of making atomic clocks small enough to fit in satellites and drones, helping them navigate without GPS. /news/2025-05-paves-gps-free.html Optics & Photonics Thu, 01 May 2025 11:20:01 EDT news665315726 In the future, quantum computers could rapidly simulate new materials or help scientists develop faster machine‐learning models, opening the door to many new possibilities. /news/2025-04-advance-fault-tolerant-quantum.html Optics & Photonics Quantum �鶹��Ժics Wed, 30 Apr 2025 05:00:01 EDT news665134397 Cranfield University spin-out company Frontier Space has sent a fully automated laboratory into orbit as part of a European Space Agency project to assess the viability of creating lab-grown food in microgravity. /news/2025-04-fully-automated-laboratory-orbit-food.html Space Exploration Fri, 25 Apr 2025 09:27:03 EDT news664792021