Fermilab’s SQMS Center is on a mission to realize inherently scalable “qudit-based” quantum computing and quantum ...

Acoustic oscillations in M67 stars reveal a surprising plateau in frequency patterns, providing a new tool to probe stellar ...

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By adapting mathematical techniques used in particle physics, researchers in Germany have developed an approach that could ...

CP Snow’s classic The Two Cultures lecture, published in book form in 1959, is the usual go-to reference when exploring the divide between the sciences and humanities. It is a culture war that was ...

Waste biomass created by forestry work, crop production and wildfire mitigation is often simply burned, releasing the carbon ...

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Even if the Milky Way and Andromeda don’t collide in the next 10 billion years, though, that won’t be the end of the story.

Those goals are probably as insanely ambitious as they sound, which is why my day-to-day work is a mix of complexity economics, monetary theory and economic anthropology. I spend a lot of time ...

Scientists who switch research fields suffer a drop in the impact of their new work – a so-called “pivot penalty”. That is according to a new analysis of scientific papers and patents, which finds ...

Trips to synchrotron facilities could become a thing of the past for some researchers thanks to a new laboratory-scale ...

Oscillating conductance This measurement on the middle quantum dot shows how the bulk gap in the system can be created and removed. This control is important for the manipulation and protection of ...