Physicists weren’t sure why Moon rocks brought back during the Apollo missions are more strongly magnetized than models predict
Read article: Lunar magnetic field mystery may finally have an explanation
Low-power optical device achieves around 100 times amplification using just a couple of hundred milliwatts of input power
Read article: Compact optical amplifier is efficient enough for on-chip integration
The list of things that quantum features enable us to do just got a little longer
Read article: Physicists identify unexpected quantum advantage in a permutation parity task
Physicists in China have set the tightest constraint yet on a parameter known as axion-nucleon coupling
Read article: Long-distance quantum sensor network advances the search for dark matter
Integrating metamaterials into radiofrequency antennas improves image sharpness and enables faster data acquisition using existing MRI scanners
Read article: Metamaterial antennas enhance MR images of the eye and brain
Scientists at Microsoft Research tout a potential long-term alternative to standard digital archives
Read article: Laser-written glass plates could store data for thousands of years
Single-photon interferometry achieved over 1.5 km
Read article: Quantum memories could help make long-baseline optical astronomy a reality
Field-flipping event 40 million years ago in the Eocene epoch lasted 70,000 years
Read article: Ancient reversal of Earth’s magnetic field took an extraordinarily long time
Quantum fluctuations couple to stretching bonds
Read article: Dark optical cavity alters superconductivity
Mechanism could pave the way for more robust quantum computation, but questions remain over scalability
Read article: Read-out of Majorana qubits reveals their hidden nature
