Quantum memories could help make long-baseline optical astronomy a reality
Single-photon interferometry achieved over 1.5 km
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Ancient reversal of Earth’s magnetic field took an extraordinarily long time
Field-flipping event 40 million years ago in the Eocene epoch lasted 70,000 years
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Dark optical cavity alters superconductivity
Quantum fluctuations couple to stretching bonds
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Read-out of Majorana qubits reveals their hidden nature
Mechanism could pave the way for more robust quantum computation, but questions remain over scalability
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Quantum-secure Internet expands to citywide scale
Device-independent quantum-encrypted keys distributed over 100 km
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Visible light paints patterns onto chiral antiferromagnets
New technique for manipulating domains helps pave the way towards antiferromagnetic data storage
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Wobbling gyroscopes could harvest energy from ocean waves
Design can be tuned to work at a wide range of wave frequencies
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Metallic material breaks 100-year thermal conductivity record
Transition metal nitride conducts heat nearly three times better than copper
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Nickel-enhanced biomaterial becomes stronger when wet
A biomaterial that increases its strength when in contact with water could provide a biodegradable alternative to plastics
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2D materials help spacecraft electronics resist radiation damage
Transistors based on atomically thin transition-metal dichalcogenides appear particularly robust
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