Read article: Modelling the motion of confined crowds could help prevent crushing incidents
A new study of how dense human crowds move in confined spaces could help predict potentially life-threatening collective motions
Read article: Schrödinger’s cat states appear in the nuclear spin state of antimony
New finding will be important for applications in quantum information processing and quantum error correction
Read article: Bacterial ‘cables’ form a living gel in mucus
Finding could help treat bacterial infections in patients with cystic fibrosis, say biophysicists
Read article: Nanoparticles demonstrate new and unexpected mechanism of coronavirus disinfection
Titania nanoparticles damage enveloped viruses by directly binding with membrane phospholipids – a previously unknown mode of antiviral action
Read article: Organic photovoltaic solar cells could withstand harsh space environments
Study challenges long-standing belief that OPV devices systematically degrade when irradiated
Read article: Thousands of nuclear spins are entangled to create a quantum-dot qubit
Quantum feedback algorithm turns a problem into a solution
Read article: New class of quasiparticle appears in bilayer graphene
"Fractional excitons" form in 2D carbon structure at high magnetic fields
Read article: Quantum simulators deliver surprising insights into magnetic phase transitions
Independent studies used atomic and superconducting qubits
Read article: Supermassive black hole displays ‘unprecedented’ X-ray outbursts
Rapid X-ray oscillations detected near the innermost orbit of a supermassive black hole could indicate the presence of a nearby orbiter such as a white dwarf
Read article: Two-faced graphene nanoribbons could make the first purely carbon-based ferromagnets
New asymmetric structures have ferromagnetic states on a single zigzag edge
