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September 9, 2025

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Light-powered Chip Makes AI 100 Times More Efficient

Sep. 9, 2025 — Artificial intelligence is consuming enormous amounts of energy, but researchers at the University of Florida have built a chip that could change everything by using light instead of electricity for a core AI function. By etching microscopic lenses ...

Scientists Build Quantum Computers That Snap Together Like LEGO Bricks

Sep. 8, 2025 — Like LEGO for the quantum age, researchers have created modular superconducting qubits that can be linked with high fidelity. This design allows reconfiguration, upgrades, and scalability, marking a big step toward fault-tolerant quantum ...

Scientists Create Scalable Quantum Node Linking Light and Matter

Aug. 29, 2025 — Quantum scientists in Innsbruck have taken a major leap toward building the internet of the future. Using a string of calcium ions and finely tuned lasers, they created quantum nodes capable of generating streams of entangled photons with 92% ...

Caltech Breakthrough Makes Quantum Memory Last 30 Times Longer

Aug. 27, 2025 — While superconducting qubits are great at fast calculations, they struggle to store information for long periods. A team at Caltech has now developed a clever solution: converting quantum information into sound waves. By using a tiny device that ...

Scientists Turn Spin Loss Into Energy, Unlocking Ultra-low-power AI Chips

Aug. 25, 2025 — Scientists have discovered that electron spin loss, long considered waste, can instead drive magnetization switching in spintronic devices, boosting efficiency by up to three times. The scalable, semiconductor-friendly method could accelerate the ...

Scientists Discover Flaws That Make Electronics Faster, Smarter, and More Efficient

Aug. 24, 2025 — Defects in spintronic materials, once seen as limitations, may now be key to progress. Chinese researchers discovered that imperfections can enhance orbital currents, unlocking more efficient, ...

Why Tiny Bee Brains Could Hold the Key to Smarter AI

Aug. 24, 2025 — Researchers discovered that bees use flight movements to sharpen brain signals, enabling them to recognize patterns with remarkable accuracy. A digital model of their brain shows that this movement-based perception could revolutionize AI and ...

Tiny Quantum Dots Unlock the Future of Unbreakable Encryption

Aug. 23, 2025 — By using quantum dots and smart encryption protocols, researchers overcame a 40-year barrier in quantum communication, showing that secure networks don’t need perfect hardware to outperform today’s best ...

Scientists Discover Forgotten Particle That Could Unlock Quantum Computers

Aug. 23, 2025 — Scientists may have uncovered the missing piece of quantum computing by reviving a particle once dismissed as useless. This particle, called the neglecton, could give fragile quantum systems the full power they need by working alongside Ising ...

Scientists Just Cracked the Quantum Code Hidden in a Single Atom

Aug. 22, 2025 — A research team has created a quantum logic gate that uses fewer qubits by encoding them with the powerful GKP error-correction code. By entangling quantum vibrations inside a single atom, they achieved a milestone that could transform how quantum ...

This Simple Magnetic Trick Could Change Quantum Computing Forever

Aug. 16, 2025 — Researchers have unveiled a new quantum material that could make quantum computers much more stable by using magnetism to protect delicate qubits from environmental disturbances. Unlike traditional approaches that rely on rare spin-orbit ...

Cornell Researchers Build First ‘Microwave Brain’ on a Chip

Aug. 14, 2025 — Cornell engineers have built the first fully integrated “microwave brain” — a silicon microchip that can process ultrafast data and wireless signals at the same time, while using less than 200 milliwatts of power. Instead of digital steps, it ...

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AI Finds Hidden Safe Zones Inside a Fusion Reactor

Aug. 13, 2025 — Scientists have developed a lightning-fast AI tool called HEAT-ML that can spot hidden “safe zones” inside a fusion reactor where parts are protected from blistering plasma heat. Finding these ...

Scientists Just Cracked the Cryptographic Code Behind Quantum Supremacy

July 28, 2025 — Quantum computing may one day outperform classical machines in solving certain complex problems, but when and how this “quantum advantage” emerges has remained unclear. Now, researchers from ...

Harvard’s Ultra-Thin Chip Could Revolutionize Quantum Computing

July 25, 2025 — Researchers at Harvard have created a groundbreaking metasurface that can replace bulky and complex optical components used in quantum computing with a single, ultra-thin, nanostructured layer. This ...

One Small Qubit, One Giant Leap for Quantum Computing

July 24, 2025 — Aalto University physicists in Finland have set a new benchmark in quantum computing by achieving a record-breaking millisecond coherence in a transmon qubit — nearly doubling prior limits. This ...

This Tiny Metal Switches Magnetism Without Magnets — and Could Power the Future of Electronics

July 20, 2025 — Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have made a promising breakthrough in memory technology by using a nickel-tungsten alloy ...

This Magnetic Breakthrough Could Make AI 10x More Efficient

July 10, 2025 — A groundbreaking step in AI hardware efficiency comes from Germany, where scientists have engineered a vast spin waveguide network that processes information with far less energy. These spin waves ...

Scientists Discover the Moment AI Truly Understands Language

July 8, 2025 — Neural networks first treat sentences like puzzles solved by word order, but once they read enough, a tipping point sends them diving into word meaning instead—an abrupt “phase transition” ...

Scientists Just Simulated the “impossible” — Fault-Tolerant Quantum Code Cracked at Last

July 3, 2025 — A multinational team has cracked a long-standing barrier to reliable quantum computing by inventing an algorithm that lets ordinary computers ...

Quantum Computers Just Beat Classical Ones — Exponentially and Unconditionally

June 30, 2025 — A research team has achieved the holy grail of quantum computing: an exponential speedup that’s unconditional. By using clever error correction and ...

Quantum Breakthrough: ‘Magic States’ Now Easier, Faster, and Way Less Noisy

June 26, 2025 — Quantum computing just got a significant boost thanks to researchers at the University of Osaka, who developed a much more efficient way to create ...

Quantum Computers Just Got an Upgrade – and It’s 10× More Efficient

June 25, 2025 — Chalmers engineers built a pulse-driven qubit amplifier that’s ten times more efficient, stays cool, and safeguards quantum states—key for bigger, better quantum ...

Scientists Create ‘universal Translator’ for Quantum Tech

June 20, 2025 — Scientists at UBC have devised a chip-based device that acts as a "universal translator" for quantum computers, converting delicate microwave signals to optical ones and back with minimal ...

AI at Light Speed: How Glass Fibers Could Replace Silicon Brains

June 19, 2025 — Imagine supercomputers that think with light instead of electricity. That s the breakthrough two European research teams have made, demonstrating how intense laser pulses through ultra-thin glass ...

MIT's Tiny 5G Receiver Could Make Smart Devices Last Longer and Work Anywhere

June 20, 2025 — MIT scientists have built a tiny, ultra-efficient 5G receiver that can thrive in noisy wireless environments ideal for smartwatches, wearables, and sensors that need to sip power and still stay ...

Passive Cooling Breakthrough Could Slash Data Center Energy Use

June 14, 2025 — UC San Diego engineers have created a passive evaporative cooling membrane that could dramatically slash energy use in data centers. As demand for AI and cloud computing soars, traditional cooling ...

From Shortage to Supremacy: How Sandia and the CHIPS Act Aim to Reboot US Chip Power

June 18, 2025 — Once a global leader in chipmaking, the U.S. now lags behind. Sandia National Laboratories is spearheading a strategic comeback by joining a powerful new coalition the National Semiconductor ...

Quantum Dice: Scientists Harness True Randomness from Entangled Photons

June 22, 2025 — Scientists at NIST and the University of Colorado Boulder have created CURBy, a cutting-edge quantum randomness beacon that draws on the intrinsic unpredictability of quantum entanglement to produce ...

Atom-Thin Tech Replaces Silicon in the World’s First 2D Computer

June 12, 2025 — In a bold challenge to silicon s long-held dominance in electronics, Penn State researchers have built the world s first working CMOS computer entirely from atom-thin 2D materials. Using molybdenum ...

Scientists Just Took a Big Step Toward the Quantum Internet

June 12, 2025 — A team of Danish and German scientists has launched a major project to create new technology that could form the foundation of the future quantum internet. They re using a rare element called erbium ...

Sharper Than Lightning: Oxford’s One-in-6.7-Million Quantum Breakthrough

June 10, 2025 — Physicists at the University of Oxford have set a new global benchmark for the accuracy of controlling a single quantum bit, achieving the lowest-ever error rate for a quantum logic operation--just ...

AI Reveals Milky Way’s Black Hole Spins Near Top Speed

June 14, 2025 — AI has helped astronomers crack open some of the universe s best-kept secrets by analyzing massive datasets about black holes. Using over 12 million simulations powered by high-throughput computing, ...

Photonic Quantum Chips Are Making AI Smarter and Greener

June 8, 2025 — A team of researchers has shown that even small-scale quantum computers can enhance machine learning performance, using a novel photonic quantum circuit. Their findings suggest that today s quantum ...

AI Sees Through Chaos—and Reaches the Edge of What Physics Allows

June 10, 2025 — Scientists have uncovered how close we can get to perfect optical precision using AI, despite the physical limitations imposed by light itself. By combining physics theory with neural networks ...

Self-Powered Artificial Synapse Mimics Human Color Vision

June 2, 2025 — Despite advances in machine vision, processing visual data requires substantial computing resources and energy, limiting deployment in edge devices. Now, researchers from Japan have developed a ...

Engineers Develop Self-Healing Muscle for Robots

May 30, 2025 — Students recently unveiled their invention of a robotic actuator -- the 'muscle' that converts energy into a robot's physical movement -- that has the ability to detect punctures or ...

New Quantum Visualization Technique to Identify Materials for Next Generation Quantum Computing

May 29, 2025 — Scientists have developed a powerful new tool for finding the next generation of materials needed for large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computing. The significant breakthrough means that, for the ...

Mid-Air Transformation Helps Flying, Rolling Robot to Transition Smoothly

May 28, 2025 — Engineers have developed a real-life Transformer that has the 'brains' to morph in midair, allowing the drone-like robot to smoothly roll away and begin its ground operations without pause. ...

New 2D Quantum Sensor Breakthrough Offers New Opportunities for Magnetic Field Detection

May 28, 2025 — Physicists have unveiled a breakthrough in quantum sensing by demonstrating a 2D material as a versatile platform for next-generation nanoscale vectorial ...

A Chip With Natural Blood Vessels

May 27, 2025 — Miniature organs on a chip could allow us to do scientific studies with great precision, without having to resort to animal testing. The main problem, however, is that artificial tissue needs blood ...

Quantum Eyes on Energy Loss: Diamond Quantum Imaging for Next-Gen Power Electronics

May 23, 2025 — Diamond quantum sensors can be used to analyze the magnetization response of soft magnetic materials used in power electronics; report scientists based on collaborative research. Using a novel ...