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16/11/2025

What happens when ⚛️ meets game theory 🎲? By applying the mathematics of game theory to quantum information, a team of researchers have showed that heat dissipation can be reduced in a quantum system as compared to a classical one. Their research suggests that there may be positive implications to using quantum computers in popular tools! Explore the possibilities here: https://ow.ly/F3J250XrNzH

15/11/2025

This just in: printing within fields could let scientists program matter itself! A novel technique known as Field-Assistive Additive Manufacturing integrates external fields into the additive manufacturing process, creating miniature devices whose physical, magnetic, or electrical properties can be designed on demand. It's like a 3D printer that builds shapes and programs their behavior! Learn more about this exciting discovery here: https://ow.ly/ktgc50XrMm5

14/11/2025

If you're reading this post on a smartphone, you already have everything you need to participate in this week's experiment! This fun and easy-to-implement activity explores the Fourier series using cell phone vibrations and the Phyphox app. Want to learn more? Check out this link: https://ow.ly/7foM50XqfvK

14/11/2025

Discover the North America Award articles in our category.

Including an article which reviews different types of —ceramics, polymers, and composites—and compares their strengths and weaknesses. It focuses on how these materials can be improved for better performance in and .
Published in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics by Mahpara Habib, Iza Lantgios and Katherine Hornbostel (University of Pittsburgh).

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13/11/2025

Today we wish a to Lene Hau, a Danish physicist and educator at Harvard University! Although Hau's training was in theoretical physics, she wanted to pursue experimental research to create a Bose-Einstein condensate but was rejected by the National Science foundation "on the grounds that she was a theorist for whom such experiments would be too difficult to do". Undeterred, she gained alternative funding and became one of the first physicists to create such a condensate. She then became the first person to stop light completely in 2001, using a Bose-Einstein concentrate to acheive this feat. Today we celebrate Hau and all who break down barriers to achieve their dreams.

12/11/2025

🌍 We were proud to be represented at ICAEAST 2025 — the International Conference on Engineering Advancements, Science and Technology — hosted by the Military Technological College الكلية العسكرية التقنية MTC in Muscat, Oman.

🎤 Anete Ashton of IOPP delivered an insightful talk, contributing to a dynamic exchange of publishing success ideas among engineers, scientists, and researchers from over 40 countries.

This prestigious three-day event brought together five specialised conferences under one roof, fostering global collaboration and innovation across academia and industry.

👏 Thank you to MTC and all participants for making ICAEAST 2025 a powerful platform for engineering excellence.

12/11/2025

in 1842, John William Strutt was born! This British physicist was awarded the 1904 in Physics "for his investigations of the densities of the most important gases and for his discovery of argon in connection with these studies". Rayleigh also provided the first theoretical treatment of the elastic scattering of light by particles much smaller than the light's wavelength, which notably explains why the sky is blue. Explore his work with a hands-on experiment investigating the Rayleigh scattering of a coffee solution: https://ow.ly/4l0G50Xqel0

12/11/2025

Quantum computing just got a little quieter. 🤫

Managing noise is one of the biggest challenges in scaling quantum systems. In this Research Highlight, Gregory Quiroz et al explore how combining decoherence-free subspaces with dynamical decoupling can significantly improve quantum state fidelity — by up to 23%.

It’s a clever approach that could make quantum computers more reliable, more scalable, and one step closer to practical use.

👉 Read the Research Highlight: https://physicsworld.com/a/decoherence-free-subspaces-for-scalable-quantum-error-management/?utm_campaign=Progress-In&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

Integrating decoherence-free subspaces with dynamical decoupling enhances quantum state fidelity, offering a practical route to more noise-resilient quantum computing

12/11/2025

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11/11/2025

Read our North America Award articles in our category!

Featuring research which confirms long-standing predictions about , including how many internal states they can have and the existence of a minimum energy gap. Published by Matthew Heydeman (Princeton University), and colleagues, in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical.

Plus, research on a new called which could be the first compact fusion device to achieve “breakeven” and beyond, meaning it produces more than it consumes—something researchers have been chasing for decades. Published by P. Rodriguez-Fernandez (MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center), and colleagues, in Nuclear Fusion.

🏆Find the two articles, plus more top cited papers, here: https://ow.ly/X4JW50X7IOc

11/11/2025

alert! A white dwarf star just revealed the chemical fingerprints of a long-lost planetary body, and it’s unlike anything we’ve seen before. Researchers detected 13 heavy elements in the atmosphere of LSPM J0207+3331, a 3-billion-year-old hydrogen-rich white dwarf. Learn more: https://ow.ly/jC5q50XnkKM

11/11/2025

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