World's most sensitive table-top experiment sets new limits on very high-frequency gravitational waves

The world's most sensitive table-top interferometric system—a miniature version of miles-long gravitational-wave detectors ...
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How the Physics Nobel Recognized Quantum Weirdness and Avoided Hype

The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2025 honors scaled-up quantum physics—while sidestepping controversies swirling around quantum ...

Michel Devoret, 2025 Physics Nobel laureate: 'I thought it was a prank. The quantum computer is not here yet'

Physicist Michel Devoret reflects on the skepticism that surrounded the early days of research on macroscopic quantum tunneling. This phenomenon earned him the Nobel Prize on Tuesday, alongside two ...

Researchers discover a hidden atomic order that persists in metals even after extreme processing

For decades, it's been known that subtle chemical patterns exist in metal alloys, but researchers thought they were too minor to matter—or that they got erased during manufacturing. However, recent ...

Jane Austen and theory of mind: how literary fiction sharpens your ‘mindreading’ skills

Our enjoyment of literature and fiction is rooted in theory of mind: the cognitive ability to attribute mental states ...
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The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics Goes to Researchers Who Showed Quantum Tunneling on a Chip

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work showing how bizarre microscopic quantum effects can infiltrate our large-scale, everyday world ...