New classical simulation technique makes it practical to benchmark large-scale logical magic-state preparation protocols ...

Polarized X-rays from such an object could contain evidence of vacuum birefringence. (Courtesy: ESA) The first direct glimpse ...

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A new study conjectures that simple thermodynamics principles can predict the final state of a non-spinning binary black hole ...

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How Models and Probability Help us Make Sense of the Cosmos by Andrew H Jaffe All scientific inquiry involves some kind of uncertainty, but the uncertainties in cosmology are particularly daunting. As ...

Heat flows from hot objects to cold objects – or does it? Although unidirectional heat flow is a natural consequence of the ...

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Growing blood vessels MIT engineers are using mechanical stretching to control how artificial arteries sprout new capillaries. (Courtesy: Ritu Raman) Tissue engineering offers a means to restore, ...

Black holes are objects so dense that their gravitational pull prevents anything – even light – from escaping them. The “point of no return” of any object falling into a black hole is called the event ...