Microsoft says its weird new particle could improve quantum computers
21 June 2023
Researchers at Microsoft say they have created elusive quasiparticles called Majorana zero modes – but scientists outside the company are sceptical
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Tiny robot could stop bleeding from inside the body using heat
20 June 2023
A centimetre-sized robot with a soft body and metallic scales inspired by pangolins can stop bleeding or destroy cells from inside the body using heat
Scandium superconducts at the highest temperature for a pure element
19 June 2023
Two independent teams of researchers found that putting the silvery metal scandium under extreme pressure makes it into a superconductor at a temperature higher than any other element on its own
Chemists have solved a decades-long problem of bonding beryllium
15 June 2023
Atoms of a metal don't like to bond with one another, but chemists have succeeded in forging a metallic bond between two beryllium atoms
IBM quantum computer beat a supercomputer in a head-to-head test
14 June 2023
Researchers at IBM pitted their 127-qubit Eagle quantum computer against a conventional supercomputer in a challenge to perform a complex calculation – and the quantum computer won
Couples collide with fewer people on walks than pairs of friends do
10 June 2023
An analysis of over 800 hours of footage from busy pedestrian areas in Japan found that pairs of people that share stronger social bonds are less likely to physically bump into other people walking
Wiggly worms and quantum objects follow surprisingly similar equations
10 June 2023
An equation developed to describe the motion of undulating animals and robots looks like the famous Schrödinger equation from quantum mechanics
Extremely cold drop of helium can be levitated forever
9 June 2023
A drop of very cold liquid helium can be made to float for an indefinitely long time using strong magnets and quantum effects
Sound-based quantum computers could be built using chip-sized device
8 June 2023
A chip-sized device can manipulate particles of sound in a way that mimics how particles of light are used in light-based quantum computers, opening the door for building sound-based quantum computers
Pneumatic computer uses pressure instead of electricity
2 June 2023
A computer chip made of glass and silicone holds liquids that move from one side of the chip to the other in reaction to pressure changes. This has been used to control and automate miniaturised biochemistry experiments
