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A writer explores the history of cold fusion, the controversy that followed a 1989 announcement, and how a philosopher and venture capitalists tried to remove taboos around related research topics. The evidence includes historical events, a past Nature paper, and ongoing physics research into exotic atoms, but no working cold fusion technology.
Quanta Magazine3 min read
Physics
Researchers successfully observed and manipulated specific energy transitions in single trapped nitrogen molecules. This is a single study reporting new observations in a laboratory setting.
Nature Communications2 min read
Physics
Researchers have introduced a new quantum similarity estimation algorithm and tested it on computer-generated images of ultra-cold atoms. The evidence comes from a single study with numerical simulations and public benchmark datasets.
Scientific Reports2 min read
Physics
Researchers created a new method that combines computer neural networks with physics rules to study the electronic states of complex clusters. This is a single study published in Nature Communications.
Nature Communications2 min read
Physics
NASA researchers developed and test-flew a new instrument called CASALS to map Earth's terrain and forests in continuous three dimensions. The evidence currently comes from a single airborne test flight, with plans for future improvements and flights before any potential space mission.
NASA3 min read
Physics
A new study reveals that changing the thickness of MoS2 layers changes the contact resistance with antimony in a non-monotonic way, reaching its lowest point at three layers. The evidence comes from laboratory-fabricated field-effect transistors tested in a single study.
PLOS ONE2 min read
Physics
Research groups presented new data on a rare particle transition that might not match current physics predictions. The evidence comes from a single conference presentation and remains far from conclusive.
CERN3 min read
Physics
Researchers have created a new framework to reduce noise in analogue quantum simulations. This is a single study published in Nature Communications.
Nature Communications2 min read
Physics
A physics professor from Brazil received a high international honor for his research contributions. The evidence is based on an official announcement and award selection.
Conexão UFRJ2 min read
Physics
Researchers developed a new way to perform operations on quantum bits while reducing errors caused by photon loss. The evidence comes from a single scientific study describing a specific hardware experiment.
Nature Communications2 min read
Physics
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics went to Francis Halzen for his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, which detected high-energy neutrinos from far beyond our Solar System. This article is CERN's congratulatory note, so it describes the prize and CERN's own neutrino work rather than the details of the discovery.
CERN3 min read
Physics
A team in China built an ultrathin filter from two stacked natural crystals, MoOCl2 and NbOCl2, that strongly separates left- and right-handed circularly polarized light, and showed it can work on top of an LED. The results come from lab devices made of tiny flakes, so it is not yet clear how easily they can be produced at scale.
Nature Communications3 min read