Researchers at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a groundbreaking method to measure temperatures using Rydberg atoms, offering a direct and calibration-free approach. This innovation has the potential to significantly impact various fields, including optical clocks and quantum mechanics. The system’s high sensitivity and accuracy make it an exciting development…
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Mathematicians have made a significant breakthrough in understanding the limitations of solving Diophantine equations, a fundamental problem in mathematics. Researchers have proven that there is no general algorithm to determine if a given Diophantine equation has a solution in certain number systems. This discovery sheds new light on the long-standing problem of Hilbert’s 10th problem…
A recent survey of Nature readers reveals a significant shift towards the social media platform Bluesky, with 70% of respondents using the platform. This surge in popularity is attributed to Bluesky’s more civil and informed conversations, as well as its lack of toxicity and misinformation. The platform’s user base has grown to over 27 million,…
Scientists have discovered evidence that rivers may have operated on a global scale around 3.5 billion years ago, providing the earliest known chemical evidence for the weathering of Earth’s continents and the delivery of nutrients from land to ocean. This finding pushes back the emergence of continental landmasses by about a billion years, giving insight…
Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has emerged as a potential challenger to U.S. AI companies, demonstrating breakthrough models that claim to offer performance comparable to leading offerings at a fraction of the cost. The company’s mobile app has topped the App Store charts, but doubts remain about the validity of its claims. Wall Street analysts are…
Researchers from Harbin Institute of Technology in China have developed a new approach to oil cleanup using a vortex-anchored filter (VAF) inspired by the anatomy of a deep-sea glass sponge. The VAF exhibits high mass transfer and hydrodynamic stability in cleaning up oil spills under turbulent flow, capturing more than 97% of floating, underwater, and…
CERN, Europe’s particle-physics laboratory, has introduced financial incentives for academic publishers to adopt open science policies. The initiative, part of the Open Science Mechanism, will score publishers based on their adoption of open-science practices, such as public peer review and data linking. Those with high scores will receive higher payments, while those with low scores…
A team of scientists has successfully developed a tiny neutrino detector that can measure antineutrinos streaming from a nuclear power plant in Leibstadt, Switzerland. This breakthrough has the potential to revolutionize the field of neutrino physics and could lead to the development of new technologies for monitoring nuclear reactors. The detector, made of germanium crystals,…
Physicists from the University of British Columbia have made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of quantum physics, unveiling an anomalous Hall crystal that exhibits the quantum Hall effect without the need for an external magnetic field. The team, led by Josh Folk, observed the effect in a stack of bilayer and trilayer graphene twisted…
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has been plunged into uncertainty after the Trump administration cancelled research-grant reviews, travel, and training for scientists. This move has sparked widespread concern among researchers, who fear that the freeze will hinder the agency’s mission and have a devastating impact on early-career scientists. The NIH’s $47 billion budget,…
