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A memory chip just 10 atoms thick has been tested in a lab and integrated into conventional chips, demonstrating a technology ...

Trapping ultracold atoms with laser light let researchers magnify and then image the wave functions of atoms that were ...

Researchers have for the first time measured the true properties of individual MXene flakes—an exciting new nanomaterial with ...

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Nobel Prize winners showcase quantum tunnelling in macroscopic circuits, paving the way for quantum computing.

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Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for ...