Artificial intelligence appears weightless — just code in the cloud, thinking at the speed of light. Yet behind that digital mist lies a heavy, physical world built from metal, electricity and heat.

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An international team of researchers has solved a long-standing puzzle in quantum physics by discovering an elusive ...

A University of Michigan-led team has discovered quantum oscillations within an insulator’s bulk, overturning conventional ...

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Penn State scientists have devised a new method to predict superconducting materials that could work at higher temperatures.

President Donald Trump took credit for winning the Nobel Prize in Physics, which was awarded this month to three scientists.

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Scientists have paved the way for next-generation quantum circuits by successfully making a semiconducting element commonly used in electrical devices ...

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Novel design strategies provide a step towards more efficient and stable perovskite–perovskite–silicon solar cells ...