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Optics & Photonics Sep 25, 2025

Quantum random number generator combines small size and high speed

Researchers have developed a chip-based quantum random number generator that provides high-speed, high-quality operation on a miniaturized platform. This advance could help move quantum random number generators closer to ...

Plants & Animals Sep 23, 2025

Birding by ear: How to learn the songs of nature's symphony with some simple techniques

Waking up to the dawn chorus of birds—one of the natural world's greatest symphonies—is a joy like no other. It is not surprising that bird-watching has become an increasingly popular hobby.

Optics & Photonics Sep 23, 2025

New relay architecture based on a quantum dot single-photon source enables secure communication across 300 km

Quantum technologies are systems that can compute data, sense their surrounding environment or perform other functions leveraging quantum mechanical effects. Connecting these technologies over long distances has so far proved ...

Cell & Microbiology Sep 18, 2025

Computational method cuts through the noise to bring clarity to single-cell analysis

The world of cells is surprisingly noisy. Each cell carries unique genetic information, but when we try to measure cellular activity, signals can be lost or blurred, and differences between experiments can further obscure ...

Superconductivity Sep 17, 2025

Single device amplifies signals while shielding qubits from unwanted noise

Quantum computing, an approach to deriving information that leverages quantum mechanical effects, relies on qubits, quantum units of information that can exist in superpositions of states. To effectively perform quantum computing, ...

General Physics Sep 11, 2025

From noise to power: A symmetric ratchet motor discovery

Vibrations are everywhere—from the hum of machinery to the rumble of transport systems. Usually, these random motions are wasted and dissipated without producing any usable work.

Quantum Physics Sep 10, 2025

In quantum sensing, what beats beating noise? Meeting noise halfway

Noise is annoying, whether you're trying to sleep or exploit the laws of quantum physics. Although noise from environmental disturbances will always be with us, a team including scientists at the National Institute of Standards ...

Astronomy Sep 9, 2025

AI tool helps astronomers find supernovae in a sky full of noise

A new AI-powered tool has reduced astronomers' workload by 85%—filtering through thousands of data alerts to identify the few genuine signals caused by supernovae (powerful explosions from dying stars). The findings are published ...

Mathematics Sep 9, 2025

What makes an opera singer stand out? New research decodes 'black box' of opera evaluation

Opera singers are admired for their powerful and expressive voices, achieved through years of rigorous training. In opera singing competitions, judges evaluate the performances of aspiring singers by assigning an overall ...

Astronomy Sep 9, 2025

Using pulsar accelerations to detect a dark matter sub-halo in the Milky Way for the first time

Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti, the Pei-Ling Chan Endowed Chair in the College of Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), and her team have posted a new paper to the arXiv preprint server that for the first time ...

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