by Ingrid Fadelli | Feb 2, 2025 | General Physics, PHYS.ORG, Physics
Detecting dark matter, the elusive type of matter predicted to account for most of the universe’s mass, has so far proved to be very challenging. While physicists have not yet been able to determine what exactly this matter consists of, various large-scale...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Feb 2, 2025 | Condensed Matter, PHYS.ORG, Physics, Quantum Physics
Quantum computers have the potential of outperforming classical computers on some optimization and computational tasks. Compared to classical systems, however, quantum systems are more prone to errors, as they are more sensitive to noise and prone to so-called...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Feb 2, 2025 | Condensed Matter, PHYS.ORG, Physics, Soft Matter
Superionic materials are a class of materials that simultaneously present properties that are characteristic of solids and liquids. Essentially, a set of ions in these materials exhibits liquid-like mobility, even if the materials’ underlying atomic structure...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Feb 2, 2025 | Hi Tech & Innovation, Robotics, TECHXPLORE
Recent technological advances have opened new possibilities for the development of assistive and medical tools, including prosthetic limbs. While these limbs used to be hard objects with the same shape as limbs, prosthetics are now softer and look more realistic, with...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Feb 2, 2025 | PHYS.ORG, Physics, Quantum Physics
One of the key goals within the field of quantum computing is to achieve what is known as a quantum advantage. This term essentially describes the point after which a quantum computer can outperform a classical computer on a specific task or solve a problem that is...
