基础科学新的暗能量数据表明，宇宙可能会以“大挤压”终结
来自主要暗能量观测站的新数据表明，宇宙可能不会永远膨胀下去。一位康奈尔大学的物理学家计算得出，宇宙正走向戏剧性的反转：在大约110亿年后达到最大尺寸后，它可能开始收缩，最终在大约200亿年后以"大挤压"告终。
阅读全文基础科学基础科学科学家确认磷链中的一维电子行为
研究人员首次证明，自组装磷链能够呈现真正的一维电子行为。通过运用先进的成像和光谱技术，他们分离了沿不同方向排列的磷链信号，揭示了其真实特性。研究结果表明，将磷链挤压得更紧密可能引发从半导体到金属的剧烈转变。这意味着仅通过调整密度就能解锁全新的电子态。
阅读全文基础科学那个惊人的简单缺陷可能削弱量子加密技术
量子密钥分发利用量子物理的奇异规则，通过即时检测窃听者来实现超安全通信。但如果发射器和接收器未能完美对准，即使最安全的量子链路也可能出现故障。研究人员现在深入研究了这一常被忽视的问题，构建了一个强大的新分析框架，以理解由振动、湍流或机械缺陷引起的微小光束偏移如何破坏安全密钥的生成。
阅读全文基础科学马约拉纳量子比特在量子计算突破中被解码
科学家开发出一种读取马约拉纳量子比特隐藏状态的新方法，这类量子比特通过成对抗噪声的量子模式存储信息。研究结果证实了其受保护特性，并显示出毫秒级的相干性，使构建强大量子计算机的目标更接近现实。
阅读全文基础科学Scientists capture elusive liquid carbon — a diamond in disguise
Scientists have, for the first time, successfully studied liquid carbon in the lab by combining a powerful high-performance laser with the European XFEL x-ray laser. The experiment captured fleeting nanosecond snapshots of carbon as it was compressed and
阅读全文基础科学Hubble just captured a glittering star cluster like no other
Hubble’s latest image captures a glittering star cluster inside the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy about 160,000 light-years from Earth. This region, known as N11, is one of the galaxy’s largest stellar nurseries where vast clouds of gas and dust
阅读全文基础科学Graphene just broke a fundamental law of physics
For the first time, scientists have observed electrons in graphene behaving like a nearly perfect quantum fluid, challenging a long-standing puzzle in physics. By creating ultra-clean samples, the team at IISc uncovered a surprising decoupling of heat and
阅读全文基础科学The real reason ice is slippery, revealed after 200 years
For centuries, people believed ice was slippery because pressure and friction melted a thin film of water. But new research from Saarland University reveals that this long-standing explanation is wrong. Instead, the slipperiness comes from the subtle inte
阅读全文基础科学NASA's Perseverance rover finds clues to ancient Mars chemistry and possible life
Mars’ Jezero Crater holds signs of ancient water and strange mineral reactions, some linked with organic compounds. With Perseverance’s samples and AI-refined mineral maps, scientists are closing in on whether Mars once had the chemistry needed for life.
阅读全文基础科学Hidden star systems in the Milky Way could unlock the secrets of dark matter
For centuries, scientists have puzzled over globular clusters, the dense star systems that orbit galaxies without dark matter. Using ultra-detailed simulations, researchers recreated their origins and unexpectedly revealed a new class of cosmic object tha
阅读全文基础科学Google's quantum computer creates exotic state once thought impossible
Physicists have achieved a breakthrough by using a 58-qubit quantum computer to create and observe a long-theorized but never-before-seen quantum phase of matter: a Floquet topologically ordered state. By harnessing rhythmic driving in these quantum syste
阅读全文基础科学New quantum breakthrough could transform teleportation and computing
Scientists have finally unlocked a way to identify the elusive W state of quantum entanglement, solving a decades-old problem and opening paths to quantum teleportation and advanced quantum technologies.
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