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Precision experiment puts pressure on quantum collapse theories
Quantum mechanics’ famous measurement problem — illustrated by Schrödinger’s cat — may be one step closer to an experimental answer. Using the ultra-sensitive XENONnT dark matter detector deep underground in Italy, an international team has placed the strongest constraints yet on “collapse models,” theories proposing that quantum superpositions spontaneously collapse due to interactions with a noise field or gravity.
4 days ago4 min read
Researchers measure giant light-conversion effect in chiral carbon nanotubes
A sheet of twisted carbon nanotubes has revealed a hidden talent scientists suspected for decades but had never managed to measure.
4 days ago3 min read
Honey-like Heat Flow: A New Heat Transport Regime Discovered in Ultrathin Semiconductors
Controlling heat flow is a major challenge for next-generation electronics and photonic devices. Now, an international team led by ICN2, UAB, TU/e, and McGill has discovered a completely new heat transport regime in ultrathin 2D semiconductors.
5 days ago3 min read
Making ‘light’ work of computing
Penn physicists led by Bo Zhen have created hybrid light-matter particles that interact strongly enough to compute, pointing toward ultrafast, low-energy optical AI hardware.
6 days ago2 min read
New nanotech tool decodes cell identity from sugar patterns on their surface
Scientists have developed “glycan atlassing,” a breakthrough super-resolution technique that maps the precise nanoscale architecture of sugars on cell surfaces. Published in Nature Nanotechnology, the method reveals that the spatial organization of glycans encodes critical information about cell state — opening powerful new possibilities for cancer diagnostics, stem cell research, and precision nanomedicine.
May 153 min read
Quantum geometry lens shines new light on solids
A new approach to looking at solids provides theoretical limits on some of their properties
May 152 min read
Researchers “reprogram” materials by quickly rearranging their atoms
A new method for precisely moving columns of individual atoms within a material could give rise to exotic quantum properties
May 145 min read
Powerful shrinking technique could enable devices that compute with light
MIT engineers have developed a way to generate 3D photonic devices with nanoscale features, by shrinking them after fabrication. In their new study, they created devices in a variety of shapes, including helices and a shape inspired by the wing of a butterfly.
May 144 min read
Forge Nano delivers semiconductor wafer fab equipment to leading fortune global 500 communications company for commercial photonics applications
Deployment expands Forge Nano’s position in advanced semiconductor manufacturing and photonics infrastructure markets DENVER, May 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Forge Nano, Inc., a leading U.S. based semiconductor equipment and advanced materials company pioneering Atomic Layer Deposition (“ALD”) technology for artificial intelligence (“AI”)-era chip manufacturing and defense battery applications, which has signed an agreement to merge with Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners II Co.
May 142 min read
O’Melveny Advises on First IPO of an AI Nano-Delivery Company in US$270 Million Hong Kong Chapter 18C Listing of Metis TechBio
HONG KONG—May 13, 2026—O’Melveny represented joint sponsors and other underwriters in the initial public offering and listing of Metis TechBio Co., Ltd. (“Metis TechBio”, 7666.HK) on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. Listed under Chapter 18C (Specialist Technology Companies) of the Hong Kong Listing Rules, Metis TechBio raised approximately HK$2.1 billion (approximately US$270 million), assuming the over-allotment option is not exercised. O’Melveny acted as H
May 132 min read
Manchester team steer electron spin ballistically in graphene
Researchers at The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute have shown that electrons in ultra-clean graphene can be steered with high precision while keeping their spin information intact, a key requirement for future low power electronics and quantum devices.
May 113 min read
Quantum metallurgy: Electron crystals deform and melt
Electrons can arrange into crystalline patterns that accumulate defects as they melt; controlling the degree of melting may advance superconductors and artificial neurons
May 115 min read
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