Information could become the fifth state of matter alongside gas, plasma, liquid, and solid states. A scientist has proposed ...

How do scientists use the states of matter to create new inventions? Scientists care about the state of matter so they can explain why things happen or how to develop new uses. Meet a material ...

A researcher, Heikki Mäntysaari from the University of Jyväskylä (Finland), has been part of an international research group ...

For more than a century, physics has been built on two great theories. Einstein's general relativity explains gravity as the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Microsoft says its researchers have created a new quantum computer ...

At the edge of two exotic materials, scientists have discovered a new state of matter called a "quantum liquid crystal" that behaves unlike anything we've seen before. When a conductive Weyl semimetal ...

In a leap forward for quantum computing, a Microsoft team led by UC Santa Barbara physicists on Wednesday unveiled an eight-qubit topological quantum processor, the first of its kind. The chip, built ...

Supersolid light, a newly discovered phase of matter, represents a groundbreaking leap in our understanding of physics. This phenomenon combines properties of both solids and superfluids, resulting in ...

Microsoft’s new “topological qubit” is not based on a solid, liquid or gas. It is another phase of matter that many experts did not think was possible. Microsoft’s new quantum chip is based a new ...

Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip contains eight topological qubits. John Brecher for Microsoft While traditional computing currently relies on bits, quantum computing utilizes qubits—a unit of information ...

Microsoft on Wednesday announced Majorana 1, its first quantum computing chip. The achievement comes after the company spent nearly two decades of research in the field, but Microsoft claims that ...