A D-Wave CPU uses superconducting qubits, small loops of superconducting wire with a circulating electrical current and a corresponding magnetic field. The current could flow in either direction ...

A graduate research assistant at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama system, has published a paper in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics that builds on ...

There are trillions of charged particles—protons and electrons, the basic building blocks of matter—whizzing around above ...

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The judge who blocked President Trump's order to end birthright citizenship has put a 14-day restraining order in place while the Justice Department has vowed to "vigorously defend President Trump's ...

Avalon Park Fine and Performing Arts School Principal Takeshi James walks with students inside the magnet school on Jan. 9, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) “It’s going to be a new wave ...

it involves an unstable population of electrons spiralling in a planet’s magnetic field. These electrons emit radiation as they spin, and this radiation is amplified by wave–particle ...

In this week's science roundup from Short Wave, we discuss "chirps" of radiation from space, contagious urination among chimps, and the meltiness of vegan cheese.