A new study reveals that spinel, a vibrant and rare gem, can also be used as a qubit system. Spinels are a transparent gems that come in red, blue, black, lavender, white, yellow, and other colors.

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The gemstone spinel, known for its vibrant colors resembling gems like rubies and sapphires, has now been shown to be capable of storing quantum information, making it a viable material in the field ...

Anthropic reasoning can offer explanations for the amount of dark energy in our universe. In the late 1980s, physics Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg used this idea to propose that the observed ...

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Star formation in the early universe was a vigorous process that created gigantic stars. Called Population III stars, these giants were massive, extremely luminous stars that lived short lives ...

The rate of expansion, known as the Hubble constant (H0), has been a subject of debate for decades. While measurements from the Planck satellite, which studied the early Universe, indicated a certain ...

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Perhaps the most fascinating thing about Steven Soderbergh’s nearly-40-year film career is that he’s a genius without a masterpiece. He’s made some fantastic movies, and he’s never made a ...

Over the past 13.8 billion years, the universe has grown into a vast, intricate web of galaxies, stars, and cosmic structures. But according to new research, the way matter has spread out across ...

Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard and more have paid tribute to David Lynch, the visionary director behind “Twin Peaks” and “Blue Velvet” who died at 78 years old. “I loved David’s films. ...

Tributes quickly began pouring in from fans and colleagues, including fellow director Steven Spielberg, who cast Lynch in his 2022 film "The Fabelmans." Lynch portrayed director John Ford ...