Keywords: Materials science


Australian firm claims 3,000-fold quantum speedup over classical computing on real-world problem

Q-CTRL, an Australian quantum infrastructure software company, announced Tuesday that it has achieved what it describes as practical quantum advantage on a problem with direct commercial relevance, completing a materials science simulation in approximately two and a half minutes on IBM's 120-qubit......

MIT AI model suggests recipes for novel materials

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have unveiled DiffSyn, an AI model that proposes promising synthesis pathways for complex materials, tackling one of the most time-intensive bottlenecks in materials science. Detailed in a study published today in Nature Computational Science,......

Excitons outperform light in quantum materials engineering

Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in Floquet engineering, revealing that excitons quasiparticles formed within semiconductors can alter material properties far more effectively than light alone. This discovery paves the way for on-demand creation of exotic quantum materials. Scientists from the......

Scientists create first visible "time crystal" using smartphone display technology

Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have achieved a groundbreaking milestone in materials science by creating the first visible time crystal using liquid crystals similar to those found in smartphone screens. Published on September 4 in Nature Materials, the research reveals a phase of matter......