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Scientists Find the Universe Has Multiple Ways of Manufacturing Black Holes

The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration has today released its latest catalog of gravitational-wave detections.

27 May 2026

Oxford Instruments to Supply Atomic Layer Etch Equipment to Rigetti Computing to Expand Advanced Quantum Fabrication Capabilities

Oxford Instruments is pleased to announce that Rigetti Computing has purchased a PlasmaPro 100 Cobra™ atomic layer etch (ALE) system, for dedicated fabrication of quantum devices, further enhancing its recently expanded quantum foundry.

From Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology 27 May 2026

Post-Starburst Galaxy Offers Insights into Evolutionary Pathways

A mysterious galaxy with a bright center and a face that suggests spiral structure but lacks visible spiral arms has been captured by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope.

19 May 2026

Magnetic Topological Materials Could Revolutionize Energy-Efficient Electronics

Imagine a laptop that remains cool, a phone capable of lasting for days on a single charge, or a memory chip engineered to retain data permanently even during power loss.

19 May 2026

UK Plays Leading Role as Landmark Mission Launches to Unlock Secrets of Earth’s Magnetic Shield

UK scientists and companies are at the heart of a pioneering mission, launched into orbit at 04:52 BST today (19 May), that will transform our understanding of how Earth is protected from the Sun.

19 May 2026

Researchers Bridge Nuclear Structure Theory and High-Energy Physics Through Neon Study

The quark-gluon plasma existed at the beginning of the universe. Physicists are searching for signs that even the smallest high-energy nuclear collisions can create the QGP.

14 May 2026

Gravitational Wave Detectors Can Now ‘Auto-Tune’ Their Signals

When a gravitational wave passes through the Earth, the LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA detectors are ready to detect it, but their sensitivity depends on many factors and it is possible that one of them may not be operating at full capacity at that moment.

13 May 2026

Photonic Inc. Closes Investment Round with over $200 M USD ($275 M CAD)

Photonic Inc., a global leader in distributed quantum computing, today announced the final close of over $200 M USD ($275 M CAD) in investment, giving the company a $2 B USD ($2.7 B CAD) post-money valuation.

From Photonic Inc. 13 May 2026

Supermassive Black Hole "Blowtorches" Shut Down Early Universe Star Formation

A team at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory, led by Weizhe Liu and Xiaohui Fan, reported in Nature that they have discovered an unprecedented number of extraordinarily powerful and fast galactic "winds" streaming from quasars just one billion years after the Big Bang (the universe is currently 13.8 billion years old).

11 May 2026

New Graphene Transistor Modulates Spin Signal Using Magnetic Focusing Techniques

Scientists at The University of Manchester's National Graphene Institute have demonstrated that electrons in ultra-clean graphene may be precisely directed while retaining their spin information, a critical prerequisite for future low-power electronics and quantum technologies.

11 May 2026

Molecules Shed Light on Dark Matter

Dark matter particles could be mediators of the interaction between electrons and atomic nuclei, as shown by a study conducted by junior group leader, Dr. Konstantin Gaul, Dr. Lei Cong, and Professor Dr. Dmitry Budker, of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Helmoltz Institute Mainz (HIM) and the PRISMA++ Cluster of Excellence.

11 May 2026

Muon G-2 Collaboration with Strong Contribution from Mainz Wins Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

The Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, colloquially known as the “Oscar of Science”, goes to “Muon g-2”, a conglomerate of three international research collaborations that performed their groundbreaking measurements at the American Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) and the Brookhaven National Laboratory as well as CERN in Switzerland.

8 May 2026

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Scientists Find the Universe Has Multiple Ways of Manufacturing Black Holes

Oxford Instruments to Supply Atomic Layer Etch Equipment to Rigetti Computing to Expand Advanced Quantum Fabrication Capabilities

Post-Starburst Galaxy Offers Insights into Evolutionary Pathways

Magnetic Topological Materials Could Revolutionize Energy-Efficient Electronics

UK Plays Leading Role as Landmark Mission Launches to Unlock Secrets of Earth’s Magnetic Shield

Researchers Bridge Nuclear Structure Theory and High-Energy Physics Through Neon Study

Gravitational Wave Detectors Can Now ‘Auto-Tune’ Their Signals

Photonic Inc. Closes Investment Round with over $200 M USD ($275 M CAD)

Supermassive Black Hole "Blowtorches" Shut Down Early Universe Star Formation

New Graphene Transistor Modulates Spin Signal Using Magnetic Focusing Techniques

Molecules Shed Light on Dark Matter

Muon G-2 Collaboration with Strong Contribution from Mainz Wins Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Quantum Motion Raises $160 Million Series C to Deliver Quantum Computing’s “Transistor Moment”

JWST Uncovers Ancient Massive Galaxy Defying Galactic Rotation Models

Transforming Magnons Into Reliable Carriers for Low-Loss Hybrid Quantum Systems

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2Oxford Instruments to Supply Atomic Layer Etch Equipment to Rigetti Computing to Expand Advanced Quantum Fabrication Capabilities

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