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13 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: October 2, 2026.
University of Chicago physicists found millions of electrons moving together slowly yet coherently in Fe5GeTe2, a result that contradicts theory and persists up to 100 kelvin.
HD 3167 b circles its star once a day, 154 light-years away, and is cooler on its day side than bare rock should be. That points to an atmosphere, and maybe a glimpse of what the newborn Earth looked like.
A University of Chicago team laid out the blueprint in PRX Quantum. Helium-3 is a fermion, which means it obeys the rules that keep particles from crowding into the same state, and the group hopes to have single atoms in optical tweezers within a year or two.
In Fe5GeTe2, a magnetic material only seven years old, electrons crawl collectively while staying quantum coherent up to 100 kelvin — behavior nobody predicted and which may be switchable with a laser.
A team from IBM and the University of Chicago used 70 error-protected logical qubits to run a sampling problem that leading classical methods cannot practically reproduce, then supplied statistical proof that the machine's output was accurate. Verification has been the missing piece in every prior quantum-advantage claim.
University of Chicago researchers discovered an elegant way to generate complex entangled quantum states without complicated hardware, potentially advancing quantum computing and sensing technologies.
A University of Chicago team showed that giving paired atoms opposite energy shifts can conjure complex entangled states using only standard lab tools and tunable lasers.
University of Chicago researchers have developed a surprisingly straightforward approach to generate complex entangled quantum states using common laboratory equipment.
University of Chicago researchers discover surprisingly straightforward method to generate complex entangled states without sophisticated hardware.
University of Chicago researchers discover surprisingly simple method to generate powerful quantum entanglement without complex hardware.
University of Chicago researchers have discovered a surprisingly straightforward way to generate powerful entangled quantum states using small atomic energy modifications, potentially advancing quantum computing and sensing technologies.
University of Chicago researchers discover that small changes to atomic energy levels can generate complex entangled states without complicated hardware.
Zeaxanthin, a plant-based compound found in vegetables and eye-health supplements, strengthens T cells and enhances immunotherapy treatments in promising new research.