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Universe may have resulted out of a ‘Big Bounce’, says Italian physicist Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli is an Italian theoretical physicist who has written several popular-science books. In his latest work, White Holes: Inside the Horizon, Rovelli explains the theoretical existence of white holes – the converse of black holes. The latter is believed to be the ultimate graveyard of all matter from which…

The Hindu · Nov 11, 2023

How quantum algorithms solve problems that classical computers can’t

Quantum computers solve difficult problems efficiently using quantum gates and quantum algorithms. Shor's algorithm is an example of a quantum algorithm that is more efficient than classical algorithms for factorisation. Grover's algorithm is another quantum algorithm that is more efficient for searching large lists. The Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm is an example…

The Hindu · Oct 15, 2023

New ‘quantum engine’ does work by flipping the identity of atoms

Physicists have created a ‘quantum engine’ to convert the energy difference between two quantum states - fermionic and bosonic - of some atoms into work. The device adapts the principles of a classical engine to subatomic realm, allowing physicists to study quantum thermodynamics with better control and to potentially better…

The Hindu · Oct 12, 2023

Gravity makes antimatter fall just like everything else: study

For the first time, scientists have observed antimatter particles falling downwards due to the effect of gravity

The Hindu · Sep 28, 2023

One of world’s greatest physics mysteries finally decoded

‘Right now, we don’t have an explanation about where all the antimatter in the universe is’

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023

Scientists find antimatter is subject to gravity

Tests at Cern refute suggestion that antigravity might apply to antimatter, showing instead it also falls downwards

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023

Einstein Was Right, Again: Antigravity Doesn’t Exist

In a new study, researchers prove Einstein right, that matter and antimatter are drawn toward each other — not pushed apart — by gravity. Antigravity no more.

Inverse · Sep 27, 2023

Observatory built to represent Einstein’s theory of relativity reopens in Germany

Einstein Turm (Einstein Tower) has undergone extensive renovations to preserve it for future generations

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2023

Quantum information science is rarely taught in high school – here's why that matters

The first time I heard about quantum information science, I was at a teacher development workshop in Canada in 2008.

The Conversation · Sep 11, 2023

LHC finds neutrinos

The world's largest particle collider still has much to teach us about the physical laws of the universe

Salon · Aug 31, 2023