Levitating glass sphere becomes entangled with light at room temperature

Levitating glass sphere becomes entangled with light at room temperature
Inducing entanglement between a light field and a levitated nanosphere in an optical trap. Credit: Science (2026). DOI: 10.1126/science.aeh1375

Today, many physicists are actively exploring how light could be used to link objects through quantum entanglement. By fully harnessing the effect, they hope to unlock a wide array of applications, from secure communication networks spanning vast distances to sensitive new tests of the fundamental laws of physics.

Through new research published in Science, a team led by Francesco Marin at the University of Florence has taken an important step toward this goal by entangling the motion of a tiny levitating glass sphere with light, without needing to cool their experiment to ultralow temperatures.

Entangling light and mechanical oscillators
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Alcohol in space: Exotic methanol discovered in planet-building zones

Cosmic Cocktail: Exotic Methanol Discovered in Planet-Building Zones
COMPASS MPIfR. This composite image shows the Perseus molecular cloud, which is located about 1,000 light-years from Earth. A rare form of the organic alcohol methanol has been observed around at least one of the very young stars still embedded within it. This is the first time this molecule has been detected in space. Credit: Ekaterina Moerova / MPIfR; Background: NASA, CXC, SSC, NOAO, DSS; and 3D image of methanol from PubChem [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US), National Center for Biotechnology Information; 2004-. PubChem Compound Summary for CID 887, Methanol; [cited 2026 July 16]

An international team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), of which the U.S...

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Scientists may have found a “unifying theory” of chronic fatigue

A “Unifying Theory” of Chronic Fatigue
Long Covid, ME/CFS, PTSD, rheumatoid arthritis, and MS may all converge on shared biological pathways that help explain their debilitating chronic fatigue. Credit: Shutterstock

Scientists found that five seemingly unrelated conditions, including longCovid, ME/CFS, and PTSD, may disrupt many of the same biological networks involved in immunity, metabolism, and cellular energy. The findings could help explain their shared symptoms and may open the door to new blood tests and treatments.

Researchers at the University of East Anglia and Oxford BioDynamics have identified a possible biological connection that could help explain why profound exhaustion appears across conditions as different as long Covid and PTSD.

The new study, published in the Journal of Translational Medicine, point...

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Atom-thin material could overcome key transistor bottleneck for next-generation computer chips

Atom-thin material fills a missing piece for next-generation computer chips
Atom-thick layer of boron carbon nitride performs reliably as a transistor. Credit: Chien-Chih Tseng et al.

If computer chips could be built from semiconductors just one atom thick, they could pack far more transistors into a smaller space while using lesspower. So far, however, the technology has been held back by the weakness of “p-type” transistors, which make up half of every modern chip.

In a new study published in Nature, researchers led by Vincent Tung at the University of Tokyo have shown that atom-thin sheets of boron carbon nitride (BCN) could offer a promising solution.

Transistor bottleneck
Today’s chips rely on two types of transistors working in pairs. In “n-type” transistors, electric current is carried by negatively charged electrons...

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