Mathematics

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20-Jan-2026

It started with a cat: How 100 years of quantum weirdness powers today’s tech

Texas A&M University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Physics pioneer Dr. Marlan Scully explores how century-old ideas are now lasers, quantum computers and detectors that can find ripples in spacetime.

Journal

Science

20-Jan-2026

Biomedical and life science articles by female researchers spend longer under review

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Women are underrepresented in academia, especially in STEMM fields, at top institutions, and in senior positions. This study analyzes millions of biomedical and life science articles, revealing that female-authored articles spend longer under review than comparable male-authored articles, across most fields.

Journal

PLOS Biology

19-Jan-2026

A resource-virtualized and hardware-aware quantum compilation framework for real quantum computing processors

Research
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The research team has innovatively developed the QSteed quantum compilation framework, which introduces quantum resource virtualization and a select-before-compile mechanism at the system level.

Journal

Research

Funder

Beijing Natural Science Foundation, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Innovation Program for Quantum Science and Technology, National Natural Science Foundation of China

19-Jan-2026

UCalgary researcher finds way to predict whirling disease with almost no data

University of Calgary
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study led by a University of Calgary researcher has come up with an AI-based early detection system for river-borne pathogens — including whirling disease in trout and salmon. The study was published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution in late December. 

Journal

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Funder

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Alberta Environment and Parks, Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute

15-Jan-2026

Efficient cooling method could enable chip-based trapped-ion quantum computers

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers demonstrated a new method of cooling trapped ions using chip-based systems, which could enable more stable and scalable quantum computers and quantum sensors.

Funder

DOE/US Department of Energy, U.S. National Science Foundation, MIT Center for Quantum Engineering, U.S. Department of Defense, MIT Rolf G. Locher Endowed Fellowship, MIT Frederick and Barbara Cronin Fellowship

14-Jan-2026

Neutral-atom arrays are a rapidly emerging quantum computing platform. These Columbia researchers know how to make the biggest arrays yet

Columbia University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Columbia researchers Sebastian Will and Nanfang Yu combine optical tweezers with metasurfaces to trap over 1,000 atoms—with the potential to capture hundreds of thousands more. 

Journal

Nature

Funder

U.S. National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, DOE/US Department of Energy, National Research Foundation of Korea, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

14-Jan-2026

Quality of life of parents of premature infants

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this systematic review and meta-analysis, parental quality of life was lowest during the premature infant’s hospitalization. A family-centered approach, with timely and tailored support from the neonatal intensive care unit through the postdischarge period, is essential to protect and promote parental well-being.

Journal

JAMA Network Open