Federico Levi
@fdlevi.bsky.social
Deputy Editor, physics, @nature.com. All views my own.
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Over at @naturepodcast.bsky.social we also made a super short vid on this year's physics Nobel Prize. Quantum phenomena at the macroscopic scale in two minutes... go! With me, and Ben Thompson & camera work by the fab @emzywb.bsky.social 🧪⚛️
www.youtube.com/shorts/krita...
www.youtube.com/shorts/krita...
October 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Over at @naturepodcast.bsky.social we also made a super short vid on this year's physics Nobel Prize. Quantum phenomena at the macroscopic scale in two minutes... go! With me, and Ben Thompson & camera work by the fab @emzywb.bsky.social 🧪⚛️
www.youtube.com/shorts/krita...
www.youtube.com/shorts/krita...
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John Martinis’ wife didn’t wake him in the middle of the night (California time) to tell him he had won a Nobel. “I got up a little bit before 6. Then I opened my computer and saw John and Michel’s and my pictures."
Story by @lizziegibney.bsky.social and me
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Story by @lizziegibney.bsky.social and me
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Groundbreaking quantum-tunnelling experiments win physics Nobel
John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis discovered quantum physics on a macroscopic scale, paving the way for quantum computing.
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October 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
John Martinis’ wife didn’t wake him in the middle of the night (California time) to tell him he had won a Nobel. “I got up a little bit before 6. Then I opened my computer and saw John and Michel’s and my pictures."
Story by @lizziegibney.bsky.social and me
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Story by @lizziegibney.bsky.social and me
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Very cool Nobel Prize this year. Quantum physics is (too) often reduced to the 100-year-old work of its pioneers. Back at @natphys.nature.com we celebrated experiments that took it from the 1920s to superconducting quantum computers www.nature.com/articles/s41... very much the spirit of this prize.
The ABC of cQED - Nature Physics
The combination of microwave photons with superconducting quantum circuits offers promise for quantum technologies and the fundamental study of quantum light–matter interactions. This month, a Focus issue explores this field of research.
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October 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Very cool Nobel Prize this year. Quantum physics is (too) often reduced to the 100-year-old work of its pioneers. Back at @natphys.nature.com we celebrated experiments that took it from the 1920s to superconducting quantum computers www.nature.com/articles/s41... very much the spirit of this prize.
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John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for demonstrating quantum physics on the macroscopic scale
go.nature.com/3WnEUhE
go.nature.com/3WnEUhE
Groundbreaking quantum-tunnelling experiments win physics Nobel
John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis discovered quantum physics on a macroscopic scale, paving the way for quantum computing.
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October 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for demonstrating quantum physics on the macroscopic scale
go.nature.com/3WnEUhE
go.nature.com/3WnEUhE
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John M. Martinis, Michel H. Devoret & John Clarke recount the history of their milestone discovery, which today won the Nobel Prize in Physics
go.nature.com/4gVswyS
go.nature.com/4gVswyS
Quantum Josephson junction circuits and the dawn of artificial atoms - Nature Physics
In 1985, experiments revealed the quantum behaviour of a macroscopic degree of freedom: the phase difference across a Josephson junction. The authors recount the history of this milestone for the development of superconducting quantum circuits.
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October 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
John M. Martinis, Michel H. Devoret & John Clarke recount the history of their milestone discovery, which today won the Nobel Prize in Physics
go.nature.com/4gVswyS
go.nature.com/4gVswyS
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BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit"
Stay tuned for more.
Stay tuned for more.
October 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit"
Stay tuned for more.
Stay tuned for more.
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Want to read a Comment by the three Nobel Laureates on quantum circuits?
Here it is: ($)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here it is: ($)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Quantum Josephson junction circuits and the dawn of artificial atoms - Nature Physics
In 1985, experiments revealed the quantum behaviour of a macroscopic degree of freedom: the phase difference across a Josephson junction. The authors recount the history of this milestone for the development of superconducting quantum circuits.
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October 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Want to read a Comment by the three Nobel Laureates on quantum circuits?
Here it is: ($)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here it is: ($)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Experiments reveal that high-energy plasma events in the Solar System and beyond might be driven by magnetic fluctuations and turbulence that happen on very small scales
go.nature.com/4fA62CT
go.nature.com/4fA62CT
Merging of magnetic plasma ‘flux ropes’ is driven by turbulence
Experiments reveal that high-energy plasma events in the Solar System and beyond might be driven by magnetic fluctuations and turbulence that happen on very small scales.
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August 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Experiments reveal that high-energy plasma events in the Solar System and beyond might be driven by magnetic fluctuations and turbulence that happen on very small scales
go.nature.com/4fA62CT
go.nature.com/4fA62CT
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Nature research paper: Direct observation of coherent elastic antineutrino–nucleus scattering
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go.nature.com/41oQprY
Direct observation of coherent elastic antineutrino–nucleus scattering - Nature
Direct observation of coherent elastic neutrino–nucleus scattering is reported using the data from the CONUS+ experiment in which the antineutrinos with energy less than 10 MeV are produced in a nuclear reactor.
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August 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Nature research paper: Direct observation of coherent elastic antineutrino–nucleus scattering
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go.nature.com/41oQprY
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This process could enable physicists to develop better ways of studying neutrinos
go.nature.com/41kNb8O
go.nature.com/41kNb8O
Observation of elusive interaction between neutrinos and atomic nuclei
Neutrinos are particles that are notoriously hard to detect, but observations of a process called coherent elastic neutrino–nucleus scattering could enable physicists to develop better ways of studying them.
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August 1, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This process could enable physicists to develop better ways of studying neutrinos
go.nature.com/41kNb8O
go.nature.com/41kNb8O
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My latest short video, made with help from @nickpetrichowe.bsky.social who spoke to the researchers who went down there for the @naturepodcast.bsky.social.
This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
July 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
My latest short video, made with help from @nickpetrichowe.bsky.social who spoke to the researchers who went down there for the @naturepodcast.bsky.social.
Reposted by Federico Levi
Ask a bunch of physicists to explain a quantum experiment and you’re unlikely to get the same description twice
go.nature.com/4lSDTJz
go.nature.com/4lSDTJz
Physicists should revel in the diversity of ways to understand quantum mechanics
Nature survey shows that disagreement about the meaning of quantum physics remains strong, even 100 years in. And that’s OK.
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July 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Ask a bunch of physicists to explain a quantum experiment and you’re unlikely to get the same description twice
go.nature.com/4lSDTJz
go.nature.com/4lSDTJz
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This year quantum physics turns 100, so @nature.com decided to conduct the biggest ever survey of what lies behind it. Do physicists really believe in multiple universes? Can influences happen instantaneously? Is the Copenhagen interpretation all it's cut out to be? ⚛️🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Physicists disagree wildly on what quantum mechanics says about reality, Nature survey shows
First major attempt to chart researchers’ views finds interpretations in conflict.
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July 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This year quantum physics turns 100, so @nature.com decided to conduct the biggest ever survey of what lies behind it. Do physicists really believe in multiple universes? Can influences happen instantaneously? Is the Copenhagen interpretation all it's cut out to be? ⚛️🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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A Nature survey shows how widely researchers disagree on what quantum mechanics says about reality.
Read the results - and find out what interpretation suits you - at this @nature.com article by @lizziegibney.bsky.social
A run-down of major findings: 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Read the results - and find out what interpretation suits you - at this @nature.com article by @lizziegibney.bsky.social
A run-down of major findings: 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Physicists disagree wildly on what quantum mechanics says about reality, Nature survey shows
First major attempt to chart researchers’ views finds interpretations in conflict.
www.nature.com
July 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A Nature survey shows how widely researchers disagree on what quantum mechanics says about reality.
Read the results - and find out what interpretation suits you - at this @nature.com article by @lizziegibney.bsky.social
A run-down of major findings: 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Read the results - and find out what interpretation suits you - at this @nature.com article by @lizziegibney.bsky.social
A run-down of major findings: 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Nature research paper: Observation of charge–parity symmetry breaking in baryon decays
go.nature.com/3UjDe7K
go.nature.com/3UjDe7K
Observation of charge–parity symmetry breaking in baryon decays - Nature
The LHCb experiment at CERN has observed significant asymmetries between the decay rates of the beauty baryon and its CP-conjugated antibaryon, thus demonstrating CP violation in baryon decays.
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July 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Nature research paper: Observation of charge–parity symmetry breaking in baryon decays
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go.nature.com/3UjDe7K
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Last week I was lucky enough to go to Heligoland for a massive quantum shindig.
I asked some incredible physicists & philosophers why we still can't agree on what quantum mechanics tells us about reality ⚛️🧪
[email protected], @gemmadlc.bsky.social & more
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QcN...
I asked some incredible physicists & philosophers why we still can't agree on what quantum mechanics tells us about reality ⚛️🧪
[email protected], @gemmadlc.bsky.social & more
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QcN...
Why quantum physicists are still arguing after 100 years
YouTube video by nature video
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June 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Last week I was lucky enough to go to Heligoland for a massive quantum shindig.
I asked some incredible physicists & philosophers why we still can't agree on what quantum mechanics tells us about reality ⚛️🧪
[email protected], @gemmadlc.bsky.social & more
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QcN...
I asked some incredible physicists & philosophers why we still can't agree on what quantum mechanics tells us about reality ⚛️🧪
[email protected], @gemmadlc.bsky.social & more
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QcN...
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Nature research paper: Traceable random numbers from a non-local quantum advantage
https://go.nature.com/3HDkBsy
https://go.nature.com/3HDkBsy
Traceable random numbers from a non-local quantum advantage - Nature
A study demonstrates a public generator of random numbers based on device-independent techniques, with the randomness being fully auditable and traceable.
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June 16, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Nature research paper: Traceable random numbers from a non-local quantum advantage
https://go.nature.com/3HDkBsy
https://go.nature.com/3HDkBsy
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Can one particle instantaneously affect another? Is nature truly random? And did Heisenberg also get seasick??
Some musings on my weird and wonderful week on the island of Heligoland ⚛️🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Some musings on my weird and wonderful week on the island of Heligoland ⚛️🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Happy birthday quantum mechanics! I got a ticket to the ultimate physics party
Nature reporter joins hundreds of physicists on a remote island to celebrate Heisenberg’s enlightening trip there 100 years ago.
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June 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Can one particle instantaneously affect another? Is nature truly random? And did Heisenberg also get seasick??
Some musings on my weird and wonderful week on the island of Heligoland ⚛️🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Some musings on my weird and wonderful week on the island of Heligoland ⚛️🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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A quantum random-number generator has been developed that uses classical cryptography to certify that its output was produced by a quantum process
https://go.nature.com/44eyTZm
https://go.nature.com/44eyTZm
Cheat-proof random numbers generated from quantum entanglement
A quantum random-number generator has been developed that uses classical cryptography to certify that its output was produced by a quantum process.
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June 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A quantum random-number generator has been developed that uses classical cryptography to certify that its output was produced by a quantum process
https://go.nature.com/44eyTZm
https://go.nature.com/44eyTZm
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These prototype processors made from atomically thin materials offer a glimpse into a post-silicon-transistor future, but scaling challenges remain.
https://go.nature.com/4e8DBv5
https://go.nature.com/4e8DBv5
Computer processors built from 2D materials
These prototype processors made from atomically thin materials offer a glimpse into a post-silicon-transistor future, but scaling challenges remain.
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June 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
These prototype processors made from atomically thin materials offer a glimpse into a post-silicon-transistor future, but scaling challenges remain.
https://go.nature.com/4e8DBv5
https://go.nature.com/4e8DBv5
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Anyone with hot science journo skills want to come and edit my stories? In @nature.com's European bureau we're looking for a locum news editor, based in either London or Berlin, on a 9 month contract. Application deadline 12 June🧪
More info here: springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Spring...
More info here: springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Spring...
May 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Anyone with hot science journo skills want to come and edit my stories? In @nature.com's European bureau we're looking for a locum news editor, based in either London or Berlin, on a 9 month contract. Application deadline 12 June🧪
More info here: springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Spring...
More info here: springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Spring...
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Nature research paper: Proton transport from the antimatter factory of CERN
https://go.nature.com/4j9UFSp
https://go.nature.com/4j9UFSp
Proton transport from the antimatter factory of CERN - Nature
The successful transport of a trapped proton cloud from the antimatter factory of CERN using a transportable, superconducting, autonomous and open Penning-trap system that can distribute antiprotons into other experiments is reported.
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May 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Nature research paper: Proton transport from the antimatter factory of CERN
https://go.nature.com/4j9UFSp
https://go.nature.com/4j9UFSp
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A prediction of the gravitational waves produced by interacting black holes achieves high precision
https://go.nature.com/3YKQVPZ
https://go.nature.com/3YKQVPZ
Black hole fly-by modelled with landmark precision
A prediction of the gravitational waves produced by interacting black holes achieves high precision and demonstrates the link between general relativity and geometry.
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May 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
A prediction of the gravitational waves produced by interacting black holes achieves high precision
https://go.nature.com/3YKQVPZ
https://go.nature.com/3YKQVPZ
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Out now! The final part of our 3-part Podcast series that explores the importance of scientific naming conventions & talks to researchers looking at how to make them more in line with contemporary science & its values
Here’s our editorial on the topic
🧪 #AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here’s our editorial on the topic
🧪 #AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Scientific naming conventions should keep in step with contemporary science
A three-part Nature Podcast series explores the importance of scientific naming conventions — and talks to researchers looking at how to make them more inclusive.
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April 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Out now! The final part of our 3-part Podcast series that explores the importance of scientific naming conventions & talks to researchers looking at how to make them more in line with contemporary science & its values
Here’s our editorial on the topic
🧪 #AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here’s our editorial on the topic
🧪 #AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...