NaturePub Date : 2025-05-27DOI: 10.1038/d41586-025-01675-y
{"title":"Daily briefing: Harvard has had nearly 1,000 research grants cancelled","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/d41586-025-01675-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-01675-y","url":null,"abstract":"Harvard University has had grants worth more than US$2.4 billion cancelled by the Trump administration. Plus, why scientists across the United States are chasing hailstorms and the science behind The Last of Us.","PeriodicalId":18787,"journal":{"name":"Nature","volume":"152 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144153340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NaturePub Date : 2025-05-26DOI: 10.1038/d41586-025-01657-0
{"title":"Hong Kong universities woo Harvard international students targeted by Trump","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/d41586-025-01657-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-01657-0","url":null,"abstract":"The offers follow the United States administration’s decision last week to prevent the prestigious university from enrolling foreign students.","PeriodicalId":18787,"journal":{"name":"Nature","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144136965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NaturePub Date : 2025-05-26DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09061-4
N. Lacroix, A. Bourassa, F. J. H. Heras, L. M. Zhang, J. Bausch, A. W. Senior, T. Edlich, N. Shutty, V. Sivak, A. Bengtsson, M. McEwen, O. Higgott, D. Kafri, J. Claes, A. Morvan, Z. Chen, A. Zalcman, S. Madhuk, R. Acharya, L. Aghababaie Beni, G. Aigeldinger, R. Alcaraz, T. I. Andersen, M. Ansmann, F. Arute, K. Arya, A. Asfaw, J. Atalaya, R. Babbush, B. Ballard, J. C. Bardin, A. Bilmes, S. Blackwell, J. Bovaird, D. Bowers, L. Brill, M. Broughton, D. A. Browne, B. Buchea, B. B. Buckley, T. Burger, B. Burkett, N. Bushnell, A. Cabrera, J. Campero, H.-S. Chang, B. Chiaro, L.-Y. Chih, A. Y. Cleland, J. Cogan, R. Collins, P. Conner, W. Courtney, A. L. Crook, B. Curtin, S. Das, S. Demura, L. De Lorenzo, A. Di Paolo, P. Donohoe, I. Drozdov, A. Dunsworth, A. Eickbusch, A. Moshe Elbag, M. Elzouka, C. Erickson, V. S. Ferreira, L. Flores Burgos, E. Forati, A. G. Fowler, B. Foxen, S. Ganjam, G. Garcia, R. Gasca, É. Genois, W. Giang, D. Gilboa, R. Gosula, A. Grajales Dau, D. Graumann, A. Greene, J. A. Gross, T. Ha, S. Habegger, M. Hansen, M. P. Harrigan, S. D. Harrington, S. Heslin, P. Heu, R. Hiltermann, J. Hilton, S. Hong, H.-Y. Huang, A. Huff, W. J. Huggins, E. Jeffrey, Z. Jiang, X. Jin, C. Joshi, P. Juhas, A. Kabel, H. Kang, A. H. Karamlou, K. Kechedzhi, T. Khaire, T. Khattar, M. Khezri, S. Kim, P. V. Klimov, B. Kobrin, A. N. Korotkov, F. Kostritsa, J. Mark Kreikebaum, V. D. Kurilovich, D. Landhuis, T. Lange-Dei, B. W. Langley, P. Laptev, K.-M. Lau, J. Ledford, K. Lee, B. J. Lester, L. Le Guevel, W. Yan Li, Y. Li, A. T. Lill, W. P. Livingston, A. Locharla, E. Lucero, D. Lundahl, A. Lunt, A. Maloney, S. Mandrà, L. S. Martin, O. Martin, C. Maxfield, J. R. McClean, S. Meeks, A. Megrant, K. C. Miao, R. Molavi, S. Molina, S. Montazeri, R. Movassagh, C. Neill, M. Newman, A. Nguyen, M. Nguyen, C.-H. Ni, M. Y. Niu, L. Oas, W. D. Oliver, R. Orosco, K. Ottosson, A. Pizzuto, R. Potter, O. Pritchard, C. Quintana, G. Ramachandran, M. J. Reagor, R. Resnick, D. M. Rhodes, G. Roberts, E. Rosenberg, E. Rosenfeld, E. Rossi, P. Roushan, K. Sankaragomathi, H. F. Schurkus, M. J. Shearn, A. Shorter, V. Shvarts, S. Small, W. Clarke Smith, S. Springer, G. Sterling, J. Suchard, A. Szasz, A. Sztein, D. Thor, E. Tomita, A. Torres, M. Mert Torunbalci, A. Vaishnav, J. Vargas, S. Vdovichev, G. Vidal, C. Vollgraff Heidweiller, S. Waltman, J. Waltz, S. X. Wang, B. Ware, T. Weidel, T. White, K. Wong, B. W. K. Woo, M. Woodson, C. Xing, Z. Jamie Yao, P. Yeh, B. Ying, J. Yoo, N. Yosri, G. Young, Y. Zhang, N. Zhu, N. Zobrist, H. Neven, P. Kohli, A. Davies, S. Boixo, J. Kelly, C. Jones, C. Gidney, K. J. Satzinger
{"title":"Scaling and logic in the color code on a superconducting quantum processor","authors":"N. Lacroix, A. Bourassa, F. J. H. Heras, L. M. Zhang, J. Bausch, A. W. Senior, T. Edlich, N. Shutty, V. Sivak, A. Bengtsson, M. McEwen, O. Higgott, D. Kafri, J. Claes, A. Morvan, Z. Chen, A. Zalcman, S. Madhuk, R. Acharya, L. Aghababaie Beni, G. Aigeldinger, R. Alcaraz, T. I. Andersen, M. Ansmann, F. Arute, K. Arya, A. Asfaw, J. Atalaya, R. Babbush, B. Ballard, J. C. Bardin, A. Bilmes, S. Blackwell, J. Bovaird, D. Bowers, L. Brill, M. Broughton, D. A. Browne, B. Buchea, B. B. Buckley, T. Burger, B. Burkett, N. Bushnell, A. Cabrera, J. Campero, H.-S. Chang, B. Chiaro, L.-Y. Chih, A. Y. Cleland, J. Cogan, R. Collins, P. Conner, W. Courtney, A. L. Crook, B. Curtin, S. Das, S. Demura, L. De Lorenzo, A. Di Paolo, P. Donohoe, I. Drozdov, A. Dunsworth, A. Eickbusch, A. Moshe Elbag, M. Elzouka, C. Erickson, V. S. Ferreira, L. Flores Burgos, E. Forati, A. G. Fowler, B. Foxen, S. Ganjam, G. Garcia, R. Gasca, É. Genois, W. Giang, D. Gilboa, R. Gosula, A. Grajales Dau, D. Graumann, A. Greene, J. A. Gross, T. Ha, S. Habegger, M. Hansen, M. P. Harrigan, S. D. Harrington, S. Heslin, P. Heu, R. Hiltermann, J. Hilton, S. Hong, H.-Y. Huang, A. Huff, W. J. Huggins, E. Jeffrey, Z. Jiang, X. Jin, C. Joshi, P. Juhas, A. Kabel, H. Kang, A. H. Karamlou, K. Kechedzhi, T. Khaire, T. Khattar, M. Khezri, S. Kim, P. V. Klimov, B. Kobrin, A. N. Korotkov, F. Kostritsa, J. Mark Kreikebaum, V. D. Kurilovich, D. Landhuis, T. Lange-Dei, B. W. Langley, P. Laptev, K.-M. Lau, J. Ledford, K. Lee, B. J. Lester, L. Le Guevel, W. Yan Li, Y. Li, A. T. Lill, W. P. Livingston, A. Locharla, E. Lucero, D. Lundahl, A. Lunt, A. Maloney, S. Mandrà, L. S. Martin, O. Martin, C. Maxfield, J. R. McClean, S. Meeks, A. Megrant, K. C. Miao, R. Molavi, S. Molina, S. Montazeri, R. Movassagh, C. Neill, M. Newman, A. Nguyen, M. Nguyen, C.-H. Ni, M. Y. Niu, L. Oas, W. D. Oliver, R. Orosco, K. Ottosson, A. Pizzuto, R. Potter, O. Pritchard, C. Quintana, G. Ramachandran, M. J. Reagor, R. Resnick, D. M. Rhodes, G. Roberts, E. Rosenberg, E. Rosenfeld, E. Rossi, P. Roushan, K. Sankaragomathi, H. F. Schurkus, M. J. Shearn, A. Shorter, V. Shvarts, S. Small, W. Clarke Smith, S. Springer, G. Sterling, J. Suchard, A. Szasz, A. Sztein, D. Thor, E. Tomita, A. Torres, M. Mert Torunbalci, A. Vaishnav, J. Vargas, S. Vdovichev, G. Vidal, C. Vollgraff Heidweiller, S. Waltman, J. Waltz, S. X. Wang, B. Ware, T. Weidel, T. White, K. Wong, B. W. K. Woo, M. Woodson, C. Xing, Z. Jamie Yao, P. Yeh, B. Ying, J. Yoo, N. Yosri, G. Young, Y. Zhang, N. Zhu, N. Zobrist, H. Neven, P. Kohli, A. Davies, S. Boixo, J. Kelly, C. Jones, C. Gidney, K. J. Satzinger","doi":"10.1038/s41586-025-09061-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09061-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Quantum error correction [1–4] is essential for bridging the gap between the error rates of physical devices and the extremely low error rates required for quantum algorithms. Recent error-correction demonstrations on superconducting processors [5–8] have focused primarily on the surface code [9], which offers a high error threshold but poses limitations for logical operations. The color code [10] enables more efficient logic, but it requires more complex stabilizer measurements and decoding. Measuring these stabilizers in planar architectures like superconducting qubits is challenging, and realizations of color codes [11–19] have not addressed performance scaling with code size on any platform. Here, we present a comprehensive demonstration of the color code on a superconducting processor [8]. Scaling the code distance from three to five suppresses logical errors by a factor of Λ<sub>3/5</sub> = 1.56(4). Simulations indicate this performance is below the threshold of the color code, and the color code may become more efficient than the surface code following modest device improvements. We test transversal Clifford gates with logical randomized benchmarking [20] and inject magic states [21], a key resource for universal computation, achieving fidelities exceeding 99 % with post-selection. Finally, we teleport logical states between color codes using lattice surgery [22]. This work establishes the color code as a compelling research direction to realize fault-tolerant quantum computation on superconducting processors in the near future.</p>","PeriodicalId":18787,"journal":{"name":"Nature","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144145776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NaturePub Date : 2025-05-26DOI: 10.1038/d41586-025-01575-1
Julian Nowogrodzki
{"title":"Scientists with ADHD speak up: when fire meets focus","authors":"Julian Nowogrodzki","doi":"10.1038/d41586-025-01575-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/d41586-025-01575-1","url":null,"abstract":"Researchers with the neurodevelopmental condition discuss its peaks and valleys and how they structure their work lives to succeed. Researchers with ADHD discuss its peaks and valleys and how they structure their work lives to succeed.","PeriodicalId":18787,"journal":{"name":"Nature","volume":"641 8065","pages":"1339-1341"},"PeriodicalIF":50.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01575-1.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144136966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NaturePub Date : 2025-05-23DOI: 10.1038/d41586-025-01577-z
James Mitchell Crow
{"title":"I apply my aquatic-science training to empower Tanzania’s seaweed farmers","authors":"James Mitchell Crow","doi":"10.1038/d41586-025-01577-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/d41586-025-01577-z","url":null,"abstract":"Amenipa Kyando supports coastal communities to enhance their livelihoods while protecting their environment. Amenipa Kyando supports coastal communities to enhance their livelihoods while protecting their environment.","PeriodicalId":18787,"journal":{"name":"Nature","volume":"641 8065","pages":"1346-1346"},"PeriodicalIF":50.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01577-z.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144122702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NaturePub Date : 2025-05-23DOI: 10.1038/d41586-025-01618-7
{"title":"Why do hailstones get so big? Scientists are chasing storms to find answers","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/d41586-025-01618-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-01618-7","url":null,"abstract":"Dozens of scientists have descended on the US Great Plains to study hail, which can inflict damage on property and even take lives.","PeriodicalId":18787,"journal":{"name":"Nature","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144130429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NaturePub Date : 2025-05-23DOI: 10.1038/d41586-025-01649-0
{"title":"The Last of Us science adviser: COVID changed our appetite for zombies","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/d41586-025-01649-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-01649-0","url":null,"abstract":"Behavioural ecologist David Hughes, who consulted on the video game that inspired the hit TV series, speaks to Nature ahead of the show’s second season finale.","PeriodicalId":18787,"journal":{"name":"Nature","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144130428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NaturePub Date : 2025-05-23DOI: 10.1038/d41586-025-01228-3
{"title":"I didn’t find AI useful. Then I let it teach me to code","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/d41586-025-01228-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-01228-3","url":null,"abstract":"Artificial intelligence is perfect for teaching novices, but less good for experts. Use it with that in mind, says Hannah Hackney.","PeriodicalId":18787,"journal":{"name":"Nature","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144122704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NaturePub Date : 2025-05-23DOI: 10.1038/d41586-025-01576-0
Diana Kwon
{"title":"How artificial intelligence is transforming pathology","authors":"Diana Kwon","doi":"10.1038/d41586-025-01576-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/d41586-025-01576-0","url":null,"abstract":"Some researchers say that deep-learning ‘foundation’ models will revolutionize the field — but others are not so sure. Some researchers say that deep-learning ‘foundation’ models will revolutionize the field — but others are not so sure.","PeriodicalId":18787,"journal":{"name":"Nature","volume":"641 8065","pages":"1342-1344"},"PeriodicalIF":50.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com//media.nature.com/original/magazine-assets/d41586-025-01576-0/d41586-025-01576-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144122703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NaturePub Date : 2025-05-23DOI: 10.1038/d41586-025-01639-2
{"title":"How to delight your future boss at a science job interview","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/d41586-025-01639-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-01639-2","url":null,"abstract":"Two lab leaders discuss what they look for in candidates, and how their own values and cultural backgrounds influence their approach.","PeriodicalId":18787,"journal":{"name":"Nature","volume":"137 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144122452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}