Home Selected Research Highlights Selected Research Highlights List is filtered with: YearAll 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018MonthAll January February March April May June July August September October November December reset filter Machine learning optimizes trapped-ion quantum computing September 30, 2026 Reinforcement learning beats state-of-the-art techniques for ion shuttling more Prisms and mirrors for gravitational waves September 22, 2026 Modified gravity could allow matter to disperse, or even reflect, gravitational waves more Listening to the stars beneath the waves September 21, 2026 A new reduced-order model makes the complex diffraction of gravitational waves by stellar fields accessible to data analysis. more Calculating black hole scattering for any mass ratio August 21, 2026 State-of-the-art predictions can now be used to create waveform models for next-generation gravitational-wave detectors. more A new way to study neutron stars using simulations and universal patterns June 26, 2026 Simulation-based inference helps to deal with the uncertainty about neutron star matter. more Probing three supernova remnants with Einstein@Home February 25, 2026 The volunteer distributed computing project enables a close look at central compact objects in Cassiopeia A, Vela Jr., and G347.3-0.5. more Einstein@Home’s most sensitive continuous gravitational-wave search February 23, 2026 Max Planck scientists used a distributed volunteer computing project and three supercomputers to conduct the deepest all-sky search yet for elusive continuous gravitational waves. more Show more