Science: The Member of Parliament for Cambridge, one of the world’s great centers for scientific research, is himself a scientist. Julian Huppert, who studies DNA knotting, was among 57 Liberal Democrat candidates elected on 5 May. He talks about his interest in science and politics in an interview with Science magazine’s John Travis. (Quantum physicist and Science Party candidate Michael Brooks failed in his attempt to win a seat in the same election.)
An ultracold atomic gas can sync into a single quantum state. Researchers uncovered a speed limit for the process that has implications for quantum computing and the evolution of the early universe.