Ultracold potassium-cesium molecules assembled in absolute ground state
Weakly bound KCs molecules are transferred into what is known as their “absolute ground state.” Credit: Physical Review…
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Artist’s depiction of an asteroid floating in space. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb), Martin Kornmesser (ESA),…
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Reading a Quantum Clock Costs More Energy Than Actually Running One
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JWST Unveils Ghostly Flare at the Heart of the Milky Way’s Black Hole
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The decline and fall of stars in the Universe
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…
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Switchable and tuneable high-performance acoustic modes in the L-X band using ferroelectric thin film on sapphire
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