Something From Nothing – Physicists Mimic the “Impossible” Schwinger Effect
Physicists have long wondered whether matter can spontaneously emerge from nothing, a process known as the Schwinger effect.…
AI helps assemble ‘brain’ of future quantum computer
Quantum computing qubits are arranged in a grid in this artist’s illustration.Credit: Getty Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are…
Scientists Watch an Atom’s Nucleus Flip in Real Time for the First Time
Artist’s impression, based on actual measurement data, of the nuclear spin of an atom flipping between distinct quantum…
Graphene Electrons Violate Fundamental Law of Physics
Scientists have detected a “Dirac fluid” in graphene, where electrons flow like a nearly perfect liquid and defy…
Scientists Build Quantum Computer That Snaps Together Like LEGOs
By linking smaller superconducting modules like building blocks, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign achieved near-perfect qubit…
“It’s Its Own New Thing” – Scientists Discover New State of Quantum Matter
UC Irvine physicists have discovered a new phase of quantum matter with unusual electron-hole pairings. The material’s resilience…
Origin and stability of generalized Wigner crystallinity in triangular moiré systems
Classical phase diagram and competing charge-ordered states To develop an intuition for the GWC problem, we first construct…
Strong-interaction-driven quadrupolar-to-dipolar exciton transitions in a trilayer moiré superlattice
Wang, G. et al. Colloquium: excitons in atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides. Rev. Mod. Phys. 90, 021001 (2018).…
Distinct terahertz nonlinear and Raman responses in cuprate superconductors Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x
Tinkham, M. Introduction to superconductivity. Second Edition, Dover Books on Physics (Courier Corporation, 2004). Kampfrath, T., Tanaka, K.…
Ultracold cesium atoms challenge rules of physics, refuse to heat up
Imagine shaking a snow globe again and again. You’d expect the flakes to scatter endlessly. However, a team…
90-year-old quantum guitar strings mystery finally explained
Imagine plucking a guitar string. It vibrates, the sound lingers, and then fades away as the energy drains…
Gravity vs Quantum Physics: Researchers Say They are Closing in on “One of the Most Important Outstanding Problems”
In a new roundup of promising advances in quantum physics, researchers are revealing the upcoming cutting-edge studies they…