New atomic clocks can be used to observe the ‘quantum superposition of time’
Every GPS satellite carries a correction baked into its software. Einstein’s relativity says clocks tick faster in weaker…
“Different Flows of Time All Exist at the Same Moment”: Scientists Claim Trapped-Ion Atomic Clocks Can Observe “Quantum Superposition of Time”
An international team of researchers has demonstrated a theoretical framework showing that state-of-the-art trapped-ion atomic clocks could be…
Scientists Just Used Sunlight To Pull Off a Quantum Physics Feat Once Thought Impossible
Correlated photon pairs, generated via sunlight-pumped spontaneous parametric down-conversion in a nonlinear crystal, demonstrate ghost imaging. Credit: W.…
Electron beams rearrange atoms in a 3D crystal – Physics World
Electron beams rearrange atoms in a 3D crystal – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from…
Scientists found a giant magnetic “twist” hidden inside the Milky Way
For hundreds of years, astronomers have studied the night sky in an effort to understand the forces shaping…
Improving the stability of monolithic perovskite/silicon tandems against reverse-bias stress using graded dielectric layers
Liu, J. et al. Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with bilayer interface passivation. Nature 635, 596–603 (2024). Article Google…
Radio gaga: surfing the long wavelengths of the universe – Physics World
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11 Billion-Year-Old Collision May Explain Milky Way’s Spin-Up Mystery
Billions of years ago, our galaxy experienced a cosmic smash-up that may have completely reshaped the Milky Way’s…
Free-space twin-field quantum key distribution
Bennett, C. H. & Brassard, G. Quantum cryptography: public key distribution and coin tossing. Theor. Comput. Sci. 560,…
Entanglement-enabled image transmission through complex media
Davies, R. & Kasper, M. Adaptive optics for astronomy. Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 50, 305–351 (2012). Article ADS …
Scientists May Have Found Dark Matter’s Fingerprint in a Black Hole Collision
Gravitational waves from colliding black holes may hold subtle clues about one of the universe’s greatest mysteries: dark…
Which problems will quantum computers solve—and when?
The 21st-century fervor about building the first industrial-scale quantum computer, pioneering theoretical physicist Peter Zoller says, is akin…