An ordinary laptop solved a problem thought to require a quantum computer
Physicists have used an ordinary computer, advanced mathematics, and specialized software to solve a difficult quantum physics problem…
World’s First Superconducting Quantum Heat Engine Could Transform Quantum Computing
Artistic impression of a superconducting quantum heat engine. Credit: Heikka Valja / Aalto University A machine smaller than…
What’s It Like to Travel Near the Speed of Light? Part 4: The Hot View
(This is Part 4 of a series on what it’s like to travel near the speed of light.…
Scientists Turned a 200-Year-Old Light Trick Into a Modern Breakthrough
A Poisson spot contains four types of skyrmions in one light spot. Credit: Optica / NTU Singapore A…
The First Room-Temperature Quantum Material of Its Kind Is Spun From Atoms of Gold : ScienceAlert
Materials in a quantum state come with exotic properties that bend the laws of physics and offer huge…
Scientists find a way to break molecular bonds with less energy
A new study has found that the quantum vacuum – the faint energy that fills even empty space…
New Black Hole Theory Solves a 50-Year-Old Problem
Illustration of a black hole that is growing in response to an influx of energy. New research from…
Quantum breakthrough links light and magnetism in atomically thin materials
Researchers at the City College of New York are charting a fast-growing area of quantum science centered on…
Quantum teleportation cuts photon loss in long-distance transmission
Quantum teleportation has moved a step closer to practical use after researchers demonstrated that it can transmit quantum…
The Large Hadron Collider is being upgraded so that it can unlock the secrets of the Higgs boson
Deep beneath the French-Swiss border, the world’s largest scientific instrument has fallen silent. After years of smashing proton…
Scientists build a tiny quantum engine that turns heat into work
Car engines turn heat into motion through a repeating cycle of heating, cooling, expansion, and compression. Physicists have…
Anatoli Bugorski survived a proton beam to the head
On June 3, 1978, Soviet physicist Anatoli Bugorski was checking malfunctioning equipment on the U-70 synchrotron — the…