Enter Helios: quantum computer sets high watermark for accuracy
In a laboratory in Broomfield, Colorado, 98 atoms are suspended in mid-air, held in place by electric fields…
We tend to think quantum tunnelling is a subatomic curiosity, but in 1984 and 1985 physicists at UC Berkeley showed that a superconducting electrical circuit big enough to hold in your hand could tunnel from one state to another — a discovery that won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Quantum tunnelling is usually introduced through the smallest things physics can describe: an alpha particle escaping a nucleus,…
What is the God particle: How the Higgs boson changed our understanding of the universe |
Image(s): Left/AI Generated/Right/Wikipedia For decades, physicists searched for a missing piece of nature’s puzzle, an elusive particle believed…
Peter B. Littlewood, condensed matter physicist and internationally recognized leader, 1955–2026
Peter B. Littlewood, a distinguished condensed matter physicist and internationally recognized leader of research institutions, died June 15.…
Topological suppression of quantum tunnelling in a lanthanide single-ion molecular magnet
µSQUID-EPR mapping of tunnelling gaps The multilevel character of Et4N[160GdPc2] (or [160GdPc2]−) (S = 7/2, L = 0, I = 0), the sizable anisotropy,…
Coherent control of interacting solid-state spins below the diffraction limit
Togan, E. et al. Quantum entanglement between an optical photon and a solid-state spin qubit. Nature 466, 730–734…
Beyond the data: art meets climate at the edge of the world – Physics World
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Wormholes may enable time travel, astrophysicists find
A ring in space, at least on paper, can do something a black hole cannot. It can connect…
A new window on neutrino astronomy at cosmological distances – Nature
A new window on neutrino astronomy at cosmological distances NatureScientists expected a black hole but found a neutrino factory…
Optical material selection remains key consideration in lighting
Martijn Beukema of Dow Silicones discussed how experience from other high-power LED sectors may offer insights for…
Mass spectrometry delivers fusion insights – Physics World
Mass spectrometry delivers fusion insights – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright…
Astronomers Catch the Glowing Shockwave of a Galaxy on the Move
Can a galaxy leave a wake? Out in the desolate space between galaxies, the gas is so thin…