The sci-fi films that physicists love to watch — from Interstellar to Spider-Man
Nature has interviewed a multitude of physicists this year in celebration of the 100th birthday of quantum mechanics.…
Plasmon-enhanced ultralow-threshold solid-state triplet fusion upconversion
Nadort, A., Zhao, J. & Goldys, E. M. Lanthanide upconversion luminescence at the nanoscale: fundamentals and optical properties.…
Continuous terahertz band coverage through precise electron-beam tailoring in free-electron lasers
Kubacka, T. et al. Large-amplitude spin dynamics driven by a THz pulse in resonance with an electromagnon. Science…
6 Times Einstein Missed the Mark, but Still Changed Physics
Albert Einstein is undeniably one of the greatest names in physics. But Einstein, for all his contributions to…
Single-shot phase diversity wavefront sensing in deep turbulence via metasurface optics
Al-Gailani, S. A. et al. A survey of Free Space Optics (FSO) communication systems, links, and networks. IEEE…
Scientists Gave a Quantum Computer a ‘Lie Detector Test’ and It Passed
The superconducting chip. Credit: Zhejiang University In a lab in Hangzhou, China, a small chip may have just…
US team achieves 99% fidelity in quantum communication breakthrough
In a significant step toward realizing the vision of quantum networks, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) research…
Thermodynamic limits surpassed with quantum energy-harvesting method
Japanese researchers have unveiled a breakthrough in energy harvesting that could redefine efficiency limits. By exploiting quantum states…
US team’s ytterbium breakthrough creates scalable quantum network
In a significant step toward realizing the vision of quantum networks, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) research…
These Nobel Prize Winners Paved The Way For Quantum Computing
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, a startup…
Temporal characterization of tunable few-cycle vacuum ultraviolet pulses
Krausz, F. & Ivanov, M. Attosecond physics. Rev. Mod. Phys. 81, 163–234 (2009). Article ADS Google Scholar Lépine,…
Physicists go to extremes to capture quantum materials — Harvard Gazette
Researchers at the Rowland Institute at Harvard have pioneered a new way to achieve the coolest possible temperatures…