Physicists Create a New Kind of Schrödinger’s Cat State From Exotic Quantum Building Blocks
Reconstructed Wigner function of a superposition of two trisqueezed states. Its sixfold rotational symmetry and regions of Wigner…
Superconductivity breakthrough could unlock ultra-efficient electronics
Superconductors could one day help power a new generation of ultra-efficient electronics, but major technical hurdles have kept…
Darkness can travel faster than the speed of light — without breaking Einstein’s relativity
A dark point inside a beam of light should not be much of a traveler. Yet in a…
String-sliding vibrational modes govern the boson peak and phonon anomalies in amorphous materials
Zeller, R. C. & Pohl, R. O. Thermal conductivity and specific heat of noncrystalline solids. Phys. Rev. B…
How to create distinguishable states for quantum systems | MIT News
Researchers around the world are racing to develop new quantum-based systems for sensing, communication, computing, and control that…
Physicist Edward Witten on the future of quantum theory
Edward Witten is an American theoretical physicist and professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study. His work…
Gravastars: Not all dying stars end up as black holes
A giant star has one famous fate. Its core gives out, gravity takes over, and everything vanishes into…
Scientists Uncover New Evidence of Mysterious ‘Time-Reversal Symmetry Breaking’ in This ‘Exotic’ Kagome Metal
Physicists report the discovery of new evidence for a mysterious quantum state in an unusual class of materials,…
Easy-to-use calculation tool estimates out-of-field neutron dose during proton therapy – Physics World
Easy-to-use calculation tool estimates out-of-field neutron dose during proton therapy – Physics World Skip to main content Discover…
At least two trillion galaxies fill the observable universe — ten times the old estimate — and most are too faint for any telescope today to see, a 2016 study found
Two trillion, and most of them out of sight In 2016 a team led by Christopher Conselice at…
What Would Happen if the Sun Stopped? Part 2: Kelvin and Helmholtz at the Ready
(This is Part 2 of a series on what would happen if the Sun stopped. Read Part 1…
Bird flocks seem to break Newton’s laws: Scientists have finally figured out how to explain them |
When a flock of birds wheels across the sky, the movement appears effortless. Hundreds of individuals change direction…