Integrated photonics for continuous-variable quantum optics
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A Different Kind Of Ultrasonic Levitation
Ultrasonic levitation is by now a familiar trick: one or more ultrasonic transducers create a standing wave, and…
A quantum-coherent photon–emitter interface in the original telecom band
Wang, H., Ralph, T. C., Renema, J. J., Lu, C.-Y. & Pan, J.-W. Scalable photonic quantum technologies. Nat.…
What are dark galaxies? Astronomers expose 70 hidden candidates with no visible stars
Examples of the four categories used to classify HI sources: optical counterpart (O), nearby galaxy (N), unsure (X),…
Breakthrough Crystal Lets Scientists “Write” Nanoscale Patterns With Light
A 532-nm continuous-wave laser “sculpted” microscopic patterns onto a flake of As2S3, including a monochromatic portrait of Albert…
Prototype ‘Camera’ Offers a New Way to Visualize Elusive Ghost Particles
Central to many unsolved mysteries in physics are tiny, weakly interacting particles that require heavy-lift detection methods. This…
Astronomers Capture Rare Quasar Pair Colliding Just 1 Billion Years After Big Bang
A rare and powerful discovery has revealed two quasars merging in the early universe, offering a direct glimpse…
Physicists achieve breakthrough in creating high-intensity laser light
An international team has demonstrated a new method for producing the most intense light ever generated in a…
Physicists Discover the Most Complex Forms of Ice Yet
Ice comes in more forms than what you’ll find in a freezer or a glacier. Since 1900, scientists…
Scientists build magnet that erases its own magnetic field
Magnets are powerful, but they’re also noisy. Not in the way speakers are, but in the way they…
The missing piece in quantum computing
In today’s Finshots, we talk about Cisco’s breakthrough that might change quantum computing completely. But here’s a quick…
why we still cannot measure gravity
The latest effort to measure the strength of gravity has ended much as it began: with the force…