Quantum radio antenna uses Rydberg states for sensitive, all-optical signal detection
Experimental setup for controlling the quantum radio antenna. Credit: Michal Parniak, University of Warsaw A team from the…
Monopole-mediated light control of half skyrmion topology in nematic liquid crystals
Creation of topological monopole-antimonopole pairs in half skyrmions Topological defects, which are a necessary result of broken continuous…
Ask Ethan: Is the Hubble tension the same thing as dark energy?
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Old-school material could power quantum computing and cut data center energy use
a) Phase-field simulated values of the in-plane polarization, Px, as a function of temperature, reflecting the degree of…
Scientists Reveal the Fluid Physics Behind Why Sighs Feel So Damn Good
The human body works in complex ways—sometimes, certain motions are so small that it’s easy to miss how…
An enhanced instantaneous detonation model for underwater explosions involving condensed explosives
Underwater explosion (UNDEX) has found applications in diverse research fields, including underwater mineral mining, waterway and port excavation,…
Moving Abrikosov vortex lattices generate sub-40-nm magnons
Fabrication of the microwave nano-antenna The fabrication of the experimental system began with the deposition of a 40/5 nm…
New Low-Cost, Efficient Single-Photon Source for Powering Future Quantum Internet
Insider Brief Researchers at Tokyo University of Science have developed a fiber-coupled single-photon source that generates single photons…
Physicists rewrite 200-year-old principle to unlock atomic engines
A research team in Germany has achieved a stunning theoretical breakthrough that could reshape one of physics’ oldest…
COMSOL Multiphysics Improves Battery and Grid Designs
A prototyping problem is emerging in today’s efforts to electrify everything. What works as a lab-bench mockup breaks…
Optically-biased Rydberg microwave receiver enabled by hybrid nonlinear interferometry
Comparison between superhet and optical-bias MW detection setupsConventional Rydberg superhet Let us start by recalling the standard atomic…
Sean Carroll: Can we ever escape the logic of a clockwork universe?
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