A Physical Warp Drive Was Supposed to Be Impossible. Then These Scientists Found a Loophole.
In a surprising paper from 2021, scientists Alexey Bobrick and Gianni Martire suggested that they’d nailed down a…
Physicists confirm ‘negative time’ is real in mind-bending quantum experiment
When a beam of light passes through a cloud of atoms, photons (particles of light) sometimes appear to…
Electrically programmable circularly polarized three-dimensional display
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Mergers, Mayhem, and the Milky Way
Mergers are a part of a galaxy’s life, and the Milky Way is no exception. Without mergers, the…
New atomic clocks can be used to observe the ‘quantum superposition of time’
Every GPS satellite carries a correction baked into its software. Einstein’s relativity says clocks tick faster in weaker…
Molecular Qubit Achieves Single-Photon Quantum Control
Insider Brief Scientists demonstrated a single-molecule spin-photon interface using an organic carbene molecule embedded in a specially engineered…
Improving the stability of monolithic perovskite/silicon tandems against reverse-bias stress using graded dielectric layers
Liu, J. et al. Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with bilayer interface passivation. Nature 635, 596–603 (2024). Article Google…
Scientists Just Used Sunlight To Pull Off a Quantum Physics Feat Once Thought Impossible
Correlated photon pairs, generated via sunlight-pumped spontaneous parametric down-conversion in a nonlinear crystal, demonstrate ghost imaging. Credit: W.…
Electron beams rearrange atoms in a 3D crystal – Physics World
Electron beams rearrange atoms in a 3D crystal – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from…
11 Billion-Year-Old Collision May Explain Milky Way’s Spin-Up Mystery
Billions of years ago, our galaxy experienced a cosmic smash-up that may have completely reshaped the Milky Way’s…
Free-space twin-field quantum key distribution
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Entanglement-enabled image transmission through complex media
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