‘A mixture from zero to infinity’: Physicists tried splitting a photon — and ended up with an improbable swarm of particles
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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…
Physicists make quantum mechanics breakthrough
Physicists put a single chunk of metal into two places at once, the largest object ever shown to…
Physicists propose that our universe may contain three dimensions of time
Space and time looked settled, at least in broad outline. Einstein’s special relativity gave physics a durable framework…
Suppression of coherent light scattering in a three-dimensional atomic array
Dicke, R. H. Coherence in spontaneous radiation processes. Phys. Rev. 93, 99–110 (1954). Article ADS Google Scholar Lehmberg,…
New 7-Dimensional Theory May Finally Solve the Black Hole Information Paradox
Researchers propose that extra-dimensional spacetime torsion prevents black holes from fully evaporating, leaving remnants that preserve quantum information.…
Bohmian mechanics remains unchallenged by tunnelling experiment
Sharoglazova, V., Puplauskis, M., Mattschas, C., Toebes, C. & Klaers, J. Energy–speed relationship of quantum particles challenges Bohmian…
Magnon Breakthrough Could Shrink Quantum Computers to the Size of a Penny
Researchers have shown that elusive magnetic excitations can survive far longer than previously thought, opening new possibilities for…
Negative time could be real as light appears to exit atoms before entry
Physicists have just uncovered fresh evidence for a bizarre quantum phenomenon called negative time, where photons appear to…
This Magnetic Field Trick Creates Entirely New Forms of Matter
Researchers at Cal Poly have discovered that changing magnetic fields over time can create bizarre quantum states that…
Quantum Breakthrough Turns Simple Forces Into Powerful New Interactions
Experimental trapped-ion setup used to generate the family of squeezed states. The ion is confined between electrode structures…
Quantum Metallurgy: Electron Crystals Deform and Melt
Photos Key takeaways Electron crystals, also called charge density waves, are clusters of electrons neatly arranged with uniform…