The strange connection between falling balls and quantum weirdness
A ball tossed into the air follows a path that classical physics can track with confidence. Shrink that…
Solving the Black Hole Paradox May Require Seven Dimensions
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MIT scientists explain quantum behavior of particles using classical physics tools
A new study by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) now bridges the gap between quantum…
Physicists Now Understand Why a Weird Quantum Gas Refuses to Heat Up
Typically, adding energy to a system makes it hotter. But last year, scientists demonstrated that quantum systems don’t…
Incoherent dielectric tensor tomography for quantitative three-dimensional measurement of biaxial anisotropy
Hayashi, Y., Setoyama, D., Hirose, Y., Yoshida, T. & Kimura, H. Intragranular three-dimensional stress tensor fields in plastically…
Strong ultrafast nonlinear optical response from megaelectronvolt electrons in semiconductors
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Symmetry shortcut unlocks maximum work from unknown quantum states
For years, physicists have treated knowledge as a kind of fuel in the quantum world, the more precisely…
Physicists uncover quantum states that govern muon-catalyzed fusion
Muon-catalyzed fusion is one of those strange concepts that’s been promising enough to keep researchers interested, but stubbornly…
Generation of continuous-wave 1–11 THz radiation with intersubband polaritonic metasurfaces
Booske, J. H. et al. Vacuum electronic high power terahertz sources. IEEE Trans. Terahertz Sci. Technol. 1, 54–75…
New method could measure quantum entanglement inside real-world materials
Scientists have always wondered whether ordinary materials are also secretly held together by quantum connections. Until now, there…
Orazio Svelto (1936–2026) | Nature Photonics
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Quantum ground state of rotation reached in a world-first in Europe
A collaborative effort between researchers at multiple institutes in Europe achieved a global first by trapping a silica…