Scientists observe ‘negative time’ for the first time in a quantum experiment
A photon enters a cloud of atoms and emerges on the other side. When physicists calculate how long…
Quantum statistical plasmonic metacrystals | Nature
The modern world has been shaped by semiconductor technologies, grounded in the intrinsic band structures of materials and…
Quantum Mechanics May Not Need Imaginary Numbers After All
Quantum mechanics has long relied on complex numbers to describe the strange behavior of particles, from tunneling to…
Magnetic quantum material enables one-way electrical transport
Scientists at Penn State and Saint Louis University have demonstrated that a magnetic quantum material can naturally produce…
Electro-optic comb-empowered measurement of the dynamic frequency of a laser
Qiao, S. et al. Ultra-highly sensitive dual gases detection based on photoacoustic spectroscopy by exploiting a long-wave, high-power,…
New Quantum Sensor Opens a Window Into the Invisible Universe
A breakthrough quantum sensor has shown it can uncover hidden signals through overwhelming noise, paving the way for…
Physicists Create an Exotic New Form Of Matter: The ‘Fermi Sea’
At the lowest temperatures in the Universe, physics gets funky. When atoms are cooled to just above absolute…
Schrödinger’s Cat Just Got a Whole Litter of Weird New Siblings in a Major Quantum Breakthrough
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Schrödinger’s Cat is a famous thought experiment that explains…
Scientists Discover Quantum Entanglement in a Crystal You Can Hold
Proof of quantum effects in a strange metal. Credit: Harald Ritsch / TU Wien TU Wien has detected…
Temporally super-resolved dispersive Fourier transformation spectroscopy
Maiuri, M., Garavelli, M. & Cerullo, G. Ultrafast spectroscopy: state of the art and open challenges. J. Am.…
Physicists Solve a “Quantum-Only” Problem Using an Ordinary Laptop
Tensor networks enable researchers to tackle quantum physics problems previously thought to be solvable only by quantum computers.…
Physicists Discover a Fundamental Limit to Electrical Resistance
An artist’s impression of the resistivity that results from cold atomic collisions. Researchers investigating interaction-induced resistivity of ultracold…