Physicists Find a New Way Around Quantum Limits
By reworking the very nature of quantum uncertainty, researchers have discovered a way to measure the unmeasurable with…
Scientists Capture W State, Unlocking Quantum Teleportation
A 25-year quantum puzzle is solved, bringing teleportation closer to reality. Achieving the entanglement measurement of the W…
Atomic ‘conveyor belt’ boosts power of quantum computer
Mikhail Lukin (right) and colleagues with their neutral-atom quantum computer.Credit: Rose Lincoln/Harvard Staff Photographer A conveyor belt of…
First-Ever Look at Exploding Molecules Reveals Their Quantum Secrets
In the quantum world, molecules are always on the move. And for the first time ever, scientists have…
A 250-Year-Old Theory Learns New Tricks
Physicists have derived a quantum version of Bayes’ rule, revealing how beliefs and probabilities update in the quantum…
Terahertz field control of surface topology probed with subatomic resolution
Basov, D. N., Averitt, R. D. & Hsieh, D. Towards properties on demand in quantum materials. Nat. Mater.…
Ultra-thin quantum sensors survive 30,000 times the pressure of air
The world of quantum physics is mysterious. But what happens when that realm of subatomic particles is placed…
Google’s quantum AI chip unlocks new exotic phase of matter
An international team of scientists has observed a never-before-seen exotic phase of matter on a quantum processor using…
Physicists Made a Time Crystal We Can Actually See
Of all the eccentricities of the quantum realm, time crystals—atomic arrangements that repeat certain motions over time—might be…
Something From Nothing – Physicists Mimic the “Impossible” Schwinger Effect
Physicists have long wondered whether matter can spontaneously emerge from nothing, a process known as the Schwinger effect.…
Scientists discover needle-shaped quantum clusters
When most people think of gold, they picture jewelry or treasure. However, at the atomic scale, gold behaves…
Graphene Electrons Violate Fundamental Law of Physics
Scientists have detected a “Dirac fluid” in graphene, where electrons flow like a nearly perfect liquid and defy…