Physicists challenge a 200-year-old law of thermodynamics at the atomic scale
Two physicists at the University of Stuttgart have demonstrated that the Carnot principle, a foundational rule of thermodynamics,…
Modelling wavefunction collapse as a continuous flow yields insights on the nature of measurement – Physics World
Modelling wavefunction collapse as a continuous flow yields insights on the nature of measurement – Physics World Skip…
Demonstration of low-overhead quantum error correction codes
Nielsen, M. A., Chuang, I. L. Quantum Computation and Quantum Information (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010). Google Scholar Shor,…
Visit the UK’s largest particle accelerator – the Diamond Light Source
A stunning flying saucer-shaped building housing a large particle accelerator can be found not far from Didcot, and…
There is no such thing as a “quantum un-do button” in nature, and that limitation could explain why your coffee cools down but never reheats on its own
For as long as people have dreamed about time machines, physics has wrestled with a strange mismatch between…
What If Outer Space Isn’t Empty? One Researcher Claims It’s Actually a Fluid
What if outer space isn’t empty, but behaves like a thick, slow-moving fluid? A new study suggests just…
New black hole discovery uncovers our failure to understand reality » IAI TV
Astronomers have observed the effects of a rapidly spinning black hole twisting the motion of matter around it,…
Scientists may be approaching a ‘fundamental breakthrough in cosmology and particle physics’, if dark matter and ‘ghost particles’ can interact
Two of the universe’s most mysterious particles may be colliding invisibly throughout the cosmos — a discovery that…
Superconductivity Breakthrough Brings Practical Use Closer than Ever, as Team Unveils “Hidden Magnetic Order in the Pseudogap”
In the quest for room-temperature superconductivity, an international team of physicists has uncovered a link between magnetism and…
Theoretical study of laser-enhanced nuclear fusion reactions
image: The illustration depicts an intense laser field (red wave) interacting with Deuterium and Tritium nuclei. By modifying…
The World’s Longest-Running Lab Experiment Is Almost 100 Years Old : ScienceAlert
Sometimes science can be painfully slow. Data comes in dribs and drabs, truth trickles, and veracity proves viscous.…
New quantum boundary discovered: Spin size determines how the Kondo effect behaves
image: The size of the spin crucially affects how the system behaves. At spin-1/2, fully quantum spins pair…