Scientists Just Discovered a Quantum Physics Loophole—And It Could Finally Unlock Interstellar Travel
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Plasma lens for focusing attosecond pulses
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Quadrature-dependent lattice dynamics of dissipative microcombs
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Physicists Create a Thermometer for Measuring ‘Quantumness’
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If there’s one law of physics that seems…
Does gravity produce quantum weirdness? Proposal divides physicists
Physicists are questioning whether gravity can produce quantum entanglement between two masses.Credit: David Parker/Science Photo Library The nature…
The sci-fi films that physicists love to watch — from Interstellar to Spider-Man
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Plasmon-enhanced ultralow-threshold solid-state triplet fusion upconversion
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Continuous terahertz band coverage through precise electron-beam tailoring in free-electron lasers
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6 Times Einstein Missed the Mark, but Still Changed Physics
Albert Einstein is undeniably one of the greatest names in physics. But Einstein, for all his contributions to…
Single-shot phase diversity wavefront sensing in deep turbulence via metasurface optics
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Scientists Gave a Quantum Computer a ‘Lie Detector Test’ and It Passed
The superconducting chip. Credit: Zhejiang University In a lab in Hangzhou, China, a small chip may have just…