New Quantum Dots Design for Solotronics
Researchers at the University of Warsaw have created and studied two new types of solotronic structures, including the world’s first quantum dots containing single cobalt…
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Experimental Strontium Atomic Clock Sets New Records
The JILA strontium atomic clock has set new world records for both precision and stability, improving precision by 50 percent from the previous record holder…
CERN Antimatter Experiment Produces First Beam of Antihydrogen
A newly published study describes the how the ASACUSA experiment at CERN produced a beam of antihydrogen atoms for the first time. The ASACUSA experiment…
UCL Researchers Use Quantum Mechanics to Explain the Efficiency of Photosynthesis
In a newly published study, researchers from the University College London detail the transfer of energy from plant cells predicted by quantum physics. Light-gathering macromolecules…
Researchers Discover New Way to Probe Molecules and Atoms with an X-Ray Laser
Researchers from the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have demonstrated a new X-ray technique, called stimulated X-ray Raman scattering, which tells scientists about the energy flow…
Study Shows That it is Possible to Clone Quantum Information from the Past
A newly published study shows that it is possible to clone quantum information from the past, allowing for a particle, or a time traveler, to…
Breakthrough in Quantum Cryptography Demonstrates “Perfectly Secure” Bit Commitment
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated perfectly secure bit commitment, sending encrypted data between pairs of sites in Geneva and Singapore. A breakthrough in…
PEPs Might Make Quantum Condensation Possible at Room Temperature
Using an array of metallic nanoparticles coated with molecules that emit light, researchers created a new type of particle that might make quantum condensation possible…
Researchers Transmit Wireless Data at 100 Gbit/s
In a newly published study, researchers present a method for wireless data transmission at a world-record rate of 100 gigabits per second. Extension of cable-based…
Physicists Develop a New Method to Accelerate Charged Particles
Physicists at the Max Planck Institute have developed a new method that uses light to accelerate charged particles, leading the way for more compact particle…
Physicists Create and Control a Large Quantum Mechanical System Built on Photons
A new study from Yale University shows that scientists can create and control a large quantum mechanical system built on photons, suggesting that they might…
Harvard and MIT Scientists Create Never-Before-Seen Form of Matter
By binding photons together to form molecules, scientists from Harvard and MIT have created a never-before-seen form of matter. Harvard and MIT scientists are challenging…
Physicists Create Coherent Beams of Twisted Light
By using a beam of electrons, a team of accelerator physicists has found a new method to create coherent beams of twisted light. Scientists at…
Physicists Successfully Simulate Evolution of the Early Universe
Using ultracold cesium atoms in a vacuum chamber, scientists have successfully simulated the evolution of the early universe. Physicists have reproduced a pattern resembling the…
Physicists Pinpoint Solid-State Triple Point in Vanadium Dioxide
In a newly published study, University of Washington researchers detail the first-ever accurate determination of a solid-state triple point in vanadium dioxide. It is well…
Physicists Propose Higgs Boson ‘Portal’ to Help Explain Dark Energy
A newly published study explores how the recently discovered Higgs boson may provide a possible “portal” to physics that will help explain some of the…
Discovery of Rare Decay Puts Standard Model to Stringent Test
Researchers from the CMS and LHCb experiments at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider presented measurements of the decay of a Bs (pronounced B-sub-s) particle into two…