Quantum Simulator Reveals Clues about How Ultracold Atoms Interact
Using a vacuum system that isolates ultracold atoms from room temperature and pressure, scientists reveal new clues about how ultracold atoms interact. Assembling the puzzles…
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SLAC Scientists View Ultrafast Snapshots of Light-Driven Superconductivity
Scientists at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory’s Linac Coherent Light Source used carefully timed pairs of laser pulses to capture ultrafast snapshots of light-driven superconductivity. A…
Physicists Confirm Discovery of Four-Quark Hadron
The Large Hadron Collider beauty collaboration has confirmed the existence of exotic hadron with two quarks, two anti-quarks. Physicists in Syracuse University’s College of Arts…
Researchers Observe What Happens During a Quantum Phase Transition
In a newly published study, researchers observe what happens during a quantum phase transition, and compare the “quantum melting” of the magnetic structure with the…
Researchers Entangle Two Independent Photons with Different Frequencies
Using time-resolved measurement and active feed forward, researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China have entangled two independent photons of different colors…
New System Filters Light Waves Based on Direction
Researchers from MIT have produced a system that allows light of any color to pass through only if it is coming from one specific angle….
Third Law of Thermodynamics Restored in Thin Films of Spin Ice
A newly published study reveals that the Third Law of Thermodynamics can be restored in thin films of the magnetic material spin ice. Thin films…
Researchers Combine Excited States of Two Materials into a New Quantum Mechanical State
A team of researchers has taken the excited states of two principally different materials and combined them into a new quantum mechanical state that shares…
High-Precision Measurement of the Electron is More Precise by a Factor of 13
Physicists from the Max Planck Institute have achieved a high-precision measurement of the atomic mass of the electron, 13 times more precise than previously known….
Direct Experimental Evidence of the Subtle Changes in Electron Orbitals
Using advanced electron diffraction techniques, researchers obtained direct experimental evidence of the subtle changes in electron orbitals by comparing an unaltered, non-superconducting material with its…
Physicists Observe Hysteresis in an Ultracold Atomic Gas
Using a superfluid atomtronic circuit, physicists have observed hysteresis in an ultracold atomic gas for the first time. Atomtronics is an emerging technology whereby physicists…
Physicists Create Synthetic Magnetic Particle
An international group of physicists has created, identified and photographed synthetic magnetic monopoles, paving the way for the detection of the particles in nature. Amherst,…
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…
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
Scientists 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…
