Researchers have developed methods to entangle large numbers of particles, improving the precision and speed of quantum measurements. These advancements could revolutionize quantum sensors and…
New insights can help scientists make superconducting materials more robust and useful. Superconductors have enabled new technologies for health care, transportation, and scientific exploration. Scientists…
Chip manufacturing, gravitational wave detectors, and quantum computers could all benefit from better ways to measure a vacuum. A vacuum chamber is never perfectly empty….
A team of researchers at JILA has for the first time successfully combined two of the “spookiest” features of quantum mechanics to make a better…
JILA physicists have measured Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity, or more specifically, the effect called time dilation, at the smallest scale ever, showing that…
In a significant advance toward the future redefinition of the international unit of time, the second, a research team led by the National Institute of…
JILA researchers have used a state-of-the-art atomic clock to narrow the search for elusive dark matter, an example of how continual improvements in clocks have…
Tracking lab-grown tissue with light: New proof-of-concept photonic pH sensor could advance studies of tissue regeneration. Someday, doctors would like to grow limbs and other…
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made one of the highest-performance cameras ever composed of sensors that count single photons,…
JILA physicists have demonstrated a novel atomic clock design that combines near-continuous operation with strong signals and high stability, features not previously found together in…
Possible “topological superconductor” could overcome industry’s problem of quantum decoherence. A potentially useful material for building quantum computers has been unearthed at the National Institute…
JILA scientists have invented a new imaging technique that produces rapid, precise measurements of quantum behavior in an atomic clock in the form of near-instant…
Imagine a miniature device that suffuses each room in your house with a different hue of the rainbow—purple for the living room, perhaps, blue for…
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…
By replacing a flat surface with a surface that contained engineered nanoscale structures, researchers found that the Casimir attraction between two surfaces decreased much more…
For the first time, a team of scientists at JILA have used an atomic clock as a quantum simulator, mimicking the behavior of a different,…
Scientists have developed “super-nanotubes” by using a spray-on mixture that combines the optical, thermal, and electrical properties of nanotubes with the robustness of the high-temperature…
In a newly published study, researchers detail how they used a cloud of rubidium atoms as an optical memory device, showing that portions of an…