Ultra-Cold Mini Twisters: Quantum Vortices Are a Strong Indication of Superfluidity
In nature, vortices can be found everywhere: Whirling up water can produce swirls. When the atmosphere is stirred up, huge tornadoes can form. This is…
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Shocking Experiment Indicates Our Brains Use Quantum Computation
Scientists believe our brains could use quantum computation after taking a concept developed to prove the existence of quantum gravity and adapting it to explore…
Scientists Augment Reality To Crack the Code of Quantum Systems
A new method for simulating quantum entanglement between interacting particles has been developed by physicists. Physicists are (temporarily) augmenting reality in order to crack the…
First Experimental Proof That Quantum Entanglement Is Real
A Q&A with Caltech alumnus John Clauser on his first experimental proof of quantum entanglement. When scientists, including Albert Einstein and Erwin Schrödinger, first discovered…
Conventional Computers Can Learn To Solve Tricky Quantum Problems in Physics and Chemistry
Physicists prove that classical machine learning models can improve predictions about quantum materials. Quantum computers have generated a lot of buzz and for good reason….
Quantum Fisher Information: Spilling the Secrets of Quantum Entanglement
Because of quantum physics, quantum materials behave in surprising ways. For instance, they can be superconductors, which can allow electricity to flow with no resistance….
Uncovering Hidden Patterns: AI Reduces a 100,000-Equation Quantum Physics Problem to Only Four Equations
Scientists trained a machine learning tool to capture the physics of electrons moving on a lattice using far fewer equations than would typically be required,…
New Invention Triggers One of Quantum Mechanics’ Strangest and Most Useful Phenomena
Through the Quantum Looking Glass By helping scientists control a strange but useful phenomenon of quantum mechanics, an ultrathin invention could make future computing, sensing,…
Coherent Quantum Beating Induced by Lattice Distortion of Perovskite Quantum Dots
Scientists just reported the utilization of lattice distortion in lead halide perovskite quantum dots to control their exciton fine structure. The researchers were led by…
SU(N) Matter Is About 3 Billion Times Colder Than Deep Space – Opens Portal to High-Symmetry Quantum Realm
Universe’s coldest fermions open a portal to high-symmetry quantum realm. Physicists from Japan and the U.S. used atoms about 3 billion times colder than interstellar…
Resonant Metasurfaces Offer Exiciting New Possibilities for Quantum Research
Scientists have successfully created photon pairs at several different frequencies using resonant metasurfaces. Tomás Santiago-Cruz and Maria Chekhova from the Max Planck Institute for the…
Diamond Quantum Sensor Measures Currents in the Heart at Millimeter Resolution
Many heart problems, including tachycardia and fibrillation, mainly originate from imperfections in the way electric currents propagate through the heart. Unfortunately, it is difficult for…
Mysterious Hidden Quantum Phase in a 2D Crystal Captured by Scientists for the First Time
Single-shot spectroscopy techniques provide scientists with a new understanding of a mysterious light-driven process. Harold “Doc” Edgerton, the late MIT professor, developed high-speed strobe-flash photography…
Physics Mystery Solved: Findings Could “Revolutionize” Our Understanding of Distance
A physics puzzle is resolved through a new duality. According to traditional thinking, distorting a flat space by bending it or stretching it is necessary…
MIT Physicists Harness Quantum “Time Reversal” for Detecting Gravitational Waves and Dark Matter
A new technique to measure vibrating atoms could improve the precision of atomic clocks and of quantum sensors for detecting dark matter or gravitational waves….
MIT Quantum Sensor Can Detect Electromagnetic Signals of Any Frequency
MIT engineers expand the capabilities of these ultrasensitive nanoscale detectors, with potential uses for biological sensing and quantum computing. With the ability to detect the…
Atomic-Scale Window Into Superconductivity Paves Way for Advanced New Quantum Materials
New technique helps researchers understand unconventional superconductors. One of nature’s most fascinating quantum phenomena is superconductivity. When a superconducting material is cooled below its critical…
Bending the Laws of Physics: Time Crystals “Impossible” but Obey Quantum Physics
Time crystals were long believed to be impossible because their perpetual motion would seem to defy the laws of physics. However, using quantum physics scientists…
