Seeing the Invisible: Scientists Develop New Way To Track Particles in 3D
Illustration of the first prototype of a new monolithic detector system capable of performing ultrafast, 3D and high-resolution…
Scientists Experimenting With Quantum Effect That Some Fear Could Cause Chain Reaction That Ends Entire Universe
In quantum physics, there’s a state with even less energy than a vacuum, called a true vacuum, which…
Shape of electrons is revealed for the first time in big quantum leap
For the first time, researchers have measured the shape of an electron as it moves through a solid.…
Powerful Lasers Reveal How Matter Becomes Plasma in Trillionths of a Second
In the experiment, the XFEL photon energy was carefully tuned to match a specific electronic transition in highly…
Integrated photonics for continuous-variable quantum optics
Moody, G. et al. Roadmap on integrated quantum photonics. JPhys Photonics 4, 012501 (2022). Article ADS Google Scholar …
Tiny Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxies Reflect The Conditions In The Early Universe
We don’t know for sure how many dwarf galaxies are attached to the Milky Way because they’re dim…
A quantum-coherent photon–emitter interface in the original telecom band
Wang, H., Ralph, T. C., Renema, J. J., Lu, C.-Y. & Pan, J.-W. Scalable photonic quantum technologies. Nat.…
A Different Kind Of Ultrasonic Levitation
Ultrasonic levitation is by now a familiar trick: one or more ultrasonic transducers create a standing wave, and…
Breakthrough Crystal Lets Scientists “Write” Nanoscale Patterns With Light
A 532-nm continuous-wave laser “sculpted” microscopic patterns onto a flake of As2S3, including a monochromatic portrait of Albert…
A Cosmic Survey Reveals the Universe’s Hidden Side
A team of scientists at the University of Virginia is using data from an instrument in Arizona to…
Prototype ‘Camera’ Offers a New Way to Visualize Elusive Ghost Particles
Central to many unsolved mysteries in physics are tiny, weakly interacting particles that require heavy-lift detection methods. This…
Astronomers Capture Rare Quasar Pair Colliding Just 1 Billion Years After Big Bang
A rare and powerful discovery has revealed two quasars merging in the early universe, offering a direct glimpse…