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…
Physicists Discover the Most Complex Forms of Ice Yet
Ice comes in more forms than what you’ll find in a freezer or a glacier. Since 1900, scientists…
Scientists build magnet that erases its own magnetic field
Magnets are powerful, but they’re also noisy. Not in the way speakers are, but in the way they…