Hidden high-energy water reveals a new molecular force
Water is present almost everywhere. It covers most of our planet, moves through the human body, and even…
Terahertz photonic heterodyne spectral analysis with (sub-) kHz resolution and 6.5 THz frequency coverage
Photonic local oscillator The laser engine, used as the LO, combines the stability and accuracy of comb technology…
Century-old cosmic ray mystery is close to being solved
New work from astrophysicists at Michigan State University may help resolve a scientific question that has lingered for…
Scientists may have caught first real glimpse of dark matter
The key idea behind the findings is that if dark matter consists of weakly interacting massive particles —…
New ultrathin metasurface boosts optical power for quantum chips
Columbia Engineering researchers have taken another step toward shrinking quantum hardware. The team has created an ultrathin metasurface…
15-year-old becomes PhD in Quantum Physics, sets sights on ‘creating super-humans’
Laurent Simons successfully defended his doctoral thesis at the University of Antwerp earlier this week. The topic of…
World Strategic Forum Shifts Quantum Conversation From Theory to Implementation
Insider Brief Florida’s World Strategic Forum signaled the state’s emergence as an active participant in the global quantum…
Metamaterial with more shapes than atoms allows endless sound control
The age of smart, self-optimizing materials has begun. A programmable metamaterial has been developed that shatters the limits…
Entanglement-enhanced nanoscale single-spin sensing | Nature
Casola, F., van der Sar, T. & Yacoby, A. Probing condensed matter physics with magnetometry based on nitrogen-vacancy…
Quantum Sensors in Space – IEEE Spectrum
An emerging generation of quantum sensors are capable of performing tasks such as detecting the magnetic fields of…
Did cannibal stars and boson stars populate the early universe? – Physics World
Did cannibal stars and boson stars populate the early universe? – Physics World Skip to main content Discover…
Learning quantum states of continuous-variable systems
Trace distance The trace distance between two quantum states ρ1 and ρ2 is defined as $${d}_{{\rm{tr}}}(\;{\rho }_{1},{\rho }_{2}):=\frac{1}{2}\|{\rho…