Strange behavior in focused laser light could change how quantum computers control qubits
Physicists have directly observed the optical Magnus effect for the first time by mapping how a tightly focused…
Scientists catch a laser beam pushing an atom sideways for first time
A spinning table-tennis ball can suddenly bend away from its expected path. This is called the Magnus effect. …
Quantum interference offers a radically different way to measure time
A new “quantum watch” uses changing interference patterns inside excited helium atoms to determine how much time has…
Quantum Simulators Put a 40-Year-Old Physics Theory to the Test
This AI image shows a chain of strontium atoms (orange), each held in an optical tweezer (blue cones).…
Quantum materials’ search supercharged with new prediction framework
Scientists at the University of Osaka have developed a new prediction framework that can accurately evaluate if a…
In a first, physicists observe quantum heat waves at room temperature
In a global first, physicists at the University of California, Los Angeles, have observed a quantum behavior of…
Physicists Discover Time Crystals Can Communicate Across a Semiconductor
Researchers found that multiple continuous time crystals can behave collectively rather than as isolated oscillators. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Separate…
Quantum Experiment Breaks a Long-Standing X-Ray Energy Limit
Helium atoms can produce coherent X-rays at energies beyond the cutoff predicted by standard high-harmonic theory. Credit: Shutterstock…
Quantum signals escape fiber, travel 13 miles in open air in New York
It may sound surprising, but one of the most stubborn problems in building quantum networks is that cables…
Strange Quantum Oscillations Reveal New Physics in an Exotic Material
Zirconium pentatelluride continues to produce quantum oscillations under magnetic fields so strong that conventional behavior should disappear. Credit:…
A New Quantum Blueprint Could Make States Easier To Tell Apart
Researchers developed a mathematical framework for designing non-Gaussian quantum states that can be made perfectly distinguishable. Credit: Shutterstock…
Scientists Predict a Strange New Quantum Droplet
For decades, physicists believed that mixtures of two fundamentally different quantum particles, bosons and fermions, couldn’t form stable…