Einstein Was Wrong? ‘Idealized’ Double-Slit Experiment Ends Nearly 100-Year-Old Debate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists performing what they described as an “idealized” version of the infamous double-slit…
Quantum mechanics physics theory was born 100 years ago, thanks to Heisenberg’s hay fever
In 1925, a young German physicist fled to the treeless island of Helgoland in the North Sea to…
Wide-field spectroscopic imaging of optical activity
Concept and experimental workflow Figure 1 shows the conceptual scheme and the experimental setup of the polarization-sensitive off-axis…
New framework clears spin-orbit confusion in solids and unifies physics
For over a century, scientists have accepted an uneasy truth. Quantum mechanics and relativity, two of the most…
Radical New Theory Rewrites the Story of the Earliest Universe
Following the Big Bang, our universe expanded at an exponential rate. According to this theory, known as cosmic…
The Hunt for a Fundamental Theory of Quantum Gravity
The world of Bousso’s new theorem still departs from our universe in notable ways. For mathematical convenience, he…
“Quantum Reality Is Crumbling”: Scientists Confirm Gravity and Space-Time Dramatically Alter the Quantum World in Astonishing New Findings
IN A NUTSHELL 🔬 Scientists are exploring the interplay between quantum mechanics and gravity using advanced quantum networks.…
Typical thermalization of low-entanglement states
The micro-canonical ensemble is commonly defined as the maximally mixed state-supported in a narrow window around a fixed…
Turns out quantum secrets can’t be cracked by humans or AI alone
A scarcity of data is a major issue in scientific research. If you want to use machine learning,…
Tunable nanophotonic devices and cavities based on a two-dimensional magnet
Zhang, X. et al. Guiding of visible photons at the ångström thickness limit. Nat. Nanotechnol. 14, 844–850 (2019).…