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Authors and Affiliations Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA Marin Soljačić Department of Electrical…
Physicists Create a Thermometer for Measuring ‘Quantumness’
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If there’s one law of physics that seems…
Does gravity produce quantum weirdness? Proposal divides physicists
Physicists are questioning whether gravity can produce quantum entanglement between two masses.Credit: David Parker/Science Photo Library The nature…
Plasmon-enhanced ultralow-threshold solid-state triplet fusion upconversion
Nadort, A., Zhao, J. & Goldys, E. M. Lanthanide upconversion luminescence at the nanoscale: fundamentals and optical properties.…
The sci-fi films that physicists love to watch — from Interstellar to Spider-Man
Nature has interviewed a multitude of physicists this year in celebration of the 100th birthday of quantum mechanics.…
6 Times Einstein Missed the Mark, but Still Changed Physics
Albert Einstein is undeniably one of the greatest names in physics. But Einstein, for all his contributions to…
Single-shot phase diversity wavefront sensing in deep turbulence via metasurface optics
Al-Gailani, S. A. et al. A survey of Free Space Optics (FSO) communication systems, links, and networks. IEEE…
Scientists Gave a Quantum Computer a ‘Lie Detector Test’ and It Passed
The superconducting chip. Credit: Zhejiang University In a lab in Hangzhou, China, a small chip may have just…
Thermodynamic limits surpassed with quantum energy-harvesting method
Japanese researchers have unveiled a breakthrough in energy harvesting that could redefine efficiency limits. By exploiting quantum states…
US team achieves 99% fidelity in quantum communication breakthrough
In a significant step toward realizing the vision of quantum networks, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) research…