IntroductionIn the 127 years since the electron was discovered, it has undergone more scrutiny than perhaps any other particle. As a result, its properties...
IntroductionIt’s been more than 40 years since the physicist Richard Feynman pointed out that building computing devices based on quantum principles could unlock powers...
IntroductionWhile much of our planet’s air and seas are stirred at a tempest’s whim, some features are far more regular. At the equator, thousand-kilometer-long...
IntroductionHeat death held a morbid fascination for Victorian-era physicists. It was an early example of how everyday physics connects to the grandest themes in...
IntroductionPerpetual motion machines are impossible, at least in our everyday world. But down at the level of quantum mechanics, the laws of thermodynamics don’t...
IntroductionIt’s not an exaggeration to say that every major advance in physics for more than a century has turned on revelations about symmetry. It’s...
Report on the EU’s Quantum Technologies Flagship Initiative
A report outlining the early performance of the EU’s Quantum Technologies Flagship initiative, a €1 billion...
Feb 01, 2023
(Nanowerk News) Physicists are increasingly using ultracold molecules to study quantum states of matter. Many researchers contend that molecules have advantages...
Millen, J., Monteiro, T. S., Pettit, R. & Vamivakas, A. N. Optomechanics with levitated particles. Rep. Prog. Phys. 83, 026401 (2020).Article CAS Google...
Physicists at the Center for Computational Quantum Physics at the Flatiron Institute in New York City have succeeded in creating a remarkable, never-before-seen phase...