The researchers propose a new instrument for searching dark matter axions using tunable plasmas. Illustration: Alexander Millar/Stockholm University Physicists at Stockholm University and the Max…
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MIT researchers detect a single quantum vibration within a diamond sample (shown here) at room temperature. Credit: Sabine Galland Studying a common material under ordinary…
The experimental setup in Kwiat’s lab at the Loomis Laboratory of Physics. Credit: Siv Schwink/University of Illinois Department of Physics Next-generation single-photon source for quantum…
Can we peek at Schrödinger’s cat without disturbing it? Researchers describe a way of measuring a quantum system while keeping its superposition intact. Quantum physics…
The discovery that free electrons can move asymmetrically provides a deeper understanding of one of the basic processes in physics: the photoelectric effect. It was…
According to quantum physics, empty space is more complicated than one might think. Credit: TU Wien Is it possible to borrow energy from an empty…
Artistic illustration of the delocalization of the massive molecules used in the experiment. Credit: © Yaakov Fein, Universität Wien The quantum superposition principle has been…
A graphic illustration an assemblage of trefoil knots in a liquid crystal solution. Credit: Smalyukh lab Physicists at CU Boulder have gone to creative lengths…
Artistic illustration of the potential landscape defined by voltages applied to nanostructures in order to trap single electrons in a quantum dot. Credit: Department of…
Transverse components of the normalized Poynting vectors in the focal plane of the tightly focused kaleidoscope-structured vector optical fields. The direction of the transverse energy…
An inside look of an ultra-high vacuum reaction chamber that simulates chemical reactions in an interstellar cloud environment. Credit: Hokkaido University An experiment shows that…
The equipment used to run the experiment. Credit: © 2019 Suzuki et al. Light work for superconductors: Laser light compels iron compound to conduct power…
The layout and major features of the KATRIN experimental facility at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Credit: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology An international team of…
Working on the germanium detector array in the clean room of Gran Sasso underground laboratory. Credit: J. Suvorov / GERDA Collaboration Major steps forward in…
A monolayer of organic molecules is placed in the focused light field and replies to this illumination by fluorescence, embedding all information about the invisible…
Researchers have designed a way to give the long tunnel arms of gravitational-wave observatories like KAGRA in Japan the ability to potentially also detect axion…
Quantum mechanics and the general theory of relativity form the bedrock of the current understanding of physics — yet the two theories don’t seem to…
A stylized version of a racetrack nanosandblasted on lithium niobate, where photons are coaxed to interact with each other under low energy conditions. The new…
KATRIN’s spectrometer, shown here, precisely measures the energy of electrons emitted in the decay of tritium, which has helped scientists come closer to pinning down…
Scientists have used a microchip to map the back of the eye for disease diagnosis. The interference technology used in the microchip has been around…