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Soundwaves settle debate about elusive quantum particle

It was a head-spinning discovery. In 2018, researchers in Japan claimed to find concrete evidence of an elusive particle, a Majorana fermion, in a quantum spin liquid called ruthenium trichloride. Majoranas are highly sought-after ...

Classical physics can explain quantum weirdness, study shows

When you throw a ball in the air, the equations of classical physics will tell you exactly what path the ball will take as it falls, and when and where it will land. But if you were to squeeze that same ball down to the size ...

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Optics & Photonics
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Superconductivity
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Optics & Photonics
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Quantum Physics
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Condensed Matter
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Optics & Photonics
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Quantum Physics
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General Physics
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Optics & Photonics
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Condensed Matter
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Quantum Physics
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General Physics
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