News tagged with quantum jumps

Scientists view a quantum jump in real time

(PhysOrg.com) -- For more than two decades, scientists have been "watching" electrons in atoms make the jump between energy levels in real time. "Atoms have energy levels, and when electrons 'jump' from one level to another, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (29) | comments 3 | with audio podcast feature

Scientists Extend the Lifetime of Quantum Memory

(PhysOrg.com) -- Storing and sending information using quantum phenomena is one of the hottest areas of research today; scientists across the globe are investigating how to make quantum communication possible for real-life ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 12 feature

New paper offers breakthrough on blinking molecules phenomena

A new paper by University of Notre Dame physicist Boldizsár Jankó and colleagues offers an important new understanding of an enduring mystery in chemical physics.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 11, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Magnetic properties of a single proton directly observed for the first time

German researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM), together with their colleagues from the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg and the GSI Helmholtz ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast