A research team was able to generate polarized X-rays with unprecedented purity at the European XFEL in Hamburg. The experiments involved scientists from the Helmholtz Institute Jena, a branch of GSI, Friedrich Schiller University ...
Optics & Photonics
May 5, 2022
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For "Star Wars" fans, the streaking stars seen from the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon as it jumps to hyperspace is a canonical image. But what would a pilot actually see if she could accelerate in an instant through the ...
Quantum Physics
Apr 26, 2022
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Levitation of both large objects and of single atoms has become a widely used technique in science and engineering. In the last years, many researchers have started to explore a new horizon: the levitation of nano- and micro-particles—still ...
Quantum Physics
Oct 8, 2021
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A team of scientists led by the Department of Applied Physics at Osaka University, the Department of Physics and Electronics at Osaka Prefecture University, and the Department of Materials Chemistry at Nagoya University used ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 29, 2021
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Quantum computers developed to date have been one-of-a-kind devices that fill entire laboratories. Now, physicists at the University of Innsbruck have built a prototype of an ion trap quantum computer that can be used in ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 18, 2021
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In 2018, Kang-Kuen Ni and her lab earned the cover of Science with an impressive feat: They took two individual atoms, a sodium and a cesium, and forged them into a single dipolar molecule, sodium cesium.
General Physics
Apr 5, 2021
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Superconductors—materials that conduct electricity without resistance—are remarkable. They provide a macroscopic glimpse into quantum phenomena, which are usually observable only at the atomic level. Beyond their physical ...
Nanophysics
Feb 11, 2021
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Anyone entering the world of quantum physics must prepare themself for quite a few things unknown in the everyday world: Noble gases form compounds, atoms behave like particles and waves at the same time and events that in ...
General Physics
Dec 23, 2020
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The Unruh-effect connects quantum theory and relativity. Until now, it could not be measured. A new idea could change this.
Quantum Physics
Dec 17, 2020
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Researchers have developed a new theory for observing a quantum vacuum that could lead to new insights into the behavior of black holes.
Quantum Physics
Nov 23, 2020
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