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Using quantum entanglement to secure ground-to-satellite timing

From mobile phones and banking systems to aircraft, ships and emergency services, much of modern life relies on precise timing signals from satellites. Known as the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), satellites carrying ...

Metallic rutile oxides break the rules of cooling

Physicists have long puzzled over a strange contradiction inside a family of minerals called rutile oxides. These materials all share the same crystal structure—but while some of them, like titanium dioxide, are firmly insulating, ...

Plug-and-play single-photon source can work at room temperature

The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) has developed a room-temperature single-photon source built into a compact 19-inch rack-mounted device that operates without cryogenic cooling. Designed as a plug-and-play ...

Quantum semiconductor design could expand search for dark matter

Dark matter accounts for 85% of the matter in the universe, but scientists still do not know what it is made of. A study, published in Physical Review Letters, by Rice University researchers proposes a detector design that ...

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General Physics
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General Physics
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General Physics
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General Physics
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Optics & Photonics
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Optics & Photonics
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General Physics
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General Physics
Quantum waves reveal one-sided motion marking elusive critical states
Superconductivity
Seven exotic quantum phases predicted in ultracold magnetic atoms, including topological superconductivity
Quantum Physics
Scientists measure hidden quantum forces that could power a new generation of pharmaceutical drugs
Quantum Physics
Trios of quantum particles form checkerboard layouts when particle density hits sweet spot
General Physics
Quantum squeezing sidesteps the limits on mechanical transducers
Soft Matter
Scientists catch classical space-time crystals moving like Majorana quasiparticles
Quantum Physics
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Quantum Physics
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General Physics
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General Physics
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Optics & Photonics
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Earth Sciences
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Archaeology
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Environment
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Planetary Sciences
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Polymers
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Polymers
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Plants & Animals
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Cell & Microbiology
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Materials Science
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