What if spacetime were a kind of fluid? This is the question tackled by theoretical physicists working on quantum gravity by creating models attempting to reconcile gravity and quantum mechanics. Some of these models predict ...
Quantum Physics
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Researchers working at the Clarendon Laboratory at the University of Oxford in England have managed to get one small diamond to communicate with another small diamond utilizing "quantum entanglement," one of the more mind-blowing ...
Quantum Physics
Dec 2, 2011
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Physicists have proposed an experiment that could force us to make a choice between extremes to describe the behaviour of the Universe.
Quantum Physics
Oct 28, 2012
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Schrödinger's cat highlights a long-standing dilemma in quantum mechanics: is the cat really alive and dead, or is the weirdness just in our head?
Quantum Physics
Feb 3, 2015
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Physicists are learning more about the bizarre behavior of "strange metals," which operate outside the normal rules of electricity.
Condensed Matter
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Researchers have uncovered a fundamental link between the two defining properties of quantum physics. Stephanie Wehner of Singapore's Centre for Quantum Technologies and the National University of Singapore and Jonathan Oppenheim ...
Quantum Physics
Nov 18, 2010
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Researchers have created the fastest man-made rotor in the world, which they believe will help them study quantum mechanics.
Quantum Physics
Jul 20, 2018
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(Phys.org) —A deep link between two seemingly unconnected areas of modern science has been discovered by researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Geneva.
Quantum Physics
Jul 12, 2013
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Einstein's theory of gravity and quantum physics are expected to merge at the Planck-scale of extremely high energies and on very short distances. At this scale, new phenomena could arise. However, the Planck-scale is so ...
Quantum Physics
Mar 18, 2012
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Among the intriguing issues in plasma physics are those surrounding X-ray pulsars—collapsed stars that orbit around a cosmic companion and beam light at regular intervals, like lighthouses in the sky. Physicists want to ...
Plasma Physics
Jul 29, 2016
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