Gravity experiments on the kitchen table: Why a tiny, tiny measurement may be a big leap forward for physics
Just over a week ago, European physicists announced they had measured the strength of gravity on the smallest scale ever.
Just over a week ago, European physicists announced they had measured the strength of gravity on the smallest scale ever.
General Physics
Mar 4, 2024
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A research team led by Prof. Dr. Yang Yong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed a remarkable quantum tunneling phenomenon across double potential barriers. They found ...
Quantum Physics
Feb 29, 2024
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Networks can represent changing systems, like the spread of an epidemic or the growth of groups in a population of people. But the structure of these networks can change, too, as links appear or vanish over time. To better ...
General Physics
Feb 23, 2024
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A team of scientists from the University of Ottawa is offering insights into the mysteries of quantum entanglement. Their recent study, titled "Extending the known region of nonlocal boxes that collapse communication complexity" ...
Quantum Physics
Feb 14, 2024
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In the realm of quantum mechanics, the ability to observe and control quantum phenomena at room temperature has long been elusive, especially on a large or "macroscopic" scale. Traditionally, such observations have been confined ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 14, 2024
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As artificial intelligence technologies such as Chat-GPT are utilized in various industries, the role of high-performance semiconductor devices for processing large amounts of information is becoming increasingly important. ...
Condensed Matter
Jan 29, 2024
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Tunneling is one of most fundamental processes in quantum mechanics, where the wave packet could traverse a classically insurmountable energy barrier with a certain probability.
Optics & Photonics
Jan 24, 2024
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A research team has succeeded in implementing a distributed quantum sensor that can measure multiple spatially distributed physical quantities with high precision beyond the standard quantum limit with few resources. Their ...
Quantum Physics
Jan 22, 2024
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A team of scientists at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light led by Dr. Birgit Stiller has succeeded in cooling traveling sound waves in waveguides considerably further than has previously been possible using ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 18, 2024
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An experiment outlined by a UCL (University College London)-led team of scientists from the UK and India could test whether relatively large masses have a quantum nature, resolving the question of whether quantum mechanical ...
Quantum Physics
Jan 16, 2024
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