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This strange atom just acted like a Quantum wave

First experimental observation of matter-wave diffraction in a short-lived electron-positron atom.

A new quantum state of matter could power future technologies

Powerful quantum effects can combine to create something entirely new.

Quantum oscillations found coming from within

Physicists uncover bizarre behavior in an exotic insulator.

‘Squeezed light’ might be the secret to building the quantum internet

Quantum whispers: How squeezed light could ignite the internet of entangled realities.

Like Superman, light has two identities that are impossible to see at once

Wave or particle? Light keeps its quantum secrets under wraps.

Scientists Discover a Second Law for Quantum Entanglement

Breakthrough battery lets physicists reverse entanglement.

The most accurate atomic clock to date

One that can measure time down to the 19th decimal place.

Controlling spin qubits at near absolute zero

World-first semiconductor control system integrated with qubits.

Physicists recreated extreme quantum vacuum effects

The simulations recreated a bizarre phenomenon.

Particles can be measured jointly without bringing them together

A UNIGE team has shown that particles can be measured jointly without bringing them together

New quantum theory of gravity bridges gravity and the Standard model

New theory of gravity brings long-sought Theory of Everything a crucial step closer.

A new type of quantum entanglement discovered

It is possible to entangle photons in nanoscale systems.

Researchers successfully created hot Schrödinger cat states

Quantum phenomena can also be observed and used in less perfect, warmer conditions.

Researchers cool objects by detecting an absence of light

In a groundbreaking experiment, researchers at Imperial College London's Department of Physics have uncovered a surprising method to cool objects by measuring the absence...

EPFL scientists explore molecular collisions with gold

Quantum interference in molecule-surface collisions.

Quantum miracle material to enable magnetic switching

Magnetic switch traps quantum information carriers in one dimension

For the first time: Scientists measured the quantum state of electrons

This is thanks to a new measurement technique.

Qubits to qudits: A new device uses quantum principles to relay information securely

Using quantum mechanics to transmit information more securely

A novel class of quantum particles behaves in unexpected ways

It could take quantum mechanics one step further.

The gemstone spinel can store quantum information

This discovery highlights the incredible potential of materials like spinel.

Rice scientists theorize the existence of new particles other than bosons and fermions

Mathematical methods point to possibility of particles long thought impossible.

Exotic electron crystal uncovered in graphene

A new class of quantum states observed in a custom-engineered graphene structure.

Quantum geometry measured for the first time

Work opens new avenues for understanding, manipulating electrons in materials.

Study confirms a 40-year-old quantum theory

In 1984, physicist Eric J. Heller proposed a theory stating that electrons are confined in a quantum space and move along a definite orbit...

A novel way to use light to give electrons a spinning kick

A light beam can reliably transfer orbital angular momentum to itinerant electrons in graphene.
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