The technological advancement of optical lenses has long been a significant marker of human scientific achievement. Eyeglasses, telescopes, cameras, and...
The behavior of microscopic quantum magnets has long been a subject taught in lectures in theoretical physics. However, investigating the...
A lone molecule free in cold space will cool by slowing down its rotation—it will spontaneously lose its rotational energy...
Various technologies, networks and institutions benefit from or require accurate time keeping to synchronize their activities. Current ways of synchronizing...
Bernard Bigot, a French scientist leading a vast international effort to demonstrate that nuclear fusion can be a viable source...
Researchers have demonstrated, for the first time, light-induced thermomagnetic recording in a magnetic thin-film on silicon waveguides. The new writing...
Computational detective work by U.S. and German physicists has confirmed that cerium zirconium pyrochlore is a 3D quantum spin liquid....
It’s not every day that someone comes across a new state of matter in quantum physics, the scientific field devoted...
Modern computers use electrons to process information, but this design is starting to reach theoretical limits. However, it could be...
The disease of malaria is triggered by single-celled parasites that accumulate in large groups in the salivary glands of mosquitoes...
When thinking about quantum mechanical systems, single photons and well-isolated ions and atoms may spring to mind, or electrons spreading...
Future quantum computers are expected not only to solve particularly tricky computing tasks, but also to be connected to a...
