When we illuminate something, we usually expect that the brighter the source we use, the brighter the resulting image will...
Quantum mechanics is full of weird phenomena, but perhaps none as weird as the role measurement plays in the theory....
Atoms of the metal ytterbium-171 may be the closest things in nature to perfect qubits. A recent study shows how...
Ever since Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovered the world of bacteria through a microscope in the late seventeenth century, humans have...
China is building a new neutrino detector named TRIDENT, the Tropical Deep-sea Neutrino Telescope. They’re building it in the South...
One way physicists seek clues to unravel the mysteries of the universe is by smashing matter together and inspecting the...
A team of international researchers led by The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and The University of Science and Technology...
Electron microscopes provide unique vistas of nanoscale structures, but their resolution is limited by the mutual repulsion of electrons. Researchers...
Quantum computers of the future hold promise in solving all sorts of problems. For example, they could lead to more...
Physicists have shown that simulating models of hypothetical time travel can solve experimental problems that appear impossible to solve using...
Researchers have developed a method that can reveal the location of errors in quantum computers, making them up to 10...
Absorption spectroscopy is an analytical chemistry tool that can determine if a particular substance is present in a sample by...
