Quantum physics news, features and articles
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Physicists make record-breaking 'quantum vortex' to study the mysteries of black holesPhysicists created a 'quantum vortex,' which flows with 500 times less viscosity than water and could be used to study the space-time warping caused by black holes.
By Ben Turner Published
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World's largest gravitational wave observatory squeezes light beyond the 'quantum limit'Researchers at the LIGO gravitational wave observatory used a new technique called frequency-dependent squeezing to boost weak signals above quantum noise.
By Ben Turner Published
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Quantum 'yin-yang' shows two photons being entangled in real-timeThe stunning experiment, which reconstructs the properties of entangled photons from a 2D interference pattern, could be used to design faster quantum computers.
By Ben Turner Published
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'The most magical equation in physics': How Paul Dirac accidentally revealed the strange world of antimatterIn this extract from the book 'The One Thing You Need to Know', author Marcus Chown explains how the Dirac Equation came to be.
By Marcus Chown Published
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Distortions in space-time could put Einstein's theory of relativity to the ultimate testObserving time distortions could show whether Einstein's theory of general relativity accounts for the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.
By Robert Lea Published
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World's heaviest Schrödinger's cat made in quantum crystal visible to the naked eyePhysicists have placed part of a sapphire crystal into a quantum superposition, making it the heaviest object to show quantum effects, in a new take on Erwin Schrödinger's famous cat experiment.
By Ben Turner Published
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There may have been a second Big Bang, new research suggestsWithin a month of the Big Bang, a second cosmic explosion may have given the universe its invisible dark matter, new research suggests.
By Paul Sutter Published
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Does reality exist when we're not looking?In quantum physics, particles exist in many states at once until you measure them. Can reality really work that way?
By Paul Sutter Published
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Do quantum universes really exist?In some interpretations of quantum mechanics, such as the Many-Worlds interpretation or the Pilot Wave Theory, parallel universes may form every time a subatomic particle goes through any interaction.
By Paul Sutter Published
