Quantum physics news, features and articles
-
Swiss Scientists Perform Massive Test of 80-Year-Old, 'Spooky' Quantum ParadoxThis new experiment is a huge example of the behavior Albert Einstein called "spooky action at a distance."
By Rafi Letzter Published
quantum-physics -
Quantum Radar Could Make Stealth Technology ObsoleteUsing entangled photons, scientists want to create a 'quantum radar' that can detect stealth bombers.
By Brandon Specktor Published
quantum-physics -
This Quantum Random Number Generator Can Never Be HackedA special experimental setup produces certifiably random numbers to use in the creation of "unhackable" messages
By Adam Mann Published
quantum-physics -
Quantum Physicists Doubled the Information Speed Limit of the UniverseA team of quantum physicists has busted the limit on how fast information can move through the universe.
By Rafi Letzter Published
quantum-physics -
Quantum Physicist Named 'Australian of the Year'Chalk one up for the physicists, as 2018’s "Australian of the Year" title goes to a quantum physicist who created the world’s first transistor made from a single atom.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
quantum-physics -
The New Thinnest Mirrors in the World Use Quantum 'Excitons' to Reflect LightTwo separate teams of scientists have built the thinnest mirrors in the world: sheets of molybdenum diselenide (MoSe2), each just a single atom wide.
By Rafi Letzter Published
quantum-physics -
The Weird Quantum Property of 'Spin'Opinion You would think that electrons would be easy enough to describe — but a quantum-mechanical property called "spin" makes that task much less straightforward.
By Paul Sutter Published
Opinion -
These Quantum Droplets Are the Most Dilute Liquids in the Known UniverseA new form of liquid droplet, formed out of potassium "super-atoms," demonstrates strange and powerful quantum effects.
By Rafi Letzter Published
quantum-physics -
The Subatomic Discovery That Physicists Considered Keeping SecretThis subatomic reaction is eight times more powerful than the reaction at the core of hydrogen bombs.
By Rafi Letzter Published
quantum-physics
