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7 Quantum Particles Act Like Billions in Weird Physics Experiment
By Rafi Letzter published
Just seven photons in a mirrored trap formed a Bose-Einstein condensate, one of the more exotic particle states — and one usually reserved for matter.
NASA Created a Rare, Exotic State of Matter in Space
By Rafi Letzter published
A special device aboard the International Space Station has produced Bose-Einstein condensates in space for the first time ever.
How Quantum Computers Could Kill the Arrow of Time
By Rafi Letzter published
A new technique for quantum computing could bust open our whole model of how time moves in the universe.
World First: Chinese Physicists Made a Cold Atomic Clock Work in Space
By Rafi Letzter published
Atomic clocks have traveled to space before. But no one has ever managed to make one this accurate tick up there before.
Chinese Researchers Achieve Stunning Quantum-Entanglement Record
By Rafi Letzter published
In an unprecedented feat, physicists packed three qubits into each of six particles. The implications could be staggering.
There Are Two Kinds of Water in Every Glass, Thanks to Quantum Physics
By Rafi Letzter published
There are two kinds of water in every glass, they're different from one another, and scientists managed to separate them and study the differences between them.
Swiss Scientists Perform Massive Test of 80-Year-Old, 'Spooky' Quantum Paradox
By Rafi Letzter published
This new experiment is a huge example of the behavior Albert Einstein called "spooky action at a distance."
Quantum Radar Could Make Stealth Technology Obsolete
By Brandon Specktor published
Using entangled photons, scientists want to create a 'quantum radar' that can detect stealth bombers.
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