Physics

Reconfigurable Metasurfaces are Shaping the Future of Light

Reconfigurable Metasurfaces are Shaping the Future of Light

Researchers have demonstrated how reconfigurable metasurfaces — artificial materials with extraordinary optical properties — are critical to the future of nanotechnology by harnessing the power…
Small Stones are Tossed into a Quantum Whirlpool

Small Stones are Tossed into a Quantum Whirlpool

Researchers discovered that silicon nanoparticles are drawn to vortices in superfluid helium. Their simulations enabled them to visualize the vortex line recombination process. The research…
The Magic and Mystery of Turbulence

The Magic and Mystery of Turbulence

There wasn’t much Werner Heisenberg didn’t know by the time he was in his 70s. He was a world-renowned theoretical physicist who had won numerous…
Record-Breaking Rare Radioactive Decay Spotted From Pumpkin-Shaped Atomic Nucleus

Record-Breaking Rare Radioactive Decay Spotted From Pumpkin-Shaped Atomic Nucleus

Physicists have built a pumpkin-shaped nucleus that has set a new record for proton emission by having the shortest half-life ever observed for a proton…
Researchers Discover a Method to Create Diodes from Superconductors

Researchers Discover a Method to Create Diodes from Superconductors

Researchers from Pisa, Jyväskylä, San Sebastian, and MIT have showed how a heterostructure made of superconductors and magnets can be used to generate unidirectional current…
Using the Coldest Material in the Universe to Measure the World’s Tiniest Magnetic Fields

Using the Coldest Material in the Universe to Measure the World’s Tiniest Magnetic Fields

A team of researchers from ICFO and Aalto University have discovered magnetic signals undetected by any other sensor technology using atoms only a few billionths…
A Sensor Breakthrough Makes Way for a Groundbreaking Map of the World Below the Surface of the Earth

A Sensor Breakthrough Makes Way for a Groundbreaking Map of the World Below the Surface of the Earth

A long-awaited milestone with tremendous consequences for industry, human understanding, and national security has been reached thanks to quantum technology. Researchers from the UK National…
A Single-Photon Source Makes Quantum Encryption Practical

A Single-Photon Source Makes Quantum Encryption Practical

A novel high-purity single-photon source that can function at ambient temperature has been developed by researchers. The source represents a significant step toward real quantum…
Researchers Create Miniature IR Optics Using a Glass-In-Glass Fabrication Method

Researchers Create Miniature IR Optics Using a Glass-In-Glass Fabrication Method

Infrared (IR) glass may now be mixed with another glass and shaped into complicated tiny patterns, thanks to a novel production process created by researchers.…
A Quantum Sensor Made of a Nano Particle Trapped Between Mirrors

A Quantum Sensor Made of a Nano Particle Trapped Between Mirrors

Sensors are an important part of the Internet of Things since they provide data for controlling various items. Precision is crucial in this situation, and…
Helium Atoms, which are Invisible, Provide an Exquisitely Sensitive Test of Fundamental Theory

Helium Atoms, which are Invisible, Provide an Exquisitely Sensitive Test of Fundamental Theory

Physicists from Australia’s National University created the most sensitive method for detecting an atom’s potential energy (within a hundredth of a decillionth of a joule,…
Researchers Use a Modular Waveguide Device to Generate High-Quality Quantum Light

Researchers Use a Modular Waveguide Device to Generate High-Quality Quantum Light

Researchers have created highly nonclassical light using a modular waveguide-based light source for the first time. The achievement is a significant step forward in the…
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