Laboratory setup for using giant “Rydberg” atoms to measure temperature. The glowing red orb shows the cloud of approximately one million rubidium atoms used in the setup. Credit: N. Schlossberger/NIST…
Category: Physics
CMS tests whether top quarks play by Einstein’s rules
The CMS detector. Credit: CERN In the first study of its kind at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the CMS collaboration has tested whether top quarks adhere to Einstein’s special…
Reimagining the Mpemba effect at the atomic scale
Illustration of the quantum strong Mpemba effect. Credit: Springer Nature Limited. In a new Nature Communications study, scientists have demonstrated the quantum version of the strong Mpemba effect (sME) in…
Quantum engineers ‘squeeze’ laser frequency combs to make more sensitive gas sensors
Frequency comb spectroscopy and quantum noise. Credit: Daniel I. Herman et al For the first time ever, scientists have used a technique called “quantum squeezing” to improve the gas sensing…
‘Magic-wavelength optical tweezers’ achieve quantum entanglement of molecules
An illustration of two entangled molecules which are individually trapped in magic-wavelength optical tweezers. Credit: Durham University Researchers at Durham University have successfully demonstrated long-lasting quantum entanglement between molecules, opening…
Scientists achieve direct experimental realization of dual-type entangling gates
Using the same laser setup to entangle dual-type qubits. Credit: Chenxi Wang and Chuanxin Huang. To develop scalable and reliable quantum computers, engineers and physicists will need to devise effective…
