Universal law of quantum vortex dynamics discovered in superfluid helium

From left, postdoctoral researcher Yiming Xing, Professor Wei Guo, and graduate student Yousef Alihosseini at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. The researchers injected tiny frozen particles into superfluid helium…

Memory matters for quantum atomic motion on metals

Credit: AI-generated image In a variety of technological applications related to chemical energy generation and storage, atoms and molecules diffuse and react on metallic surfaces. Being able to simulate and…

Unveiling under-the-barrier electron dynamics in strong field tunneling

Theoretical framework addresses two long-standing challenges

Strained strontium titanate membrane crosses into ferroelectric—and quantum—territory

Lithium-like tin’s g-factor measured with 0.5 parts per billion experimental accuracy

Schematic illustration of the QED interactions in lithium-like tin ions. Credit: MPIK Researchers from the Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik present new experimental and theoretical results for the bound electron g-factor in…

Quantum visualization technique confirms UTe₂ is an intrinsic topological superconductor

Schematic of the new Andreev scanning tunneling microscopy technique designed to detect the superconductive topological surface state of an intrinsic topological superconductor. Credit: Davis Research Group at University College Cork…

2D quantum sensor uses spin defects for precise magnetic field detection

Artist’s impression of hexagonal boron nitride layers containing a spin, represented by the red arrow, which can be used for sensing magnetic fields. Credit: Carmem M. Gilardoni/ Simone Eizagirre Barker…

Solitonic superfluorescence paves way for high-temperature quantum materials

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A study in Nature describes both the mechanism and the material conditions necessary for superfluorescence at room temperature. The work could serve as a blueprint for…

Exotic quasiparticles in the coldest corners of the universe

Researchers inject an impurity into a one-dimensional ultracold gas, thereby generating a quasiparticle with exotic properties. Credit: University of Innsbruck Nature categorizes particles into two fundamental types: fermions and bosons.…