They combined optical tweezers with metasurfaces to trap more than 1,000 atoms, with the potential to capture hundreds of ...

Quantum mechanics has always carried a quiet tension. At its core, the theory allows particles to exist in many states at ...

A microscopic clump of sodium has become the largest object ever to be observed as a wave, improving upon previous records by ...

Physicists at Heidelberg University have developed a new theory that finally unites two long-standing and seemingly incompatible views of how exotic particles behave inside quantum matter. In some ...

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have uncovered experimental evidence that ...

Time feels steady and familiar in daily life, but at the quantum level it becomes slippery. That puzzle now has a fresh twist ...

Scientists are leveraging quantum physics to develop new energy production methods, aiming to address the computing industry's growing energy demands. Researchers at MIT have devised a novel approach ...

The order outlines a widespread effort to plan for increased quantum innovation, private sector cooperation and international partnership in pursuit of a quantum computer for scientific applications ...

A team of theoretical researchers has found duality can unveil non-invertible symmetry protected topological phases, which ...

Technique lays the groundwork for neutral-atom quantum computers with more than 100 000 qubits, say physicists ...

Physicists have found a way to measure how long ultra-fast quantum events actually take—without using a clock at all.