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Otago physicists collide ultracold atoms to observe key quantum principle
University of Otago physicists have used steerable ‘optical tweezers’ to split minute clouds of ultracold atoms and slowly smash them...
Jul 15, 20161 min read


Probing Quantum Phenomena in Tiny Transistors
Nearly 1,000 times thinner than a human hair, nanowires can only be understood with quantum mechanics. Using quantum models, physicists...
Jul 11, 20163 min read


Ultra-cold atoms may wade through quantum friction
Theoretical physicists studying the behavior of ultra-cold atoms have discovered a new source of friction, dispensing with a century-old...
Jun 28, 20163 min read


Russian physicists create a high-precision 'quantum ruler'
Physicists from the Russian Quantum Center (RQC), MIPT, the Lebedev Physical Institute, and L'Institut d'Optique (Palaiseau, France) have...
Jun 24, 20163 min read


Superconductivity stabilised in thin film ceramics
Physicists at BESSY II studied an artificial structure composed of alternating layers of ferromagnetic and superconducting materials....
Jun 21, 20162 min read


A new trick for controlling emission direction in microlasers
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found a way to give photons, or light packets, their marching orders. The...
Jun 20, 20164 min read
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