Camera image of a laser beam in false color, which consists of photons in a superposition with quantum numbers between +10,000 and -10,000. After zooming in twice, the enormous complexity of the structure can be revealed. Credit: IQOQI Vienna...
Johan Åkerman. Credit: Johan Wingborg
What do fire flies, Huygens's wall clocks, and even the heart of choir singers, have in common? They can all synchronize their respective individual signals into one single unison tone or rhythm.
Now researchers at University...
Stanford researchers led by postdoc Nariman Farsad have built a machine that sends text messages using common chemicals.Image: Standford University
Researchers have built a machine that sends messages using common chemicals. Among many potential applications, this system could relay secret...
Schematic explanation of the world's fastest quantum simulator. Credit: NINS/IMS
Kenji Ohmori (Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan) and a group of collaborators have developed the world's fastest simulator for the quantum mechanical dynamics of a...
Astronomers observed light from a quasar 8.5 billion years after it passed through distant galaxies.Credit: James Josephides and Professor Michael MurphyClose
Astronomers have precisely measured the strength of a fundamental force of Nature in a galaxy seen eight billion years...
The Molecular Foundry’s Edward Barnard is part of a team of scientists that developed a new way to see inside solar cells. Credit: Marilyn Chung
Berkeley Lab method could help scientists learn new ways to boost photovoltaic efficiency
Next-generation solar cells...
Terahertz imaging of a human hand using arrays of carbon nanotubes: (left) human hand inserted into the imaging device, and (right) resulting scan of the human hand.
Scientists at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a portable and wearable...
Macquarie University researchers have demonstrated a new technique exploiting the presence of foreign atoms within a diamond crystal, using light to affect the motion of the entire nanoparticle – opening the door to applying powerful quantum technologies to the...
Electron micrographs of tiny superparamagnetic crystals of magnetite at different resolutions. The lowest resolution image (a) shows the octahedral crystals. At higher resolution, the 'craters' on the crystal surfaces are clearly visible. The highest resolution image (c) shows some...
Electron microscope image of a chromium dioxide devices based on wires. The green wire is the chromium dioxide ferromagnet. The orange wires are superconductors and are necessary to produce a superconducting current through the green wire. Credit: Leiden Institute...
An integrated circuit shows the inclusion of molecular spin qubits for the implementationof entangling quantum gates. Credit: Dr. Christopher Muryn
Quantum computing is about to get more complex. Researchers have evidence that large molecules made of nickel and chromium can...
