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Electrons that act like photons reveal a quantum secret

Unique physical properties of materials have been the center of interest in material science community. Among them, quantum materials have recently garnered growing attention, because of their unprecedented physical properties governed by photon-like electrons. We have synthesized a series of... Continue Reading →

Time Dilation: A Fascinating Aspect of Relativity

Time dilation is one of the most intriguing concepts in Einstein's theory of relativity, fundamentally altering our understanding of time and space. It refers to the phenomenon where time appears to pass at different rates for observers in different frames... Continue Reading →

Grapes of math: Ordinary fruit enhances performance of quantum sensors

Macquarie University researchers have demonstrated how ordinary supermarket grapes can enhance the performance of quantum sensors, potentially leading to more efficient quantum technologies. The study, published in Physical Review Applied on 20 December 2024, shows that pairs of grapes can create strong localized magnetic... Continue Reading →

Irodov’s Problem – GIF animation

Problem:Irodov, problem 1.52., it says that acceleration is constant in magnitude and pointing permanently towards the center of the wheel. `vrai ou faux? A wheel rolls on a horizontal surface without slipping. Also rolling is the acceleration vector (red). It... Continue Reading →

Is oxygen the cosmic key to alien technology?

Rochester astrophysicist Adam Frank explores the links between atmospheric oxygen and detecting extraterrestrial technology on distant planets. In the quest to understand the potential for life beyond Earth, researchers are widening their search to encompass not only biological markers, but... Continue Reading →

For experimental physicists, quantum frustration leads to fundamental discovery

AMHERST, Mass. – A team of physicists, including University of Massachusetts assistant professor Tigran Sedrakyan, recently announced in the journal Nature that they have discovered a new phase of matter. Called the “chiral bose-liquid state,” the discovery opens a new path in the... Continue Reading →

Physicists observe wormhole dynamics using a quantum computer

Scientists have, for the first time, developed a quantum experiment that allows them to study the dynamics, or behavior, of a special kind of theoretical wormhole. The experiment has not created an actual wormhole (a rupture in space and time),... Continue Reading →

Study proves a generalization of Bell’s theorem: Quantum correlations are genuinely tripartite and nonlocal

Quantum theory predicts the existence of so-called tripartite-entangled states, in which three quantum particles are related in a way that has no counterpart in classical physics. Theoretical physicists would like to understand how well new theories, alternatives to quantum theory,... Continue Reading →

Scientists discover exotic quantum state at room temperature

For the first time, physicists have observed novel quantum effects in a topological insulator at room temperature. Researchers at Princeton found that a material known as a topological insulator, made from the elements bismuth and bromine, exhibit specialized quantum behaviors... Continue Reading →

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