Quantum Physics

  1. Quantum Physics

    Atomic clock will keep precise time for 15 billion years

    The world’s most precise atomic clock will not lose or gain a second in roughly 15 billion years.

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  2. Quantum Physics

    One photon wrangles 3,000 atoms into quantum entanglement

    A single photon can trigger the creation of quantum entanglement between thousands of atoms.

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  3. Quantum Physics

    Quantum links provide clues to causation

    Quantum entanglement enables physicists to determine cause and effect just by tracking the association between two measurements.

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  4. Quantum Physics

    Finding quantum entanglement in a crowd

    Physicists have measured entanglement between pairs of photons within a macroscopic beam of light, a first step toward understanding how particles’ quantum connections lead to large-scale effects.

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  5. Quantum Physics

    Light trick can retrieve missed messages

    Even if photons pass you by, you can still snatch a signal from their electromagnetic wake, physicists propose.

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  6. Quantum Physics

    Trying to get the down-low on gravity

    A twist on a classic quantum mechanics experiment could lead to the discovery of elusive gravitons.

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  7. Quantum Physics

    Physicists double their teleportation power

    In a teleportation first, physicists transfer two quantum properties from one photon to another.

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  8. Quantum Physics

    Quantum guessing game uses the future to predict the past

    Physicists extrapolate forward and backward in time to make accurate predictions about an object’s quantum state at a particular moment.

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  9. Quantum Physics

    Top 10 scientific mysteries for the 21st century

    Solving the Top 10 scientific mysteries facing the 21st century will not be all fun but could be mostly games.

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  10. Quantum Physics

    Physicists debate whether quantum math is as real as atoms

    Physicists debate whether quantum states are as real as atoms or are just tools for forecasting phenomena.

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  11. Quantum Physics

    Bell’s math showed that quantum weirdness rang true

    50 years ago, John Bell proved a theorem that led the way to establishing the weirdness of quantum physics.

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  12. Particle Physics

    Two new particles found at Large Hadron Collider

    Physicists with the Large Hadron Collider beauty experiment have identified two new particles called Xi_b'- and Xi_b*-.

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