Researchers at TU Wien have developed a one-dimensional “quantum wire” using a gas of ultracold atoms. In this system, both ...

Axions are hypothetical light particles that could solve two different physics problems, as they could explain why some ...

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Using ultracold atoms and laser light, researchers recreated the behavior of a Josephson junction—an essential component of ...

For more than a century, thermodynamics has described how heat flows and engines run, while quantum mechanics has ruled the ...

As the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology draws to a close, Margaret Harris revisits some of the year’s ...

This device is known as a Josephson junction. It’s the foundational building block of quantum computers and advances of it ...

Quantum communication saw major progress, including longer-distance demonstrations and systems that operate closer to ...

Quantum computing has long promised breakthroughs in chemistry, logistics, finance, and climate modeling, but the hardware ...

Physics simulations using classical mechanics is something that’s fairly easily done on regular consumer hardware, with ...

Step aside, artificial intelligence. Another transformative technology with the potential to reshape industries and reorder ...

More than 200 years ago, Count Rumford showed that heat isn’t a mysterious substance but something you can generate endlessly ...