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May 29, 2017

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Unveiling the Quantum Necklace

May 25, 2017 — The quantum world is both elegant and mysterious. It is a sphere of existence where the laws of physics experienced in everyday life are broken -- particles can exist in two ... read more

New Gravitational Wave Characteristics Uncovered, Researchers Report

May 23, 2017 — Researchers have identified a new concept -- 'orphan memory' -- which changes the current thinking around gravitational ... read more

Measured for the First Time: Direction of Light Waves Changed by Quantum Effect

May 24, 2017 — Certain materials can be used to rotate the direction in which the light is oscillating. This is known as a ... read more

Ultrafast Nanophotonics: Turmoil in Sluggish Electrons' Existence

May 23, 2017 — An international team of physicists has monitored the scattering behavior of electrons in a non-conducting material in real-time. Their insights could be beneficial ... read more

Let There Be Light: Controlled Creation of Quantum Emitter Arrays

May 22, 2017 — Graphene Flagship research demonstrates large scale, fully integrable arrays of single photon quantum dots in layered materials, which may lead to hybrid on-chip photonics ... read more

Magnetic Order in a Two-Dimensional Molecular Chessboard

May 22, 2017 — Achieving magnetic order in low-dimensional systems consisting of only one or two dimensions has been a research goal for some time. Researchers now show that magnetic order can be created in a ... read more

Nanophysics: Saving Energy With a Spot of Silver

May 18, 2017 — Tomorrow’s computers will run on light, and gold nanoparticle chains show much promise as light conductors. Now scientists have demonstrated how tiny spots of silver could markedly reduce energy ... read more

Using Graphene to Create Quantum Bits

May 18, 2017 — In the race to produce a quantum computer, a number of projects are seeking a way to create quantum bits -- or qubits -- that are stable, meaning they are not much affected by changes in their ... read more

Testing Quantum Field Theory in a Quantum Simulator

May 17, 2017 — Quantum field theories are often hard to verify in experiments. Now, there is a new way of putting them to the test. Scientists have created a quantum system consisting of ... read more

Destruction of a Quantum Monopole Observed

May 17, 2017 — Scientists have made the first experimental observations of the dynamics of isolated monopoles in quantum matter. The obtained fundamental understanding of monopole dynamics ... read more