Quantum Mechanics

Breaking Light Speed: The Quantum Tunneling Enigma

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Quantum tunneling allows particles to bypass energy barriers. A new method has been proposed to measure the time it takes for particles ...

Einstein Meets Quantum Mechanics in Antarctic Ice

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

IceCube lab under the stars in Antarctica. Credit: Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF Research at the South Pole studied the mysterious quantum structure of ...

Physicists Discover a New Quantum State

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

A representation of data visualization of quantum states of electrons on the surface and edge of grey arsenic crystal obtained using a ...

Quantum Gravity Unveiled – Scientists Crack the Cosmic Code That Baffled Einstein

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Researchers have developed a method to measure gravity at a microscopic level, marking a significant advancement in understanding quantum gravity. Credit: SciTechDaily.com ...

MIT’s New Graphene Breakthrough Is Shaping the Future of Quantum Computing

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

The fractional quantum Hall effect has generally been seen under very high magnetic fields, but MIT physicists have now observed it in ...

New Experiment Challenges Quantum Electrodynamics

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

The X-ray beam from the world’s largest X-ray laser, the European XFEL, only becomes as clearly visible as in the photo in ...

Physicists Hope to Finally Resolve Whether Gravity is Quantum by Levitating Micro Diamonds

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

An international team of physicists plans to levitate micro diamonds in a vacuum to determine if gravity is quantum in nature. Scientists ...

Princeton Physicists Successfully Entangle Individual Molecules for the First Time

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

A team of Princeton physicists has achieved a breakthrough in quantum mechanics by entangling individual molecules. This research opens up new possibilities ...

Self-assembled photonic cavities with atomic-scale confinement

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Winfree, E., Liu, F., Wenzler, L. A. & Seeman, N. C. Design and self-assembly of two-dimensional DNA crystals. Nature 394, 539–544 (1998). ...

Ministers plough £2bn into making quantum technology ‘Britain’s ChatGPT’

Business
Robert Johnson

Quantum technology manipulates the quirks of quantum physics to perform a huge number of processes simultaneously so that it can tackle tasks ...