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Using math proofs, experiments, and simulations to show how a material wrinkles when flattened

A group of researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago, Syracuse University, and the University of Pennsylvania developed a method for demonstrating how...

Quantum heat pump: A new measuring tool for physicists

The researchers found no evidence of the spinning fins impacting the levitated film after repeating the experiment, ruling out the chameleon theory as an...

Extended tests with levitated force sensors fail to find evidence of fifth force

A team of Nanjing University researchers, working with two colleagues from the University of Science and Technology of China, conducted new tests of the...

A step towards quantum gravity

According to Einstein's general theory of relativity, gravity arises when a massive object distorts the fabric of spacetime in the same way that a...

Using quantum technology to constrain new particles

Undiscovered axions and axion-like particles may hold the key to explaining some of our universe's most perplexing mysteries, such as dark matter and charge-parity...

A roadmap for the future of quantum simulation

A paper co-authored at the University of Strathclyde lays out a road map for the future of quantum simulation. Quantum computers are enormously powerful devices...

Researchers successfully execute experiments to support U.S. stockpile modernization efforts

At Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), a multi-institutional team of researchers and collaborators successfully carried out an integrated vessel confinement system (VCS) experiment as...

Speed limits for quantum phenomena have been extended to macro-sized objects

A theoretical physicist at RIKEN has developed an expression for the maximum speed at which changes in macroscopic systems can occur. This will improve...

Promising evidence of deuterium forming into a metallic state at high pressure

A team of French researchers from the Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission has discovered promising evidence of deuterium forming into a metallic state...

Position measurement of a levitated nanoparticle via interference with its mirror image

Levitated nanoparticles are promising tools for sensing ultra-weak forces of biological, chemical, or mechanical origin, as well as for testing quantum physics fundamentals. Such...

Review discusses using nonlinear optics with structured light

Light, like cloth, can be tailored by weaving and stitching a pattern into the fabric of light itself. This structured light enables us to...

The laser creates a miniature magnetosphere

Magnetic reconnections in laser-produced plasmas have been investigated in order to gain a better understanding of microscopic electron dynamics, which is relevant to space...

The optical fiber imaging method advances studies of Alzheimer’s disease

A hair-thin optical fibre holds promise for use in minimally invasive deep-tissue studies of patients' brains to demonstrate the effects of Alzheimer's disease and...

Researchers develop highly efficient ultrabroadband edge coupler

Thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) is a versatile nanophotonic platform that has recently emerged. TFLN-based periodically poled lithium niobite (PPLN) devices outperform their legacy counterparts...

Characterizing the materials for next-generation quantum computers with nonlinear optical spectroscopy

Researchers from Universität Hamburg's Department of Physics and the Cluster of Excellence "CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter" and the University of California, Irvine have...