A new light-based method lets tiny quantum dots release perfectly controlled photons, opening doors to faster and cheaper quantum technology.

A survey of Scientific American’s century of quantum coverage helps explain the enduring popularity of strange physics ...

Quantum sensors built in nanometer thin boron nitride sheets endure extreme pressure, enabling precise measurements of stress ...

Quantum mechanics theory predicts that, in addition to exhibiting particle-like behavior, particles of all sizes can also ...

With NSF support, physicists at Washington University in St. Louis create quantum sensors that track stress and magnetism at pressures exceeding 30,000 times Earth’s atmosphere.

Physicists from Osaka Metropolitan University and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology were, for the first ...

A new calculation shows how five atoms interact in the Efimov effect. It marks a major leap in quantum physics. Matter behaves weirdly at the quantum scale, one of the strangest examples being the ...

Stress is a very real factor in the structure of our universe. Not the kind of stress that students experience when taking a ...

A hidden world of quantum metrologists ensure that everyday devices perform safely and correctly, but their work is never ...

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