Their unprecedented control over light will lead to breakthroughs in telecommunications, medical imaging, and quantum computing.
Andrey Feldman
Andrey got his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in elementary particle physics from Novosibirsk State University, and a Ph.D. in string theory from the Weizmann Institute of Science. Currently, he works as a science writer, specializing in physics, space, and technology.
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During the tumultuous mergers of black holes, smaller black holes called morsels could produce detectable Hawking radiation.
What would it take to make quantum memristors a reality?
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Magnetic fields from the beginning of time may resolve the Hubble tension
By adding primordial magnetic fields to the Standard Model, researchers may solve the mystery of the Universe’s expansion.
Are quantum communications truly unhackable? Study suggests otherwise
In theory, quantum communications should be impossible to hack, but study shows this may not be true in practice.
Saving a dark matter theory from a quantum tunneling flaw
Tiny interactions between dark matter particles may resolve discrepancies between theory and astronomical observations caused by quantum tunneling.
Scientists observe spontaneous liquification of a metal
Something unexpected happened when atoms of gallium were observed to spontaneously transition from solid to liquid and back again.
Exploring quantum gravity with a simple pendulum experiment
Even tiny deviations in pendulum behavior caused by quantum gravity could be clearly noticeable, say researchers.