"Quantum fluctuations occur even in a vacuum."When researching quantum mechanics, you often come across this explanation.However, a question arises here.What exactly is fluctuating in a vacuum where ...

A little while ago,"What would happen to the world if vibrations stopped? Investigating absolute zero and zero-point motion"I wrote an article titled. In it,"Even if you lower the temperature to the ...

Seeing a bachelor's thesis published in a scientific journal is relatively uncommon. For three theses linked to the same research group to result in scientific publications within just three months is ...

The University of Queensland’s Dr Carla Verdi is using quantum-mechanical and advanced computer simulations in her search for ...

The 2D MOT apparatus which feeds the science chamber with cold atoms. At the centre is a glass cell held under vacuum between coils producing magnetic fields. The atoms go into the science chamber ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A team of German physicists has built a fully working version of quantum mechanics that uses only real numbers. Complex numbers, built from a ...

MIT physicists developed a technique to arrange atoms (represented as spheres with arrows) in much closer proximity than previously possible, down to 50 nanometers. The group plans to use the method ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The quantum material is made from glass and gold. (LSU Quantum Photonics Group) Materials in a quantum state come with exotic ...

Quantum materials could transform technologies ranging from powerful computers and ultrasecure communications to advanced energy systems. But there has always been one major obstacle. Nearly all known ...

Physicists at the University of Jyväskylä and Aalto University in Finland have experimentally created a two-dimensional topological crystalline insulator for the first time — a quantum material that ...