Quantum mechanics Research update Researchers shrink double-slit experiment to atomic scale Using a crystal as an atomic-scale interferometer enables direct visualization of local atomic arrangements Read article: Researchers shrink double-slit experiment to atomic scale
Superconductivity Research update Quantum entanglement explains why strange metals are so strange New measurements and a tool from quantum metrology provide new insights into metals with unusually high electrical resistance Read article: Quantum entanglement explains why strange metals are so strange
Quantum mechanics Blog Experiment that may or may not disprove Bohmian mechanics continues to spark debate Is the controversy settled? Only when pigs – and pilot waves – fly, writes Tim Wogan Read article: Experiment that may or may not disprove Bohmian mechanics continues to spark debate
Quantum mechanics Research update Physicists identify unexpected quantum advantage in a permutation parity task The list of things that quantum features enable us to do just got a little longer Read article: Physicists identify unexpected quantum advantage in a permutation parity task
Quantum mechanics Research update Schrödinger cat state sets new size record Clusters containing thousands of metal atoms obey the laws of quantum mechanics, say physicists Read article: Schrödinger cat state sets new size record
Quantum mechanics Research update Einstein’s recoiling slit experiment realized at the quantum limit A century-old thought experiment on wave–particle duality is brought into the laboratory using a single trapped atom Read article: Einstein’s recoiling slit experiment realized at the quantum limit
Quantum mechanics Research update Modelling wavefunction collapse as a continuous flow yields insights on the nature of measurement Quantum state diffusion framework makes it possible to characterize quantum measurement in terms of entropy production Read article: Modelling wavefunction collapse as a continuous flow yields insights on the nature of measurement
Quantum mechanics Research update Quantum-scale thermodynamics offers a tighter definition of entropy New formulation sheds light on the three-level maser Read article: Quantum-scale thermodynamics offers a tighter definition of entropy
Quantum mechanics Research update Playing games by the quantum rulebook expends less energy New form of quantum advantage emerges from study of game theory and quantum information Read article: Playing games by the quantum rulebook expends less energy
Gravity Research update Classical gravity may entangle matter, new study claims Surprising result could guide searches for quantum gravity Read article: Classical gravity may entangle matter, new study claims