Long-awaited magnetic interferometer might probe quantum gravity
Device could interfere much larger molecules than is currently possible
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Chemistry gets put to a quantum test
Researchers use ultracold molecules to explore all possible outcomes of a chemical reaction
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Quantum mechanics gives new insights into the Gibbs paradox
Quantum effects allow more work to be extracted from a system than would be expected in a classical world
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Atomic nuclei go for a quantum swing
Precisely controlling nuclear excitations could aid the development of ultraprecise clocks as well as batteries that can store huge amounts of energy
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Entangled electron pairs created using heat
Cooper pairs in a superconductor split and electrons collected by quantum dots
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Collective behaviour emerges particle by particle
Six atoms are enough to constitute a many-body system, say researchers
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Relativistic quasiparticles tunnel through barrier with 100% transmission, verifying century-old prediction
“Klein tunnelling” has been observed directly for the first time
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Destructive quantum interference improves single-molecule switch
New technique could allow for faster, smaller and more energy-efficient transistors
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Physicists place fresh limits on gravity’s role in wavefunction collapse
Dedicated underground experiments set new constraints on the Diósi–Penrose model of curvature-induced collapse
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A grasshopper’s quantum leap, mentoring medical physicists, extremely brilliant synchrotron
Making the connection between Bell’s theorem and a hopping insect
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