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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How to time quantum tunnelling using atomic stopwatches, fitness trackers could help with breathing disorders
Huge exoplanets and quantum dots also get a mention in this week’s podcast
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Quantum-tunnelling time is measured using ultracold atoms
Spin rotation provides a stopwatch that measures millisecond journey
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Entanglement gets hot and messy
Contrary to expectations, this fragile quantum-mechanical phenomenon can survive at high temperatures and in a very chaotic environment
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Physicists take snapshots of quantum measurement
Ideal process leaves some superposition states intact
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