“Klein tunnelling” has been observed directly for the first time
Read article: Relativistic quasiparticles tunnel through barrier with 100% transmission, verifying century-old prediction
New technique could allow for faster, smaller and more energy-efficient transistors
Read article: Destructive quantum interference improves single-molecule switch
Dedicated underground experiments set new constraints on the Diósi–Penrose model of curvature-induced collapse
Read article: Physicists place fresh limits on gravity’s role in wavefunction collapse
Making the connection between Bell’s theorem and a hopping insect
Read article: A grasshopper’s quantum leap, mentoring medical physicists, extremely brilliant synchrotron
Huge exoplanets and quantum dots also get a mention in this week’s podcast
Read article: How to time quantum tunnelling using atomic stopwatches, fitness trackers could help with breathing disorders
Spin rotation provides a stopwatch that measures millisecond journey
Read article: Quantum-tunnelling time is measured using ultracold atoms
Contrary to expectations, this fragile quantum-mechanical phenomenon can survive at high temperatures and in a very chaotic environment
Read article: Entanglement gets hot and messy
Ideal process leaves some superposition states intact
Read article: Physicists take snapshots of quantum measurement
“Massively heavy” atoms can move quantum mechanically within a crystalline material at cryogenic temperatures – a surprising result that contradicts currently-held notions
Read article: Quantum diffusion of heavy defects defies Arrhenius’ law
Quantum gravity and quantum fundamentals could be probed using new technique
Read article: Glass sphere is cooled to its motional quantum ground state
