Ultrafast science Research update Slowed light breaks record Light stored for over a second in an ultracold cloud of sodium atoms Read article: Slowed light breaks record
Quantum optics Research update Microwaves live on the edge Eliminating backscatter could boost optical communications Read article: Microwaves live on the edge
Ultrafast science Research update Tricolour entanglement could connect qubits Demonstration is an early step towards a 'quantum switchboard' Read article: Tricolour entanglement could connect qubits
Quantum optics Research update Optical ‘quantum computer chip’ performs first calculation Device employs Shor's algorithm using four photons Read article: Optical ‘quantum computer chip’ performs first calculation
Quantum optics Research update Tiny device is first complete ‘quantum computer’ NIST researchers demonstrate sustained quantum computing in trapped ions Read article: Tiny device is first complete ‘quantum computer’
Ultracold matter Research update Parity violation in ytterbium is largest ever seen Berkeley physicists boost parity violation to explore weak force Read article: Parity violation in ytterbium is largest ever seen
Ultracold matter Research update Ultra cold atoms help share quantum information New technique could be used to transmit quantum data along optical fibres Read article: Ultra cold atoms help share quantum information
Vacuum and cryogenics Opinion and reviews The power of robotics Robotics competitions supply a vital missing link in science and engineering education, says Robert P Crease Read article: The power of robotics
Ultrafast science Research update Mott insulator stores light Pulse stored for a quarter of a second in atomic gas
Vacuum and cryogenics Opinion and reviews Web life: Hyperphysics So what is the site about? Hyperphysics is a network of cross-linked articles on topics from acceleration to the Zeeman effect — essentially an online physics encyclopedia. Unlike some sites fea... Read article: Web life: Hyperphysics
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