Using ultracold atoms and laser light, researchers recreated the behavior of a Josephson junction—an essential component of ...

As the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology draws to a close, Margaret Harris revisits some of the year’s ...

For the first time, scientists have observed the iconic Shapiro steps, a staircase-like quantum effect, in ultracold atoms.

Frederik Møller, Philipp Schüttelkopf and Jörg Schmiedmayer in their laboratory at TU Wien. (Courtesy: TU Wien) Atoms in a one-dimensional quantum gas behave like a Newton’s cradle toy, transferring ...

Ultracold atoms have successfully mimicked a fundamental quantum effect normally found in electronic circuits.

In the past year, two separate experiments in two different materials captured the same confounding scenario: the coexistence ...

Detailed replicas of the fictional Pip-Boy and T-51b Power Armor helmet greet me as I peruse the compact but densely arranged corridor just past the edge of the National Atomic Testing Museum’s gift ...

The US administration is banking on public-private partnerships and an expanded workforce to deliver progress, but critics ...

A research team has discovered a unique quantum state at the interface between organic materials and two-dimensional ...

At the turn of the 20th century, physicists realised their understanding of the subatomic world was wrong. A new theory was born: quantum mechanics. Despite defying everyday notions of the nature of ...

Now, researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the Abdus Salam International ...