NASA's upgraded Cold Atom Lab came back online aboard the International Space Station this week — the fourth and final hardware overhaul of a facility that has spent eight years turning the ISS into ...

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Kane spelled out the geometry in detail. He placed the phosphorus donors in an array about 20 nanometers apart, each sitting ...

Flocking birds and schools of fish are a familiar sight. While previous research has uncovered the broad dynamics driving ...

Gold has long stood apart from other metals. It does not rust like iron or tarnish like silver. Its shine endures across ...

An experiment with a toy universe made up of extremely cold atoms shows how time can emerge from quantum interactions, instead of existing by default ...

With dozens of companies, from small startups to tech giants, pursuing quantum computing, there’s a steady flow of results as they try to find a path to utility. We typically focus on new technologies ...

In a swap gate, neighbouring qubit states (blue and beige) are exchanged. The qubits are made of cold atoms trapped inside an artificial crystal created by laser light.ETH Zurich Researchers at ETH ...

In materials science, macroscopic properties are often examined to understand the behaviour of a material: strength, hardness, thermal conductivity, diffusion coefficient, elastic modulus, and so on.

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In popular culture, lasers are often portrayed as portable blasters that superheat whatever they hit. Some lasers do deliver tremendous amounts of energy in reality, but for scientists and engineers, ...