A team of researchers has developed a novel method for using cholesteric liquid crystals in optical microcavities. The ...

More information: Xiao-Tong Lu et al, NTSC SrII optical lattice clock with uncertainty of 2×10 -18, Metrologia (2025). DOI: 10.1088/1681-7575/addc77 Provided by Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

By comparing optical clocks in six different countries, researchers have taken a major step toward establishing a new global ...

Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have created a groundbreaking quantum device that can measure 3D acceleration using ultracold atoms, something once thought nearly impossible. By ...

The most famous packing problem concerns spheres. In 1611, the astronomer Johannes Kepler proposed that the densest way to ...

Oxford scientists lead breakthrough in quantum materials that could pave the way for advanced quantum technology ...

The researchers published their paper, titled "Vector atom accelerometry in an optical lattice," this month in the journal Science ... then zipping back up a jacket. In laser interferometry, for ...

CU Boulder scientists created a quantum device that uses cold atoms and lasers to track 3D acceleration. In a new study, physicists at the Boulder used a cloud of atoms cooled to extremely low ...

Researchers successfully freeze light into a supersolid, a groundbreaking discovery with potential applications in quantum computing and energy transport.

In order to determine the spectral characteristics of the material (for example, the chemical composition at each point), we ...

With higher efficiency and lower costs, perovskite–silicon tandem cells mark a breakthrough in solar tech. Can they truly ...