Scientists devised a quantum watch that measures time in a fundamentally different way
A new time-keeping quantum device that requires no "time zero" reference.
Tag: quantum mechanics
Nothing to talk about: the many mysteries of vacuums
A vacuum is not exactly empty in quantum mechanics terms. It is also a headache for physicists.
Time Travel Without the Paradoxes
Join ZME Science in its carefully non-copyright infringing time machine with your sidekick ‘Marty’ to see if time travel paradoxes ...
Certainly Uncertain: What’s Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle is more than a mathematical quirk, a handy guiding principle, or the inspiration for some really nerdy ...
Side stepping Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle isn’t easy
The uncertainty principle provides a constant hindrance to the sensitivity of equipment such as LIGO's interferometer and new research shows, ...
Super-Superposition: 2,000 atoms in ‘two places at once’
A new record for the most atoms placed in a quantum superposition simultaneously has been set by researchers - pushing the boundary ...
Quantum satellite investigates the gap between Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity
An international team of scientists has attempted to test the effects of gravity on quantum entanglement using the Micius Quantum ...
Physicists are a step closer to a theory of quantum gravity
A new study outlines the conditions that couple quantum gravity and low-energy physics.
Physicists measure quantum entanglement in chemical reactions
The discovery has implications for the improvement of technologies like solar energy systems.
This is what quantum entanglement looks like
The first images of spooky action at a distance.
Fundamental quantum mechanics equation can also describe large-scale objects in the universe
It's a completely unexpected discovery.
How Albert Einstein broke the Periodic Table
In a study published in the January 19, 2016 issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), scientists ...
Electromagnetic Breakthrough: Scientists Design Antenna ‘on a Chip’
Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England claim to have unraveled one of the great mysteries of electromagnetism, and ...
New study suggests Big Bang never occurred, Universe existed forever
Climate change is a threat to all life and vegetation here on Earth, but some places are worse off than ...
From atoms to life size: manufacturing from nanoscale up to macro
Image: DARPA DARPA just announced the launch of a new extremely exciting program: Atoms to Product (A2P). The aim is to ...
Measuring particle momentum without breaking the uncertainty principle
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle makes quantum physics nasty. There's no reason why we can't get all along, though. A novel technique ...
Our Universe may be just a Hologram, complex simulations show
In a black hole, Albert Einstein's theory of gravity clashes with quantum physics; for decades, scientists have tried to find ...
New theory suggests quantum entanglement and wormholes are linked together
One of the predictions derived from Einsten's theory of general relativity is the existence of wormholes - spacetime shortcuts. In ...
‘Squeezed light’ with less noise than found in vacuum to boost sensors
For many quantum mechanics is very hard to comprehend because so many of its insights are extremely bizarre (see spooky ...