A tiny silica bead, just 100 nanometers across, sits suspended in a vacuum and vibrates under the grip of laser light. Those ...

Scientists have created a powerful new way to control quantum systems, achieving the first-ever demonstration of ...

Military surveillance and communication can be hampered by adverse conditions, such as fog, extreme temperatures or long distances. An engineer in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington ...

Researchers at McGill University have developed a novel device that generates sound-like particles known as phonons at ...

If our universe were in this false vacuum state, researchers fret that a strange chain reaction could trigger what’s called a ...

Scientists break telecom wavelength barrier that previously blocked long distance quantum communication over existing optical ...

How quantum physics offers a possible path to a non-chemical battery. How a team fabricated such a battery. The results of ...

A new laser range-finding technique, inspired by quantum physics, which can measure distances under strong solar background has been demonstrated by researchers at the University of Bristol. The team ...

Denison University professor Steve Olmschenk shares his lifelong passion for science, quantum physics and teaching students.

Recent advances in semiconductor physics have underscored the critical role of quantum wells in enhancing the performance of laser technologies, particularly within HgCdTe (mercury-cadmium-telluride) ...

A new theoretical study finds shorter laser pulses achieve higher quantum efficiency for photoemission from a solid surface ...

From their inception, submarines are stealthy, utilizing their shape and various technologies to hide thousands of feet ...