“Demon particle” accidentally discovered, solving 67-year mystery
In the process of researching a substance that may help reveal the mysteries of superconductors, researchers have inadvertently uncovered a…
Category: Physics
Quantum computer reveals chemical reaction in 100-billionth-speed slow-mo
Australian scientists have utilized quantum computing technology to witness something that is typically too rapid for the human eye to…
Quantum Experiment Breaks Reality By Seeing Two Versions Of Reality Existing At The Same Time
We recognize the distortion in our view of reality. Our perception of the world is influenced by our knowledge,…
Physicists just did the impossible, and it could change the way we look at the quantum world
Scientists didn’t believe it could be done until recently. They believed it would be prohibited by the fundamental principles of…
Could a new law of physics support the idea we’re living in a computer simulation?
A physicist at the University of Portsmouth has investigated whether the highly contested idea that we are merely characters in…
Trio wins Nobel Prize in physics for split-second glimpse of superfast spinning world of electrons
For giving us the first split-second view into the extremely fast world of spinning electrons, three scientists shared the Nobel…
Black holes resolve paradoxes by destroying quantum states
In lectures or on-the-spot hallway conversations at Princeton University in the early 1970s, renowned theoretical physicist John Wheeler may be…
Physicists Observe ‘Unobservable’ Quantum Phase Transition
Two of the most well-known physicists of the day, Albert Einstein and Erwin Schrödinger, got into an argument on the…
Scientists have two ways to spot gravitational waves. Here are some other ideas
Gravitational waves may have previously only existed in Einstein’s mind. As far as scientists could tell prior to their discovery,…
Scientists finally detected a quantum effect that blocks atoms from scattering light
An ultracold atomic cloud is comparable to a motel with a neon “no vacancy” sign. A visitor to the motel…