Many atomic nuclei have a magnetic field similar to that of Earth. However, directly at the surface of a heavy nucleus such as lead or bismuth, it is trillions of times stronger than Earth's field and ...

Quantum mechanics is rich with paradoxes and contradictions. It describes a microscopic world in which particles exist in a superposition of states—being in multiple places and configurations all at ...

Quantum theory has long treated time as a silent backdrop, a parameter that never jitters even as particles flicker in and ...

A study by physicists affiliated with the Foundational Questions Institute (FQxI) found that time ...

Quantum physics overturned classical ideas by showing that matter behaves very differently at the ...

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, along with other scientists, are taking small steps to create materials that could enable quantum leaps in computing speed, security in communications and ...

This has now paved the way for a multi-ion optical ytterbium clock that combines the high accuracy of single-ion clocks with ...

A long-standing law of thermodynamics turns out to have a loophole at the smallest scales. Researchers have shown that quantum engines made of correlated particles can exceed the traditional ...

For many years, cesium atomic clocks have been reliably keeping time around the world. But the future belongs to even more ...