Quantum ‘echoes’ reveal the potential of Google’s quantum computer
Google says its quantum computer achieved a verifiable calculation that classic computers cannot. The work could point to future applications.
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Google says its quantum computer achieved a verifiable calculation that classic computers cannot. The work could point to future applications.
At an effective temperature of 13 million kelvins, the jiggling glass sphere could help scientists understand physics at the microscale.
The advance hints at the possibility of portable muon-making devices that could help peer through solid materials for hidden contraband.
In the 1980s, John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis demonstrated quantum effects in an electric circuit, an advance that underlies today’s quantum computers.
Parachutes inspired by Japanese paper cutting unfurl automatically and fall more predictably than standard parachutes.
Researchers could use quantum effects to develop new types of medical imaging inside cells themselves.
Gravitational waves emitted after two black holes coalesced agree with theories from physicists Stephen Hawking and Roy Kerr.
The subatomic particles called neutrinos are famously elusive. But an unconventional trick could make a laser beam of the aloof particles.