With a clever design, researchers have solved eddy-current damping in macroscopic levitating systems, paving the way for a ...

In a remarkable leap for quantum physics, researchers in Japan have uncovered how weak magnetic fields can reverse tiny ...

UChicago researchers, partners create molecules that communicate on the same frequencies as phone and internet services ...

Quantum mechanics has revealed that magnetic fields exert profound influences on microscopic systems, modulating quantum states and facilitating emergent phenomena with global technological potential.

DARPA launched Phase 1 of its Robust Quantum Sensors (RoQS) program, a groundbreaking effort to develop and deploy quantum sensing technology. Quantum sensors ...

Japanese researchers have revealed how weak magnetic fields can instantly control the direction of electrical flow in quantum metals. Quantum metals are materials in which quantum effects, usually ...

The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three scientists on Tuesday for discovering that a bizarre barrier-defying ...

Artistic visualization of a crystalline rod made of the semimetal ZrTe 5. There is a heat gradient from one end to the other. In its center, giant oscillations in its heat conduction are toggled by ...

For the first time, scientists have magnetized a non-magnetic material at room temperature, inducing a quantum property that they say could pave the way for ultra-fast computing. The "switchable" ...

Quantum dots are nanoscale semiconductor structures that confine charge carriers, leading to discrete energy levels and unique spin properties. The dynamics of electron spins in these confined systems ...

Scientists have shown that Barkhausen noise can be produced not only through traditional, or classical means, but through quantum mechanical effects. The research represents an advance in fundamental ...

The magnetic shifts can affect navigation systems used by airplanes, ships and even your mobile phone. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...