Quantum mechanics is full of states that seem to defy ordinary sense, but one of its strangest ideas has usually been built ...

Physicists at the University of Oxford have created a new type of quantum state that could help advance quantum computing and deepen our understanding of the strange rules of the quantum world. The ...

Quantum mechanics, unlike classical physics, allows objects to exist in more than one state at the same time. This idea is ...

A team at EPFL has built an ultrafast laser on a single photonic chip that fires femtosecond pulses at energy levels ...

When a guitar string is plucked or a playground swing is set in motion, the movement gradually fades away. Physicists call these “damped harmonic oscillators,” and Newton’s laws do a fine job of ...

Over the past decade, scientists have made tremendous progress in generating quantum phenomena in mechanical systems. What seemed impossible only fifteen years ago has now become a reality, as ...

Scientists have successfully achieved a quantum collective behavior of macroscopic mechanical oscillators, unlocking new possibilities in quantum technology. Quantum technologies are radically ...

Scanning electron microscope image of an ultra-coherent superconducting electro-mechanical system. Credit: Amir Youssefi (EPFL) Over the past decade, scientists have made tremendous progress in ...

Quantum technologies are radically transforming our understanding of the universe. One emerging technology are macroscopic mechanical oscillators, devices that are vital in quartz watches, mobile ...