Everything around us, from atoms and molecules to planets and galaxies, is governed by two extraordinarily successful ...

Illustration of cesium atoms entering an ordered state after being chilled to a few billionths of a degree above absolute zero and subjected to cycles of repulsive and attractive interactions.

Trions form when three particles, like quarks or electrons, come together. This formation occurs in quantum particles in ...

Time has always seemed like the one thing physics could count on. Matter changes, stars die, particles flicker in and out, ...

A new quantum device can generate precisely controlled bursts of sound-like particles, or phonons, by forcing electrons through an ultra-thin crystal at extremely low temperatures. The surprising ...

Researchers have shown that ultracold atoms can be driven into a strange new quantum state called a fractional Fermi sea, where particles organize themselves in unexpected ways. The discovery points ...

A quiet transformation is unfolding in the way scientists design the materials that power modern technology. From faster ...

An international team of physicists has successfully created an exotic new phase of quantum matter known as a "fractional ...

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As a trained physicist and now a university president, I am doubly excited by the acceleration in quantum computing and the possibilities quantum thinking offers for elevated understanding, innovation ...