Physicists in China have recreated a rare quantum effect known as false vacuum decay, a theoretical process that could abruptly transform the universe. Using a ring of highly excited Rydberg atoms ...

Physicists have recreated a laboratory simulation of false vacuum decay, a theoretical quantum event that could fundamentally alter the universe. Using Rydberg atoms—enormously enlarged excited ...

A dissipative time crystal is a phase of matter characterized by periodic oscillations over time, while a system is dissipating energy. In contrast with conventional time crystals, which can also ...

A crystal is an arrangement of atoms that repeats itself in space, in regular intervals: At every point, the crystal looks exactly the same. In 2012, Nobel Prize winner Frank Wilczek raised the ...

Quantum optimization team: from left to right are Kilian Ender, Clemens Dlaska, Wolfgang Lechner, Rick van Bijnen, Andreas Kruckenhauser and Glen Bigan Mbeng Quantum computers are often discussed as a ...

These Rydberg atoms have grown in size a thousand times compared to typical atoms. As the charge of the ion deforms the Rydberg atom in a very specific way, the bond between the two particles emerges.

A new quantum sensing approach could dramatically improve how scientists measure low-frequency electric fields, a task that has long been limited by bulky setups and blurry resolution. Instead of ...