Science

Researchers refine method for detecting quantum entanglement

Entanglement in quantum physics is the ability of two or more particles to be related to each other in ways which are beyond what is possible in classical physics.

NASA Electric Research Plane Gets X Number, New Name

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Gluttonous Star May Hold Clues to Planet Formation

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The brightness of outbursting star FU Orionis has been slowly fading since its initial flare-up in 1936. Researchers found...

Detection of Methanol Shows Comets are Forming in Distant Solar System

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Universe's First Life Might Have Been Born on Carbon Planets

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New Mathematics Accurately Captures Liquids and Surfaces Moving in Synergy

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A new mathematical framework developed at Berkeley Lab allows researchers to capture fluid dynamics at unprecedented detail....

NIST's super quantum simulator 'entangles' hundreds of ions

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NIST physicists have built a quantum simulator made of trapped beryllium ions (charged atoms) that are proven to be entangled, a quantum...

Controlling quantum states atom by atom

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Using the tip of a scanning tunnel microscope, a single xenon atom (yellow) is being moved from a quantum box (blue), thus specifically...