A levitating microparticle is observed to recoil when a nucleus embedded in the particle decays—opening the door to future searches of invisible decay products. Read More »
Researchers find that a phenomenon called multifractality manifests in the conductance fluctuations of a 2D electron gas as the gas undergoes a topological phase transition. Read More »
Tiny oil droplets levitated in optical tweezers can host several hundred light modes with similar energies, a feature that could be exploited for sensing and telecommunications. Read More »
The measurement of a single nuclear spin in a noisy spin environment opens up new possibilities for quantum technologies. Read More »
Two teams demonstrate that they can count the number of quantized vibrations, or phonons, in cold mechanical oscillators by measuring the energy in the vibrations. Read More »
The lattice symmetry of a quantum Wigner crystal is deduced from its effect on quantized states in a nearby sheet of electrons. Read More »
A new technique detects as few as 200 microwave photons at a time by the heat they supply to an electrical circuit. Read More »
A tiny, needle-shaped ferromagnet could form a magnetic sensor far better than the current best instruments, according to theory. Read More »
A combination of a quantum dot and superconducting leads works as an electron turnstile, letting only one electron pass at a time through a single level in the dot. Read More »
Using a scanning gate microscope, researchers have shown that electron waves scattered from a quantum point contact carry the imprint of interactions with localized electron spins. Read More »
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