Quantum entanglement, a bewildering phenomenon where particles become interconnected regardless of the distance separating them, challenges our fundamental understanding of reality. It has puzzled ...

To reach this conclusion, the researchers examined the most basic form of entanglement between identical particles using the concept of nonlocality introduced by physicist John Bell. While ...

Are the mysteries of quantum mechanics finally starting to crack, or are we just getting better at asking sharper questions? Since the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics honored experiments on quantum ...

The research team used two distributed sensors and leveraged two quantum resources for increasing detection sensitivity: ...

In quantum physics, entanglement links particles across space in ways that defy logic. However, there’s a lesser-known phenomenon that’s even more intriguing than entanglement, and it’s called quantum ...

An experiment measuring a single atom's recoil confirmed that observing a particle destroys interference, settling the ...

Controlling quantum states with high precision—and entangling particles—has long been the goal of researchers pushing the boundaries of quantum technology. Although great strides have been made across ...

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While quantum entanglement mimicks the first law of thermodynamics in terms of entropy in a system, scientists wonder if the second law—especially the part about reversibility—could hold true. A new ...

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They combined optical tweezers with metasurfaces to trap more than 1,000 atoms, with the potential to capture hundreds of ...