“Quantum clocks running at the smallest scales were expected to lower the energy cost of timekeeping, but our new experiment ...

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Two recent studies published in Nature and Science Advances explored quantum approaches that could improve the precision of ...

Experiments show that a time crystal based on magnons can interact with mechanical waves without being destroyed.

For decades, quantum physics and general relativity have stood as two powerful but separate theories. Quantum physics explains the behavior of tiny particles like atoms and photons. General relativity ...

The dream of creating game-changing quantum computers—supermachines that encode information in single atoms rather than ...

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Discover how reading a quantum clock can surprisingly cost more energy than keeping it ticking, impacting timekeeping and ...

Physics has a reputation for being dominated by men, especially a century ago, as quantum physics was just being invented – ...

A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a surprising source of entropy in quantum timekeeping—the act of ...