(Nanowerk News) Over the past decade, scientists have made tremendous progress in generating quantum phenomena in mechanical systems. What seemed impossible only fifteen years ago has now become a ...

Quantum information (QI) processing may be the next game changer in the evolution of technology, by providing unprecedented computational capabilities, security and detection sensitivities. Qubits, ...

Researchers at EPFL have combined the power of six mechanical oscillators into one collective state. This is a big breakthrough as it will enable the development of ultra-precise sensors and other ...

Physicists have successfully landed a one-two punch on a tiny glass sphere, refrigerating it in liquid helium and then dosing its perimeter with a laser beam, to bring its naturally occurring ...

Physicists in Germany and France have coupled a Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) of ultracold atoms to the vibrations of a mechanical oscillator for the first time. Although the oscillator is relatively ...

Researchers at UCSB put a visible object into a quantum ground state. They cooled a 30 micron long paddle down to a temperature of 0.1K. They were able to excite specific quantum modes and put it into ...