Quantum theory and Einstein's theory of general relativity are two of the greatest successes in modern physics. Each works ...

Physicists in China have brought one of Einstein’s thought experiments into reality—but not quite with the outcome he hoped ...

All-optical image processing has been viewed as a promising technique for its high computation speed and low power ...

A single atom as a movable slit: Researchers realize Einstein's thought experiment in original form, observing ...

Though this hunt came up empty, the fact that 3I/ATLAS is only the third known object found in the solar system after ...

Driven by the global wave of informatization, the real-time transmission, efficient processing, and intelligent analysis of massive data have become ...

Quantum walks sound abstract, but they sit at the center of a very concrete race: who will harness quantum mechanics to solve problems that overwhelm today’s most powerful supercomputers. Instead of ...

After four centuries of advances, astronomers now capture the Sun’s swirling, dynamic features in stunning detail.

Modern smartphones are packed with a wide range of sensors, and their magnetometer can successfully identify certain kinds of ...

PEEM emerges as a key tool for imaging ultra-confined optical fields, offering high sensitivity and minimal disturbance, ...

"Dark photon" theory says light's interference patterns may emerge from quantum particles, not waves, upending centuries of physics.

Now, two unrelated-but-similar experiments confirm that, in a double-slit experiment, detection of a photon’s path (its ...