Within tiny halos of light clinging to a vanishingly thin wisp of optical fiber, scientist Jongmin Lee guides atoms like ...

In the end, the measured phase of the quantum wave sits 2.5 percent from the theoretical prediction. The result, the team ...

Since gravitational waves were first detected, in 2015, physicists have found almost 400 of these undulations in the fabric of spacetime. A new catalog of the findings, released this year, includes ...

Physicists split an atomic wave between free fall and a stationary path, revealing a quantum phase predicted nearly a century ago.

Earth's atmosphere is an impediment to astronomical observations. Not only is cloudy weather a problem, but temperature fluctuations in the atmosphere mean that ground-based telescopes require ...

JILA and NIST Fellow James K. Thompson’s team of researchers have for the first time successfully combined two of the “spookiest” features of quantum mechanics to make a better quantum sensor: ...

A lot of what I write is about measurement, not because I’m in love with calipers, but because the cutting edge of physics is at the limit of what we can measure. That means that when you want to ...

An interferometer sounds like something complicated, and in a way, it is. But it is also pretty easy to build one with some common materials. [Let’s Innovate] has instructions for how to make an ...