Physicists at the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used the natural oscillations of two different types of charged atoms, or ions, confined together in ...

Quantum computers are not like classical computers. I don’t mean that in the sense that quantum computers perform calculations in a different manner, or that they might be faster, or more clever. No, ...

BOULDER, Colo.- An atomic clock that uses an aluminum atom to apply the logic of computers to the peculiarities of the quantum world now rivals the world's most accurate clock, based on a single ...

Researchers have linked the vibrations of two separated atom pairs, catching sight of a strange quantum effect called entanglement in a system that approaches the scale of everyday life. This new link ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock based on a single aluminum atom that is now the world’s ...

The bootstrapped LPP Fusion dense plasma focus nuclear fusion project will be starting a potentially big year of testing. They are completing work on their beryllium electrode. If everything goes ...

Physicists in the US have demonstrated a new form of laser spectroscopy that could lead to more accurate atomic clocks. The team used techniques developed for quantum computing to make highly accurate ...

Quantum crystal: A quantum sensor built from a collection of beryllium ions (red spheres) in a Penning trap. (Courtesy: Steve Burrows) An ultra-precise quantum sensor based on trapped beryllium ions ...