Physicists have built a quantum gas that behaves nothing like the substances we are used to, and that is exactly why it is ...

Researchers at TU Wien have developed a one-dimensional “quantum wire” using a gas of ultracold atoms. In this system, both ...

In the intricate realm of wave turbulence, where predictability falters and chaos reigns, a groundbreaking study has emerged. The new research explores the heart of wave turbulence using an ultracold ...

Nature Research Intelligence Topics Topic summaries Physical Sciences Quantum Physics Degenerate Quantum Gases and Atom Optics Over the past few decades, the ability to cool atomic gases to ultralow ...

In everyday life, all matter exists as either a gas, liquid, or solid. In quantum mechanics, however, it is possible for two distinct states to exist simultaneously. An ultracold quantum system, for ...

In physics, quasiparticles are used to describe complex processes in solids. In ultracold quantum gases, these quasiparticles can be reproduced and studied. Now scientists have been able to observe in ...

…and Toshiba-Single Quantum collaboration doubles range of secure QKD communications. Quione glass cell with strontium gas cloud in the center. Quantum physics needs high-precision sensing techniques ...

Nature categorizes particles into two fundamental types: fermions and bosons. While matter-building particles such as quarks and electrons belong to the fermion family, bosons typically serve as force ...

Molecular cooling techniques face the hurdle of dissipating translational as well as internal energy in the presence of a rich electronic, vibrational, and rotational energy spectrum. In our ...

Over the past few decades, the ability to cool atomic gases to ultralow temperatures has opened an exciting frontier in modern physics. When atomic ensembles become degenerate, whether as ...