Scientists have shown that Barkhausen noise can be produced not only through traditional, or classical means, but through quantum mechanical effects. The research represents an advance in fundamental ...

Quantum effects are physical phenomena that cannot be explained accurately with classical mechanics alone. They arise from the wave-like and probabilistic behavior of matter and light: energy levels ...

Iron screws and other so-called ferromagnetic materials are made up of atoms with electrons that act like little magnets. Normally, the orientations of the magnets are aligned within one region of the ...

A crucial building block for quantum computers based on sound has been shown to work for the first time. One popular way of building quantum computers is to encode information into quantum states of ...

Science has always been in the business of uncomfortable ideas. Plate tectonics was laughed out of rooms. The germ theory of ...

Researchers at the University of East Anglia have proposed a new way of using quantum light to ‘see’ quantum sound. A new paper published today reveals the quantum-mechanical interplay between ...

Quantum sounds: Hong Qiao (left) and Chris Conner working in Andrew Cleland’s lab at the University of Chicago. (Courtesy: Joel Wintermantle) Sound is very much a part of the classical, macroscopic ...

The quantum size effect (QSE) is the change in a material's electronic, optical, magnetic, or thermal behavior when one or more of its dimensions become small enough to confine charge carriers such as ...

When quantum spins interact, they can produce collective behaviors that defy long-standing expectations. Researchers have now shown that the Kondo effect behaves very differently depending on spin ...

Seven fringe scientific theories, from holographic universes to quantum biology, are gaining credibility among experts. The post 7 Scientific Theories That Sound Absurd Today – but Experts Say Will ...

Researchers at the University of East Anglia have proposed a new way of using quantum light to "see" quantum sound. It is hoped that the discovery may help scientists better understand the ...