Atomic Physics

Discoveries Quantum interference offers a radically different way to measure time

Quantum patterns in excited helium can reveal elapsed time with femtosecond accuracy, even when an exact time zero is difficult to define.

Discoveries ETH Zurich researchers detect a possible fifth force of nature Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Physicists measured time without a clock at the quantum scale Joshua Shavit

Discoveries Researchers reveal nuclear ‘island’ where magic numbers break down Mac Oliveau

Discoveries MIT finds Einstein was wrong in 100-year-old wave-particle dispute with Niels Bohr