Physicists create new family of Schrödinger-cat states

Quantum mechanics, unlike classical physics, allows objects to exist in more than one state at the same time. This idea is ...

SWOT satellite gets clearer ocean data after fix for hidden underwater wave interference

Florida State University research published in Science Advances demonstrates a new framework for predicting the motion of ...
Nature

Particle, wave, both or neither? The experiment that challenges all we know about reality

Thomas Young, born 250 years ago this week, was a polymath who made seminal contributions in fields from physics to Egyptology. But perhaps his most enduring legacy is proving Isaac Newton wrong about ...
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Coherent terahertz wave generation from mono- and multi-layer MoS2 through quantum interference

Fig. 1 THz wave generation from MoS2 through quantum interference. (a) Schematic diagram of THz wave generation from MoS2 under two-color light excitation at normal incidence. (b) THz waveforms ...
sciencex

For wave-particle duality and entanglement, progress is finally possible if we avoid the customary pitfalls

Photon duality remains a paradox because the photon is regarded as a simple, unitary object in space. Equally bad, massless radiation is interpreted via concepts drawn from mass-based physics. The ...
The Conversation

My research team used 18 years of sea wave records to learn how destructive ‘rogue waves’ form – here’s what we found

Rogue waves have captivated the attention of both seafarers and scientists for decades. These are giant, isolated waves that appear suddenly in the open ocean. These puzzling giants are brief, ...