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April 2, 2024

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Feb. 20, 2024

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Feb. 16, 2024

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Feb. 9, 2024

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Observing a new-clock systematic shift

Feb. 2, 2024

In a new study, physics professor Jun Ye and his research team have taken a significant step in understanding the intricate and collective light-atom interactions within atomic clocks, the most precise clocks in the universe.

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Feb. 1, 2024

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Unveiling dynamic superconductivity

Jan. 30, 2024

As reported in a new Nature paper, the theory and experiment teams of JILA and NIST Fellows Ana Maria Rey and James Thompson, in collaboration with others, simulated superconductivity under such excited conditions using an atom-cavity system.

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What coffee with cream can teach us about quantum physics

Jan. 24, 2024

A new advancement in theoretical physics could, one day, help engineers develop new kinds of computer chips that might store information for long periods of time in very small objects.

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A tale of two clocks: Advancing the precision of timekeeping

Jan. 18, 2024

Professor Jun Ye鈥檚 team, in collaboration with JILA and NIST Fellow James Thompson, has used a specific process known as spin squeezing to generate quantum entanglement, resulting in an enhancement in clock performance.

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鈥楧oughnut鈥� beams help physicists see incredibly small objects

Dec. 4, 2023

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