A newly demonstrated link between a time crystal and a mechanical system opens a door scientists once thought closed.

(Nanowerk News) Over the past decade, scientists have made tremendous progress in generating quantum phenomena in mechanical systems. What seemed impossible only fifteen years ago has now become a ...

Recent advances at the confluence of quantum mechanics and Dunkl oscillator studies have offered fresh perspectives on well‐established models by integrating deformed algebraic structures with ...

Physicists in Germany and France have coupled a Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) of ultracold atoms to the vibrations of a mechanical oscillator for the first time. Although the oscillator is relatively ...

Before Tesla devised beautifully simple rotary machinery, he explored other methods of generating alternating current. One of those was the mechanical oscillator, and [Integza] had a go at replicating ...

Stanford University researchers have developed a key experimental device for future quantum physics-based technologies that borrows a page from current, everyday mechanical devices. Reliable, compact, ...

However, in such an optically driven system, the cavity photons not only mediate the two-way interaction, but also act as information carriers: The light emitted from the cavity permits measurements ...

Before Tesla devised beautifully simple rotary machinery, he explored other methods of generating alternating current. One of those was the mechanical oscillator, and [Integza] had a go at replicating ...

Zenith has re-engineered the mechanical watch movement by inventing a new single-piece oscillator that replaces the traditional hairspring/balance wheel assembly. It oscillates at a frequency ...

Robust oscillator The nanomechanical resonator. (Courtesy: F. Pistolesi/University of Bordeaux) Quantum computers can, in principle, solve certain problems much faster than classical computers because ...