Hot finding with ultra cold atoms
Two University of Otago physics students have pushed the frontiers of quantum technology by helping develop laser-operated ”optical tweezers” that precisely split clouds of ultracold atoms and smash...
View ArticleLittlest Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN is one of the world’s most expensive and most complex experimental facilities to date. It is a particle accelerator which lies in a 27 kilometre circular tunnel built...
View ArticleABC News atom collision
NZ physicists collide ultracold atoms to observe a key quantum principle… [Read More]
View ArticleResearch grant for James-Bond-like camera project
A flash of brilliance has secured a pair of Otago physicists a $60,000 grant to develop an invention which will allow photographs and videos to be taken through solid objects… [Read More]
View Article‘Feeling Great’ to get US Patent
Dunedin physicists Dr Amita Deb and Prof Niels Kjaergaard have gained a United States patent for their new quantum radio technology… [Read More]
View ArticleQuantum effect predicted 30 years ago has now been observed
Pauli blocking, a quantum phenomenon that makes a dense quantum gas suddenly turn transparent, has now been observed in three independent experiments…[Read More]
View ArticlePauli blocking is spotted in ultracold fermionic gases
A manifestation of the Pauli exclusion principle in ultracold atomic gases has been spotted for the first time by three independent research groups. Called Pauli blocking, the effect was first...
View ArticleScientists detect a quantum effect blocking light
A cloud of ultracold atoms is like a motel with a neon “no vacancy” sign. If a guest at the motel wants to switch rooms, they’re out of luck. No vacant rooms means there’s no choice but to stay put…...
View ArticleTre vilde kvanteeksperimenter bekræfter 30 år gammel teori
Lyset er overalt. Det flyver rundt i bølger konstant, og støder lysets fotoner på en blok af atomer – din hånd eller et glas med mælk – spreder det sig, og der sker en såkaldt lysspredning… [Read...
View ArticleOtago work among top 10 physics advances
Physicists Amita Deb and Niels Kjaergaard are not feeling ultracool, despite their research project being named one of the world’s top 10 physics breakthroughs of this year… [Read More]
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