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A new window allowing scientists to peer a little deeper into the
atomic depths of the universe may soon open, thanks to researchers who
have devised a way to create and observe an elusive, exotic
atom—predicted, but never seen—called "true muonium."
Tagged: physics, Humanities & Sciences
VIDEO: Stanford physicists have created the world's smallest writing, roughly one third of a billionth of a meter, with quantum electron waves.
Tagged: nanotechnology, physics, On Campus, Humanities & Sciences
Stanford researchers moved one step closer toward building a quantum computer by using ultrafast lasers to set a new speed record for the
time it takes to rotate the spin of an individual electron and confirm
the spin's new position.
Tagged: physics, quantum computing, On Campus, Engineering