Hang Xu

The calm вода of a lake: the slightest ripple blurs the depth. In quantum sensors, noise — random jitters — generates энтропию (disorder) and kills precision. Physicists found a solution: scramble the order of events.

Crocheting, but instead of yarn you have individual molecules, and instead of a hook, a gold surface. Until now, attempts to knit such molecules into a smooth fabric ended in a tangle: the threads hooked where they shouldn't, and the pattern went awry. A team of scientists has found a way to fix this.