Xiao Liu

Exotic quantum states typically exist only in the chill of liquid helium. But here, scientists replaced cooling with a light lattice, where atoms move in unison like an orchestra. The collective glow drowns out random noise, making it impossible for chaos to break through. They not only reproduced t

A tiny crystal doped with europium acts like a mailbox for light: it captures pulses and stores them with almost no loss. Efficiency reached 80% for laser flashes and 70% for single photons. The device holds up to 20 light patterns at once, bringing quantum internet closer.