Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

For the first time, atoms of the metal indium have been chilled to temperatures a few millionths of a degree above absolute zero, a state where strange quantum phenomena begin to appear

A more detailed understanding of the natural anti-insect protections of tomato plants can lead to better pest-management strategies

A huge number of ultracold atoms has been corralled into a grid that could form the basis of the next largest quantum computer By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Researchers saw a chain of atoms in a quantum simulator go from being magnetic to not magnetic at all, the first time such a change has ever been seen in one spatial dimension

The soft metal bismuth may be a wonder material for electronics – particularly because of one surprising behaviour it displays when exposed to magnetic fields

Physicists have created a 3D shape called the cosmohedron, which can be used to reconstruct the quantum wavefunction of the universe - and potentially do away with the idea of space-time as the underlying fabric of the universe

When their quantum properties are precisely controlled, some ultracold atoms can resist the laws of physics that suggest everything tends towards disorder

More than a decade of data about the particles zipping around our sun can solve mysteries from the behaviour of individual particles to the history of our solar system – while raising new questions