Scientists have observed “bending” atoms using a crystal grating—an experiment once believed impossible at the high energies ...

During the 1960s, the feds asked fresh-out-of-school physicists to try to build a nuke with no prior knowledge.

The Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL) is being designed to enable earth-bound researchers to carry out ultracold atom physics experiments in the micro-gravity environment of the International Space Station ...

These enlarged atomic states make the atoms more responsive to external fields, making them ideal for precise control in quantum-computing experiments. “Picosecond lasers are used for cold-atom ...

The Cold Atoms Lab (CAL) is a compact, atom chip-based facility for examining ultra-cold quantum gases such as Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC). CAL represents a new era in ISS research, as now, for ...

Scientists have observed “bending” atoms using a crystal grating—an experiment once believed impossible at the high energies required. The authors of a new, non-peer reviewed study detail how the a ...

No date has yet been set for the Cold Atom Space Payload (Caspa) mission. It hopes to replicate lab experiments that have shown cold atoms can be used as "ultra-sensitive sensors" capable of ...

For experiments that require ultra-precise measurements and control over atoms—think two-photon atomic clocks, cold-atom interferometer sensors and quantum gates—lasers are the technology of ...