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Quantum physics and origami for the ultimate get-well card

Paper-based diagnostic tests are cheap, convenient and biodegradable. However, their use is limited by conventional dyes — which are not bright enough to show trace amounts of analyte, are prone to fading, and can be environmentally toxic. Now researchers are using quantum physics to overcome these limitations, says a review published in Frontiers in Bioengineering… Read More: Quantum physics and origami for the ultimate get-well card »

Ultracold atoms can make strange and beautiful quantum fireworks

Oooh, aaah!H. Fu et al By Leah Crane It’s a big boom, only on a miniature scale. When waves build up in a quantum fluid of ultracold caesium atoms, they can cause the atoms to ripple outwards in a starburst shape, creating beautiful, tiny, fireworks. The fireworks occur in a Bose-Einstein condensate, (BEC), a quantum… Read More: Ultracold atoms can make strange and beautiful quantum fireworks »