Physicists Pin Down How Quantum Uncertainty Sharpens Measurements
Quanta Magazine,
Scientific progress has been inseparable from better measurements. Before 1927, only human ingenuity seemed to limit how…
Life among the experimentalists
Quantum Frontiers,
I used to catch lizards—brown anoles, as I learned to call them later—as a child. They were colored as their name suggests…
If the (quantum-metrology) key fits…
Quantum Frontiers,
My maternal grandfather gave me an antique key when I was in middle school. I loved the workmanship: The handle consisted of…
“A theorist I can actually talk with”
Quantum Frontiers,
Haunted mansions have ghosts, football teams have mascots, and labs have in-house theorists. I found myself posing as a lab’s…