In a stunning leap for quantum optics, scientists have generated ultrafast light pulses whose quantum uncertainty can be ...

Ok, as I understand it we have no way to determine the speed which we are moving at in an absolute sense.<BR><BR>We can say "We are moving 20 miles per hour in the car relative to the road" or "The ...

Determining the passage of time in our world of ticking clocks and oscillating pendulums is a simple case of counting the ...

With a clever design, researchers have solved eddy-current damping in macroscopic levitating systems, paving the way for a ...

For centuries, scientific progress has depended on more precise tools for measuring the world around us. Galileo’s telescope ...

The flow of time isn’t as consistent as we might think – gravity slows it down, so clocks on the surface of Earth tick slower than those in space. Now researchers have measured time passing at ...

On April 7, particle physicists all over the world were excited and energized by the announcement of a measurement of the behavior of muons—the heavier, unstable subatomic cousins of electrons—that ...

A hidden world of quantum metrologists ensure that everyday devices perform safely and correctly, but their work is never done ...

Once tied to a metal cylinder in France, the kilogram has now been redefined using the fundamental laws of physics.

Neutrinos are very common fundamental particles included in the Standard Model of particle physics. Measuring their ...

What are the loudest sounds at UB? Where are the university’s quietest spots? What unlikely noises here are around 60 decibels, the level typically associated with a normal conversation between two ...