The weak gravitational pull on a particle just half the mass of a grain of sand has been measured for the first time. This most precise measurement of its kind is a breakthrough towards the quantum ...

Quantum physical experiments exploring the motion of macroscopic or heavy bodies under gravitational forces require protection from any environmental noise and highly efficient sensing. An ideal ...

Gravity is a ubiquitous part of our daily lives — whether we’re being tragically brought to our knees after tripping on the rug or gleefully jumping from a swing’s apex. But despite how common the ...

New study proposes using atomic clocks to probe the intersection of quantum mechanics and general relativity in spacetime.

The supertankers TI Europe and TI Oceania are two of the largest free-moving objects made by man, how does gravitation affect them? Each ship has a total mass of \(5\times {10^8}kg\) and they could ...

In the Star Wars films, Obi-Wan Kenobi describes ‘The Force’ as “an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us; it binds the galaxy together.” If that sounds exotic, ...

Take a pencil, stretch out your arm, and let go. We all know that the pencil will fall. OK, but what about dropping a bowling ball? Is that the same thing? No wait! How about a watermelon dropped off ...