The best way to find buried treasure may be with a quantum gravity sensor. In these devices, free-falling atoms reveal subtle variations in Earth’s gravitational pull at different places. Those ...

When it comes to understanding the fundamental forces of the universe, gravity is by far the most intuitive. It’s the force that brings us splashing down after jumping from a diving board and the ...

China’s Institute of Mechanics, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has announced that its third-generation superconducting weak-force measurement system passed a field test, a development that ...

An object hidden below ground has been located using quantum technology - a long-awaited capability with significant implications for industry, security and human knowledge. Researchers at the ...