IMAKS Lab

• Light beam 'swims' upstream through a quantum fluid by violating Newton's third law
  Just as a leaf drifts along with a stream, objects in other moving fluids normally drift along with the flow. That is, unless they exert energy to move against it. Although it may be less intuitive, light waves or photons work similarly. To move against a stream of light, an object or particle, like a […]
• Scientists teleport quantum states across 100 parallel optical channels
  Quantum communication networks consist of several connected nodes that exchange information encoded in quantum states. These networks could potentially enable more secure communications between quantum devices in different locations.

• The LHC just ruled out another hiding place for quantum black holes
• A new process turns plastic waste into gasoline and diesel fuel
• New nanoparticles make hidden chemical differences light up
• Scientists opened a sealed envelope after 10 years. Gravity still didn’t make sense
• Einstein’s “spooky action” just survived one of physics’ most extreme tests

• The LHC just ruled out another hiding place for quantum black holes
  September 22, 2026
  Physicists searching through Large Hadron Collider data found no evidence that the machine has been producing microscopic quantum black holes, but the result sharply narrows where such exotic physics could still be hiding. These hypothetical black holes could form if extra spatial dimensions make gravity much stronger at extremely tiny scales, potentially offering clues toward […]

Remember this annoying color change when you look at your screen at different angles? Professor So group at NCSU Materials Science and Engineering department offers a solution. The article is published in The Journal of the Society for Information Display (https://doi.org/10.1002/jsid.792)

The power has been restored. All IMAKS instruments are up and running. Good luck with your experiments.

All power will be down on NCSU Centennial campus starting at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 2 . The crews will connect power lines to newly constructed buildings. As a result, all instruments have to be powered down and unplugged from wall outlets.

The facilities were planning to do work on secondary power lines (emergency lights, signs, and such). Accidentally, this morning they switched off the HVAC system and lab hoods. As a result, the lab got hot beyond the operating range of ultrafast lasers. facilities have been contacted. The temperature is getting to normal now. We anticipate we can start running experiments around 11 a.m.

to Chris Papa, Anh Thy Bui, and Phil Castellano on their article published in Nature Communications (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10260-7)