Quantum Mechanics
Enhancing the sensing capabilities of diamonds with quantum properties
Pure diamond consists of carbon atoms in a perfect crystal lattice. But remove a few carbons and swap some others for nitrogen, and you get a diamond …
PhysicsPhysicists Just Quantum Teleported Complex Light Patterns For The First Time
A whole new level.<p>Wrapping your messages up with quantum weirdness is a great way to avoid sneaky eavesdropping, but in its current form it's more …
PhysicsWhat Is a Quantum Number?
Quantum Number Definition<p>A quantum number is a value that is used when describing the energy levels available to atoms and molecules. An electron in …
PhysicsQuantum "flashes" could be responsible for the creation of gravity
Quantum Leap<p>Since the mid-twentieth century, two theories of physics have offered powerful yet incompatible models of the physical universe. General …
PhysicsWhat Quantum Really Means in Science
In physics and chemistry, a <b>quantum</b> is a discrete packet of energy or matter. The term quantum also means the minimum value of a physical property …
PhysicsQuantum computers, build it and they will come, possibly
In the classic high-school physics experiment, a beam of light projected on to a screen, passing through two parallel slits, forms an interference …
PhysicsOn the social construction of electrons
One interesting facts about electrons is that they are all literally identical. And I really do mean completely and literally identical, in the sense …
PhysicsScientists develop new methods to manipulate quantum particles
Nanomechanical Resonator<p>Two new research studies are offering novel methods for measuring and controlling phonons, or bits of energy which exist in …
PhysicsPhysicists publish new findings on electron emission
Even more than 100 years after Einstein's explanation of photoemission the process of electron emission from a solid material upon illumination with …
PhysicsResearch in Focus: Transforming Machine Learning and Optimization Through Quantum Computing
Overview<p>Quantum computing is in its infancy, but Microsoft’s Krysta Svore and Nathan Wiebe talk about quantum techniques as applied to AI challenges. …
Machine LearningQuantum data takes a ride on sound waves
Yale scientists have created a simple-to-produce device that uses sound waves to store quantum information and convert it from one form to another, …
PhysicsNew technique accurately digitizes transparent objects
A new imaging technique makes it possible to precisely digitize clear objects and their surroundings, an achievement that has eluded current …
PhysicsGravity Could Be the Result of Random Quantum Fluctuations — NOVA Next
If this theory is true, quantum mechanics might be more fundamental to the structure of the universe than gravity itself.<p>Scientists have been trying …
Quantum MechanicsMultipurpose silicon photonics signal processor core
Article |<p>Open<p>Daniel Pérez,<br>• Ivana Gasulla,<br>• Lee Crudgington,<br>• David J. Thomson,<br>• Ali Z. Khokhar,<br>• Ke Li,<br>• Wei Cao ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-1431-7060,<br>• Goran Z. …
PhysicsSimultaneous entanglement swapping of multiple orbital angular momentum states of light
Article |<p>Open<p>Yingwen Zhang,<br>• Megan Agnew,<br>• Thomas Roger ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-0862-4961,<br>• Filippus S. Roux ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-9624-4189,<br>• Thomas …
PhysicsSynopsis: Tackling Electronic Correlations
September 21, 2017<p>A new “first principles” simulation method could broaden the range of strongly correlated materials whose properties can be …
PhysicsResearchers demonstrate quantum teleportation of patterns of light
<i>Nature Communications</i> today published research by a team comprising Scottish and South African researchers, demonstrating entanglement swapping and …
PhysicsQuantum acoustics with superconducting qubits
Mechanical objects have important practical applications in the fields of quantum information and metrology as quantum memories or transducers for …
PhysicsHanbury Brown and Twiss interferometry of single phonons from an optomechanical resonator
Nano- and micromechanical devices have become a focus of attention as new solid-state quantum devices. Reliably generating non-classical states of …
PhysicsResearchers are taking steps toward making quantum networks more affordable and secure
Progress<p>The world continues to make progress in the realm of quantum computing. Each discovery and advancement brings us closer to a reality in which …
PhysicsSynopsis: A Lens to Focus Spins
A quantum bit stored in the spin excitation of an atomic cloud could be “focused” onto the quantum state of a single atom.<br>[Physics] Published Wed Sep …
PhysicsNanoscale printing breakthrough creates two colours per pixel
Scientists have developed a new form of high-resolution 'printing' which could have wide-ranging applications in data storage, anti-counterfeiting …
PhysicsOne-way track for microwaves based on mechanical interference
Devices that allow to route microwave signals are essential engineering tools. In particular, isolators, which let signals flow in one direction but …
PhysicsIBM just broke the record of simulating chemistry with a quantum computer
The Future of Quantum Computing<p>Engineers have modelled the interactions between subatomic components of a complex molecule using a quantum computer, …
PhysicsScientists Turn Light into Sound on a Microchip for the First Time
On Monday, a team of scientists in Australia announced an exciting breakthrough: For the first time, researchers were able to turn light into sound …
Engineeringphoton guns
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the University of Siegen have explained the mechanism of single-photon generation …
PhysicsHow Encryption Will Survive the Crypto-Apocalypse
Quantum computing poses a mortal threat to computer security as we know it.<p>Most people don't realize it, but the world runs on cryptography. The art and science of secure communication, is integral to everything from instant messaging apps to online banking and modern warfare. Today, cryptography …
PhysicsScientists can now store light as sound waves on a computer chip
We typically think of light, sound and computer data as very different things. Light is an electromagnetic wave, sound is an acoustic vibration and …
EngineeringSpeed plus control in new computer chip: slowing down light to sound
Light travels fast – sometimes a little too fast when it comes to data processing.<p>Published today, our paper describes a new memory chip design that …
PhysicsResearchers produce first 2-D field-effect transistor made of a single material
Modern life would be almost unthinkable without transistors. They are the ubiquitous building blocks of all electronic devices, and each computer …
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