Quantum Mechanics
String Theorist Observed A Gravitational ‘Deep Universe’ Anomaly Here On Earth
Modern physics has accustomed us to strange and counterintuitive notions of reality — especially quantum physics which is famous for leaving physical …
Physics‘Angel Particle’ found which could lead to 100 MILLION times faster computers
GETTY‘Angel Particle’ found which could lead to 100 MILLION times faster computers<p>At the very beginning of the universe, the Big Bang created equal …
PhysicsFirst 51-Qubit Quantum Computer Using Cold Atoms Announced In Moscow
Quantum computers hold much promise to revolutionize the computing power of machines, leaving behind the classical computing technology when it comes …
Quantum ComputingUnhackable Quantum Networks Take to Space
The dream of a space-based, nigh-unhackable quantum Internet may now be closer to reality, thanks to new experiments with Chinese and European …
PhysicsShtetl-Optimized » Blog Archive » Is “information is physical” contentful?
“Information is physical.”<p>This slogan seems to have originated around 1991 with Rolf Landauer. It’s ricocheted around quantum information for the …
PhysicsChina has pulled off a 'profound' feat of teleportation that may help it 'dominate the way the world works'
• <b>A new Chinese experiment shows that quantum teleportation works between the ground and space.</b>• <b><br>The experiment was performed using a quantum research satellite called Micius, which China launched in 2016.</b>• <b><br>It worked at a distance of 870 miles (1,400 kilometers), many times as far as the previous</b> …
PhysicsQuantum teleportation is even weirder than you think
Don't let the catchy name distract you, says Philip Ball: the questions inspired by this arguably misnamed phenomenon go to the heart of quantum …
PhysicsQuantum Computing Would Make Today’s Encryption Obsolete - Bloomberg
Quantum computing offers processing power so vast it may soon make today’s supercomputers look as crude as 1980s PCs. There’s a downside—the …
Quantum ComputingFrosted glass obscures quantum information | Ars Technica
Quantum information storage/retrieval secured by using random light patterns.<p>Quantum key distribution is supposed to provide a high degree of …
PhysicsLatest Quantum Weirdness Says Particles Can Suddenly Go Backwards Even When Pushed
Kinda like a kid on a swing.<p>An odd phenomenon in quantum mechanics called backflow has just gotten a little weirder with new research showing not …
PhysicsProbability that the quantum world obeys local realism is less than one in a billion, experiment shows
(Phys.org)—Physicists have reported some of the strongest evidence yet that that the quantum world does not obey local realism by demonstrating new …
PhysicsThe explosive tale of a spy, a ghost particle and a new physics – David Kaiser
Every fraction of a second, invisible particles called neutrinos whiz past the vans and Winnebagos on Highway 169 headed toward McKinley Park in …
Quantum TheoryMajorana fermion detected in a quantum layer cake
A particle that is its own antiparticle seems to have left its calling card within a solid material.<p>To observe the signature of that particle, a …
PhysicsPulses of electrons manipulate nanomagnets and store information
"In the tradition of the field of spin dynamics in nanostructures, I still appreciate the idea of non-volatile (long-term) memory devices, as the …
PhysicsA Quantum Theory of Consciousness
Some of you may have already heard of the so-called “quantum theory of consciousness.” I’ve encountered different versions of it over the years. It presents a method of integrating traditional religious views of the “soul,” the “afterlife,” and the possibility of “other realms of existence” with …
Quantum TheoryThe strange topology that is reshaping physics
Topological effects might be hiding inside perfectly ordinary materials, waiting to reveal bizarre new particles or bolster quantum computing.<p>Charles …
Quantum ComputingA Tour Inside IBM's New Bluemix Garage
We got a look at IBM's newly opened Bluemix Garage in SoHo, with tech demos on blockchain, Watson, machine learning, IBM's new Z Server, and …
Quantum ComputingFacilitating low-cost quantum experiments
QUANTUM computing is essentially harnessing and exploiting the amazing laws of quantum mechanics to process information. A traditional computer uses …
PhysicsViewpoint: Seeing Scrambled Spins
July 19, 2017• <i>Physics</i> 10, 82<p>Two experimental groups have taken a step towards observing the “scrambling” of information that occurs as a …
PhysicsFirst particle successfully quantum teleported into space; are transporters next?
With quantum teleportation now occurring from Earth to satellites, how long is it before we can teleport a human being?<p><i>“There would be no Star Trek</i> …
PhysicsQuantum Computing Is Coming for Your Data | Backchannel
<b>The news that disturbed my digital life</b> came two years ago in a snail mail letter strewn with phrases like “malicious cyber intrusion” and “identity …
Quantum ComputingFor First Time On-Chip Nanoantennas Enable High-Bit Rate Transmission
An international team of researchers led by a group at the Australian National University (ANU) is the first to demonstrate ultra-fast transmission …
EngineeringQuintessenceLabs hopes to cut the cord
With AU$3.62 million from Australia's government, quantum crypto outfit QuintessenceLabs has set to work getting the fibre out of its diet, and …
PhysicsResearchers find path to discovering new topological materials
An international team of researchers has found a way to determine whether a crystal is a topological insulator—and to predict crystal structures and …
PhysicsFull-color, large area, transmissive holograms enabled by multi-level diffractive optics
Article |<p>Open<p>Nabil Mohammad,<br>• Monjurul Meem,<br>• Xiaowen Wan &<br>• Rajesh Menon<p><i>Scientific Reports</i> <b>7</b>, Article number: 5789 …
PhysicsAn Experiment in Zurich Brings Us Nearer to a Black Hole’s Mysteries
The equations that describe the universe at the smallest and largest scales — how the tiniest elementary particles dance, how the space-time of the cosmos bends — predicted a slight incongruity, a tiny unbalancing in the numbers of certain particles under certain circumstances.<p>But physicists have …
China's 'future-proof' crypto: We talk to firm behind crazy quantum key distribution network
Two hundred local government employees across the capital of China's eastern Shandong province will soon be encrypting messages with keys that are …
PhysicsNew Spintronics Material Could Advance Quantum Computing
Scientists have recently created a new spintronics material called bismuthene, which has similar properties to that of graphene. Because it works at …
Quantum ComputingBeam me up, Scotty? Not quite
<b>(CNN) —</b> "Beam me up, Scotty" is a phrase that became iconic in the 1960s from its roots on the TV sci-fi show Star Trek. Although it was never said in exactly that way -- "Beam us up, Scotty" is the closest bit of dialogue in the show to the phrase that became famous -- it captured Star Trek's …
PhysicsDROPLEX offers a solution to the ‘quantum revolution’ by using a bulletproof blockchain
As previously covered by CCN, quantum computers are moving closer to reality and along with them, the possibility of those behind them breaking …
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