University of Chicago researchers have created a synthetic compound that mimics the complex quantum dynamics observed in photosynthesis and may enable fundamentally new routes to creating solar-energy technologies. ...
Apr 19, 2013
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Carbon nanotubes can be used as quantum bits for quantum computers. A study by physicists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen has shown how nanotubes can store information in the form of vibrations. Up ...
Mar 21, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Quantum scale photosynthesis in biological systems which inhabit extreme environments could hold key to new designs for solar energy and nanoscale devices. Certain biological systems living in ...
Jan 07, 2013
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(Phys.org)—UK-based physicist Ole Steuernagel from the University of Hertfordshire, alongside Dimitris Kakofengitis and Georg Ritter, have found that a new powerful tool they call 'Wigner flow' is the quantum ...
Dec 28, 2012
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(Phys.org)—The investigation of ultracold molecules is of great interest for a number of problems. It could lead to a better understanding of chemical reactions in astrophysics. Ensembles of ultracold molecules ...
Nov 14, 2012
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Research physicists have demonstrated the first device capable of amplifying the information in a single particle of light without adding noise.
Nov 12, 2012
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An international team of physicists has pushed the boundaries on ultra-precise measurement by harnessing quantum light waves in a new way.
Sep 21, 2012
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In an international scientific breakthrough, a Griffith University research team has been able to photograph the shadow of a single atom for the first time.
Jul 03, 2012
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Complex mathematical investigation of problems relevant to classical and quantum mechanics by EU-funded researchers has led to insight regarding instabilities of dynamic systems. This is important for descriptions ...
May 29, 2012
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A Griffith University PhD candidate has been highly awarded for his innovative image of the shadow of a single atom.
Feb 17, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An expedition through the fast-paced microscopic world of atoms reveals electrons that spin around at enormous speeds and have gigantic forces are acting on them. Monitoring the ultrafast ...
Sep 09, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics scientists generate amplitude-squeezed light fields using single atoms trapped inside optical cavities.
Jun 30, 2011
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In the first decades of the 20th century, physicists hotly debated how to make sense of the strange phenomena of quantum mechanics, such as the tendency of subatomic particles to behave like both particles ...
Oct 20, 2010
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Research reported in The Journal of Chemical Physics, which is published by the American Institute of Physics, provides the first real-time measurements of the time dependence of the individual steps of dis ...
Jul 14, 2010
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At extremely low temperatures atoms can aggregate into so-called Bose Einstein condensates forming coherent laser-like matter waves. Due to interactions between the atoms fundamental quantum dynamics emerge ...
May 14, 2010
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