News tagged with quantum physics
Related topics: quantum mechanics , quantum computing , physical review letters , quantum information , quantum state
Quantum robins lead the way
(PhysOrg.com) -- Did you know that the humble robin uses quantum physics?
Jan 21, 2011 |
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How do you make lithium melt in the cold?
Sophisticated tools allow scientists to subject the basic elements of matter to conditions drastic enough to modify their behavior. By doing this, they can expand our understanding of matter. A research team including three ...
Jan 10, 2011 |
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Quantum dots are not dots: physicists
Researchers from the Quantum Photonics Group at DTU Fotonik in collaboration with the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen surprise the scientific world with the discovery that light emission from ...
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Resolving the high pressure phases of calcium
(PhysOrg.com) -- Significant experimental and theoretical work has been devoted to the electronic, structural and superconducting properties of calcium (Ca) at high pressure.
Dec 15, 2010 |
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Single quantum dot nanowire photodetectors
Moving a step closer toward quantum computing, a research team in the Netherlands recently fabricated a photodetector based on a single nanowire, in which the active element is a single quantum dot with a ...
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Fahrenheit -459: Neutron stars and string theory in a lab
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using lasers to contain some ultra-chilled atoms, a team of scientists has measured the viscosity or stickiness of a gas often considered to be the sixth state of matter. The measurements ...
Dec 09, 2010 |
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Building mental muscles through theoretical physics
A grant from the D. J. Angus-Scientech Educational Foundation has made it possible for a student from a suburban Indianapolis high school to co-author, along with his mentor and two other scientists, a theoretical ...
Dec 07, 2010 |
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Tiny laser light show illuminates quantum computing (w/ Video)
A new laser-beam steering system that aims and focuses bursts of light onto single atoms for use in quantum computers has been demonstrated by collaborating researchers from Duke University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Dec 07, 2010 |
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Researchers create high performance infrared camera based on type-II InAs/GaSb superlattices
Researchers at Northwestern University have created a new infrared camera based on Type-II InAs/GaSb superlattices that produces much higher resolution images than previous infrared cameras.
Dec 03, 2010 |
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Electron 'pairing': Triplet superconductivity proven experientially for first time
Researchers at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Christian-Albrechts-Universitat zu Kiel and Santa Barbara have made the first experimental breakthrough in quantum physics: Their studies on the "pairing behavior" of electrons have ...
Dec 01, 2010 |
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Graphene: Scientists figure out how to shatter the world's strongest material
In 2008, experiments at The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University established pure graphene, a single layer of graphite only one atom thick, as the strongest material known to mankind. ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 30, 2010 |
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Measuring the temperature of nanoparticles
One of the holy grails of nanotechnology in medicine is to control individual structures and processes inside a cell. Nanoparticles are well suited for this purpose because of their small size; they can also be engineered ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 30, 2010 |
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Nano-diamond qubits and photonic crystals
Quantum information processing is arguably one of the most fascinating facets of modern quantum physics.
Nov 30, 2010 |
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Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle sets limits on Einstein's 'spooky action at a distance,' new research finds
Researchers have uncovered a fundamental link between the two defining properties of quantum physics. Stephanie Wehner of Singapore's Centre for Quantum Technologies and the National University of Singapore ...
Nov 18, 2010 |
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Quantum computers may be much easier to build than previously thought: study
Quantum computers should be much easier to build than previously thought, because they can still work with a large number of faulty or even missing components, according to a study published today in Physical Re ...
Nov 09, 2010 |
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