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Applicability of a key quantum law extended to simulation conditions for systems with long-range interactions
By extending a key law in quantum information to systems with long-range interactions, RIKEN physicists have enhanced its usefulness. This advance could help to design better quantum computers.
Quantum Physics
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A superconducting diode: Researchers successfully control the direction of current in a superconductor
What would happen if you combined the unparalleled efficiency of a superconductor with the flexibility and controllability of a semiconductor? Thanks to a new breakthrough in quantum materials, we may be getting an answer ...
Condensed Matter
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Researchers establish fundamental limit on how light bosonic dark matter can be
In a new study published in Physical Review Letters, scientists have estimated a new lower bound on the mass of ultra-lightweight bosonic dark matter particles.
Naturally occurring clay material has sought-after properties for use in quantum technology
In the future, quantum technology will become the standard for extremely fast computers. These kinds of machines will be important in everything from space technology to mineral exploration and the development of new medicines.
Condensed Matter
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A new study provides insights into cleaning up noise in quantum entanglement
Quantum entanglement—a connection between particles that produces correlations beyond what is classically possible—will be the backbone of future quantum technologies, including secure communication, cloud quantum computing, ...
Quantum Physics
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Penning-trap system enables loss-free transfer of protons between experimental sites
Protons are the basic building blocks of matter. Together with neutrons, they form atomic nuclei. These minute, positively charged particles have an antimatter counterpart, antiprotons. While the latter have a negative charge ...
General Physics
22 hours ago
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Photonic chip design offers simpler solution for one-way light flow in optical circuits
To improve photonic and electronic circuitry used in semiconductor chips and fiber optic systems, researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis tinkered with the rules of physics ...
Optics & Photonics
23 hours ago
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A proposed new route to sharper imaging using quantum interference
A new study from the University of Portsmouth has outlined a possible way to improve how we distinguish between two closely spaced light sources, an issue that has long challenged classical imaging systems.
Optics & Photonics
23 hours ago
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Scientists are developing machine learning tools for improving particle accelerator operations
One of the things that makes the main particle accelerator at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility unique is that it was the first linear accelerator to deliver a continuous stream ...
General Physics
21 hours ago
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Dark matter formed when fast particles slowed down and got heavy, new theory says
A study by Dartmouth researchers proposes a new theory about the origin of dark matter, the mysterious and invisible substance thought to give the universe its shape and structure. They say the hypothetical force shaping ...
General Physics
May 14, 2025
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Light is the science of the future: The Africans using it to solve local challenges
Light is all around us, essential for one of our primary senses (sight) as well as life on Earth itself. It underpins many technologies that affect our daily lives, including energy harvesting with solar cells, light-emitting-diode ...
Optics & Photonics
23 hours ago
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Successful experiments uncover new island of asymmetric fission
An international team of scientists has identified an unexpected region of heavy, neutron-deficient isotopes in the nuclear chart where nuclear fission is predominantly governed by an asymmetric mode. The experiment was conducted ...
General Physics
May 14, 2025
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Superconductors: Amazingly orderly disorder in murunskite
A surprising effect was discovered through a collaborative study by researchers from TU Wien and institutions in Croatia, France, Poland, Singapore, Switzerland, and the US during the investigation of a special material: ...
Superconductivity
May 14, 2025
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Spin-based memory advance brings brain-like computing closer to reality
Researchers at National Taiwan University have developed a new type of spintronic device that mimics how synapses work in the brain—offering a path to more energy-efficient and accurate artificial intelligence systems.
Condensed Matter
May 14, 2025
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Could gravity be evidence that the universe is a computer simulation? My new study suggests so
We have long taken it for granted that gravity is one of the basic forces of nature—one of the invisible threads that keeps the universe stitched together. But suppose that this is not true. Suppose the law of gravity is ...
General Physics
May 13, 2025
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Particles can be measured jointly without bringing them together—an advance for quantum communication and computing
By breaking away from the laws of classical physics, quantum physics has opened the door to describing the behavior of atoms and particles. This science, which explores the most fundamental building blocks of nature, relies ...
Quantum Physics
May 13, 2025
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Alternative approach offers low-cost, energy-efficient way to study light-matter interactions
Researchers at the University of Turku in Finland have developed a simple method to explore a complex area of quantum science. The discovery makes research in this field cheaper and more accessible, which could significantly ...
Optics & Photonics
May 13, 2025
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Butterflies hover differently from other flying organisms, thanks to body pitch
Butterflies' flight trajectories often appear random or chaotic, and compared with other hovering insects, their bodies follow seemingly mysterious, jagged, jerking motions.
General Physics
May 13, 2025
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Researchers observe time crystal in a spin maser system
Time crystals represent a new phase of matter proposed by Frank Wilczek, the Nobel laureate of Physics in 2004; they can break original time-translation symmetry and create new time oscillations spontaneously.
Optics & Photonics
May 13, 2025
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Dual-laser technique lowers Brillouin sensing frequency to 200 MHz
Scientists have developed a dual-laser Brillouin optical correlation-domain reflectometry (BOCDR) system that uses two frequency-modulated lasers. By scanning the relative modulation phase between the pump and reference lasers, ...
Optics & Photonics
May 13, 2025
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