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New detector breakthrough pushes boundaries of quantum computing
Physicists at Aalto University and VTT Technical Research Center of Finland have developed a new detector for measuring energy quanta at unprecedented resolution. This discovery could help bring quantum computing out of the ...
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D-Wave announces launch of new Advantage quantum computer for business use
Canadian based D-Wave has announced on its blog that it has developed a new quantum computer for use by businesses. Called Advantage, the new system has 5,000 qubits and 15-way qubit connectivity. The new machine will be ...
CERN meets quantum technology
Today's information and communication technology grew out of the invention and development of quantum mechanics during the last century. But, nifty as it is that billions of transistors can be packed into your smartphone ...
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Sep 29, 2020
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Avoiding environmental losses in quantum information systems
New research published in EPJ D has revealed how robust initial states can be prepared in quantum information systems, minimizing any unwanted transitions which lead to losses in quantum information.
Quantum Physics
Sep 28, 2020
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Quantum entanglement realized between distant large objects
A team of researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, have succeeded in entangling two very different quantum objects. The result has several potential applications in ultra-precise sensing and quantum ...
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Sep 28, 2020
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To kill a quasiparticle: A quantum whodunit
In large systems of interacting particles in quantum mechanics, an intriguing phenomenon often emerges: groups of particles begin to behave like single particles. Physicists refer to such groups of particles as 'quasiparticles'.
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Sep 28, 2020
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Columbia leads effort to develop a quantum simulator
Quantum technologies—simulators and computers specifically—have the potential to revolutionize the 21st century, from improved national defense systems to drug discovery to more powerful sensors and communication networks.
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Sep 25, 2020
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Researchers work to create a roadmap on quantum materials
The term 'quantum materials' was introduced to highlight the exotic properties of unconventional superconductors, heavy-fermion systems (materials with unusual electronic and magnetic properties) and multifunctional oxides. ...
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Sep 25, 2020
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Physicists develop a method to improve gravitational wave detector sensitivity
Gravitational wave detectors have opened a new window to the universe by measuring the ripples in spacetime produced by colliding black holes and neutron stars, but they are ultimately limited by quantum fluctuations induced ...
General Physics
Sep 25, 2020
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Spin clean-up method brings practical quantum computers closer to reality
Quantum computers are the new frontier in advanced research technology, with potential applications such as performing critical calculations, protecting financial assets, or predicting molecular behavior in pharmaceuticals. ...
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Sep 25, 2020
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Physicists reveal connection between two nonperturbative parameters to help predict heavy meson production
Prof. Jia Yu from the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his collaborators, unveiled for the first time some deep connections between two fundamental nonperturbative parameters that characterize ...
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Sep 25, 2020
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New system detects faint communications signals using the principles of quantum physics
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have devised and demonstrated a system that could dramatically increase the performance of communications networks while enabling record-low error rates ...
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Sep 24, 2020
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A question of quantum reality
Physicist Reinhold Bertlmann of the University of Vienna, Austria has published a review of the work of his late long-term collaborator John Stewart Bell of CERN, Geneva in EPJ H. This review, "Real or Not Real: that is the ...
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Sep 24, 2020
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Young physicist 'squares the numbers' on time travel
Paradox-free time travel is theoretically possible, according to the mathematical modeling of a prodigious University of Queensland undergraduate student.
General Physics
Sep 24, 2020
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The return of the spin echo
A research team from Garching and Vienna discovered a remarkable echo effect that offers exciting new possibilities for working with quantum information.
General Physics
Sep 24, 2020
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Controlling ultra-strong light-matter coupling at room temperature
Physicists at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, together with colleagues in Russia and Poland, have managed to achieve ultra-strong coupling between light and matter at room temperature. The discovery is of importance ...
General Physics
Sep 23, 2020
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New approach to exotic quantum matter
In a three-dimensional world, all particles must be either fermions or bosons, but in fewer dimensions, the existence of particles known as anyons, which have intermediate quantum statistics, is possible. Such fascinating ...
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Sep 23, 2020
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Scientists find a new mechanism for the stabilization of skyrmions
Tiny magnetic whirls that can occur in materials—so-called skyrmions—hold high promises for novel electronic devices or magnetic memory in which they are used as bits to store information. A fundamental prerequisite for ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 21, 2020
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Aberrant electronic and structural alterations in pressure-tuned perovskite
The perovskite NaOsO3 has a complicated but interesting temperature-dependent metal-insulator transition (MIT). A team led by Drs. Raimundas Sereika and Yang Ding from the Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 21, 2020
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New design principles for spin-based quantum materials
As our lives become increasingly intertwined with technology—whether supporting communication while working remotely or streaming our favorite show—so too does our reliance on the data these devices create. Data centers ...
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