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Quantum mechanics: Hypercomplex, or 'just' complex?
Today, physicists are still asking themselves whether quantum mechanics needs hypercomplex numbers. FAU researchers Ece Ipek Saruhan, Prof. Dr. Joachim von Zanthier and Dr. Marc Oliver Pleinert have been investigating this ...
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Quantum control of collisions possible beyond ultralow temperatures, study shows
At ultracold temperatures, interatomic collisions are relatively simple, and their outcome can be controlled using a magnetic field. However, research by scientists led by Prof. Michal Tomza from the Faculty of Physics of ...
General Physics
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Unlocking the secrets of phase transitions in quantum hardware
Phase transitions, like water freezing into ice, are a familiar part of our world. But in quantum systems, they can behave even more dramatically, with quantum properties such as Heisenberg uncertainty playing a central role. ...
Superconductivity
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Quantum tornadoes in momentum space: First experimental proof of a new quantum phenomenon
Researchers from Würzburg have experimentally demonstrated a quantum tornado for the first time by refining an established method. In the quantum semimetal tantalum arsenide (TaAs), electrons in momentum space behave like ...
Condensed Matter
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Unraveling the mystery of high-temperature superconductors from first principles
Ever since their discovery almost four decades ago, high-temperature superconductors have fascinated scientists and engineers alike. These materials, primarily cuprates, defy classical understanding because they conduct electricity ...
Metasurface technology offers a compact way to generate multiphoton entanglement
Quantum information processing is a field that relies on the entanglement of multiple photons to process vast amounts of information. However, creating multiphoton entanglement is a challenging task. Traditional methods either ...
Optics & Photonics
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Laser light made into a supersolid for the first time
A small international team of nanotechnologists, engineers and physicists has developed a way to force laser light into becoming a supersolid. Their paper is published in the journal Nature. The editors at Nature have published ...
Sneaky clocks: Uncovering Einstein's relativity in an interacting atomic playground
For over a century, physicists have grappled with one of the most profound questions in science: How do the rules of quantum mechanics, which govern the smallest particles, fit with the laws of general relativity, which describe ...
General Physics
Mar 6, 2025
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Quantum algorithm excels at finding local minima of many-body systems
Many physicists and engineers have recently been trying to demonstrate the potential of quantum computers for tackling some problems that are particularly demanding and are difficult to solve for classical computers. A task ...
Distinguishing classical from quantum gravity through measurable stochastic fluctuations
In a new Physical Review Letters study, researchers propose an experimental approach that could finally determine whether gravity is fundamentally classical or quantum in nature.
Cold atoms on a chip: Opening the doors to accessible quantum research
UC Santa Barbara researchers are working to move cold atom quantum experiments and applications from the laboratory tabletop to chip-based systems, opening new possibilities for sensing, precision timekeeping, quantum computing ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 5, 2025
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Quantum leap: Computing's next frontier takes form
After several dashed predictions, quantum computing is accelerating rapidly with actual use cases and scientific breakthroughs expected within years, not decades.
Quantum Physics
Mar 5, 2025
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From classical to quantum: Navier–Stokes equations adapted for 1D quantum liquids
Although Navier–Stokes equations are the foundation of modern hydrodynamics, adapting them to quantum systems has so far been a major challenge. Researchers from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, Maciej ...
Soft Matter
Mar 4, 2025
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Scientists unravel spiraling secrets of magnetic materials for next-generation electronics
Deep within certain magnetic molecules, atoms arrange their spins in a spiral pattern, forming structures called chiral helimagnets. These helical spin patterns have intrigued researchers for years due to their potential ...
Condensed Matter
Mar 4, 2025
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AI and adaptive optics propel free-space quantum communication by solving atmospheric turbulence challenges
In the quest for ultra-secure, long-range quantum communication, two major challenges stand in the way: the unpredictable nature of atmospheric turbulence and the limitations of current optical wavefront correction techniques. ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 4, 2025
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Gravity from entropy: A radical new approach to unifying quantum mechanics and general relativity
In a new study published in Physical Review D, Professor Ginestra Bianconi, Professor of Applied Mathematics at Queen Mary University of London, proposes a new framework that could revolutionize our understanding of gravity ...
General Physics
Mar 4, 2025
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Superconducting quantum processor prototype operates 10¹⁵ times faster than fastest supercomputer
Zuchongzhi-3, a superconducting quantum computing prototype with 105 qubits and 182 couplers, has made significant advancements in random quantum circuit sampling. This prototype was successfully developed by a research team ...
Quantum Physics
Mar 3, 2025
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Exploring quantum materials: Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering captures microscopic, rapidly changing properties
From computer chips to image sensors in cameras, today's technology is overwhelmingly based on a semiconductor called silicon. This technology has been shrinking for decades—think of early room-sized computers compared ...
Condensed Matter
Mar 3, 2025
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Einstein's light quanta through the lens of Maxwell's equations
Light was long considered to be a wave, exhibiting the phenomenon of interference in which ripples like those in water waves are generated under specific interactions. Light also bends around corners, resulting in fringing ...
A quantum computing startup says it is already making millions of light-powered chips
American quantum computing startup PsiQuantum announced yesterday that it has cracked a significant puzzle on the road to making the technology useful: manufacturing quantum chips in useful quantities.
Optics & Photonics
Mar 3, 2025
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