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Spin-powered crystals dramatically improve water splitting process for clean hydrogen production
Water splitting—breaking water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen—is a promising pathway to sustainable energy. However, this process has long been challenged by the slow chemical kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction ...
Condensed Matter
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Google DeepMind develops an AI-based decoder that identifies quantum computing errors
A team of AI researchers at Google DeepMind, working with a team of quantum researchers at Google Quantum AI, announced the development of an AI-based decoder that identifies quantum computing errors.
Extending classical black hole inequalities into the quantum realm
A recent study in Physical Review Letters explores quantum effects on black hole thermodynamics and geometry, focusing on extending two classical inequalities into the quantum regime.
Discovery of van Hove singularities could lead to novel materials with desirable quantum properties
Strong interactions between subatomic particles like electrons occur when they are at a specific energy level known as the van Hove singularity. These interactions give rise to unusual properties in quantum materials, such ...
Condensed Matter
Nov 22, 2024
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Scientists develop novel high-fidelity quantum computing gate
Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing and Toshiba have succeeded in building a quantum computer gate based on a double-transmon coupler (DTC), which had been proposed theoretically as a device that could ...
Quantum Physics
Nov 22, 2024
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Photon qubits challenge AI, enabling more accurate quantum computing without error-correction techniques
In an era where AI and data are driving the scientific revolution, quantum computing technology is emerging as another game-changer in the development of new drugs and new materials.
Quantum Physics
Nov 21, 2024
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Using matter waves, scientists unveil novel collective behaviors in quantum optics
A research team led by Dominik Schneble, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has uncovered a novel regime, or set of conditions within a system, for cooperative radiative phenomena, casting new light ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 20, 2024
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Experiment suggests quantum computers can coordinate actions of moving devices
New research from the University of Kent has demonstrated that quantum information could eventually be used to coordinate the actions of devices that can move, such as drones or autonomous vehicles. This could lead to more ...
Quantum Physics
Nov 19, 2024
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Physicists explain how fractional charge in pentalayer graphene could work
MIT physicists have taken a key step toward solving the puzzle of what leads electrons to split into fractions of themselves. Their solution sheds light on the conditions that give rise to exotic electronic states in graphene ...
Condensed Matter
Nov 19, 2024
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New theory reveals the shape of a single photon
A new theory that explains how light and matter interact at the quantum level has enabled researchers to define for the first time the precise shape of a single photon.
Optics & Photonics
Nov 19, 2024
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A new method for creating a quantum gas
Cooling atomic gases to the quantum regime often involves time-consuming steps. Electromagnetically induced transparency now achieves quantum degeneracy with high efficiency.
Quantum Physics
Nov 18, 2024
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Long-lived Schrödinger's-cat state achieves Heisenberg-limited sensitivity
A team led by Prof. Lu Zhengtian and Researcher Xia Tian from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) realized a Schrödinger-cat state with minute-scale lifetime using optically trapped cold atoms, significantly ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 18, 2024
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Physicists predict exotic form of matter with potential for quantum computing
MIT physicists have shown that it should be possible to create an exotic form of matter that could be manipulated to form the qubit (quantum bit) building blocks of future quantum computers that are even more powerful than ...
Condensed Matter
Nov 18, 2024
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Invisible touch: Researchers give AI the ability to feel and measure surfaces
AI-based technologies are rapidly learning to see, converse, calculate and create. One thing they still don't do well, however, is measure or "feel" surfaces—a purely mechanical function.
Optics & Photonics
Nov 18, 2024
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Physicists create the first fully mechanical qubit
A team of physicists at ETH Zürich has built the first-ever working mechanical qubit. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes their novel idea for creating such a qubit and how well it has worked ...
New route to quantum spin liquid materials discovered
A new route to materials with complex disordered magnetic properties at the quantum level has been produced by scientists for the first time. The material, based on a framework of ruthenium, fulfills the requirements of the ...
Condensed Matter
Nov 15, 2024
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Theoretical model explains the anomalous properties of water in extreme conditions
Water, a molecule essential for life, has unusual properties—known as anomalies—that define its behavior. However, there are still many enigmas about the molecular mechanisms that would explain the anomalies that make ...
Soft Matter
Nov 14, 2024
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A proposed experiment to test whether gravity behaves as a quantum entity when measured
A multi-institutional team of physicists is proposing an experiment to test whether gravity behaves as a quantum entity when measured. They published a description of their experiment in the journal Physical Review Letters ...
Quantum computing researchers develop an 8-photon qubit chip
A group of South Korean researchers has successfully developed an integrated quantum circuit chip using photons (light particles). It is a system capable of controlling eight photons using a photonic integrated-circuit chip. ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 14, 2024
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Scientists find a new way of entangling light and sound
For a wide variety of emerging quantum technologies, such as secure quantum communications and quantum computing, quantum entanglement is a prerequisite. Scientists at the Max-Planck-Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 14, 2024
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