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Optical fiber link to make CERN more on time than ever
A new optical fiber link between CERN and Paris will provide the Laboratory with an accurate frequency reference, enhancing precision and supporting experiments like ALPHA in their search for matter–antimatter differences.
General Physics
Feb 21, 2025
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Topological quantum processor uses Majorana zero modes for fault-tolerant computing
In a leap forward for quantum computing, a Microsoft team led by UC Santa Barbara physicists on Wednesday unveiled an eight-qubit topological quantum processor, the first of its kind. The chip, built as a proof-of-concept ...
Quantum Physics
Feb 20, 2025
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Microwave-to-optics transduction: Research demonstrates readout technique for superconducting qubits
Joint research demonstrating the ability to readout superconducting qubits with an optical transducer was published in Nature Physics.
Optics & Photonics
Feb 20, 2025
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Newly realized nuclear-spin dark state promises reduced quantum decoherence
Quantum computers, which operate leveraging quantum mechanics phenomena, could eventually tackle some optimization and computational problems faster and more efficiently than their classical counterparts. Instead of bits, ...

Microsoft joins quantum race with breakthrough chip
Tech giant Microsoft unveiled a new computer chip on Wednesday that it says could transform everything from fighting pollution to developing new medicines, joining Google and IBM in arguing that the promise of quantum computing ...
Quantum Physics
Feb 20, 2025
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Ultrafast vortex electron diffraction: A new way to observe electrons in motion
Electrons oscillate around the nucleus of an atom on extremely short timescales, typically completing a cycle in just a few hundred attoseconds. Because of their ultrafast motions, directly observing electron behavior in ...
Quantum Physics
Feb 19, 2025
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What is quantum coherence?
We say a message is incoherent when we can't make it out, or when it doesn't make sense. A scribbled note, a drunken argument or a conversation taking place five tables down in a crowded cafe might all be incoherent. In general, ...
Quantum Physics
Feb 19, 2025
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Magnetic switch traps quantum information carriers in one dimension
A quantum "miracle material" could support magnetic switching, a team of researchers at the University of Regensburg and University of Michigan has shown.
Condensed Matter
Feb 19, 2025
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Magnetic semiconductor preserves 2D quantum properties in 3D material
There is a big problem with quantum technology—it's tiny. The distinctive properties that exist at the subatomic scale usually disappear at macroscopic scales, making it difficult to harness their superior sensing and communication ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 19, 2025
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Quantum billiard balls: Digging deeper into light-assisted atomic collisions
When atoms collide, their exact structure—for example, the number of electrons they have or even the quantum spin of their nuclei—has a lot to say about how they bounce off each other. This is especially true for atoms ...
General Physics
Feb 18, 2025
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Strong nuclear force calculations explain multiscale phenomena in atomic nuclei
Atomic nuclei exhibit multiple energy scales simultaneously—ranging from hundreds down to fractions of a megaelectronvolt. A new study demonstrates that these drastically different scales can be explained through calculations ...
General Physics
Feb 18, 2025
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Light-powered breakthrough enables precision tuning of quantum dots
Researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated a new technique that uses light to tune the optical properties of quantum dots—making the process faster, more energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable—without ...
Quantum Physics
Feb 18, 2025
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Doubling down on a century-old math formula unlocks more controllable qubits
Physicists have found a simple and effective way to skip over an energy level in a three-state system, potentially leading to increased quantum computational power with fewer qubits.
Quantum Physics
Feb 18, 2025
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Unexpected layer interactions in kagome ferromagnets reveal new magnetic phenomena
When it comes to layered quantum materials, current understanding only scratches the surface; so demonstrates a new study from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI. Using advanced X-ray spectroscopy at the Swiss Light Source SLS, ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 18, 2025
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Light from artificial atoms: Advancing quantum systems with superconducting circuits
Many objects that we normally deal with in quantum physics are only visible with special microscopes—individual molecules or atoms, for example. However, the quantum objects that Elena Redchenko works with at the Institute ...
Superconductivity
Feb 18, 2025
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New experiments finally prove a long-forgotten theory about how quantum particles spin
What makes something quantum? This question has kept a small but dedicated fraction of the world's population—most of them quantum physicists—up at night for decades.
Quantum Physics
Feb 18, 2025
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Researchers spin 'wheel of fortune' to find a fundamental proof of quantum mechanics
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney have proven that a spinning atomic nucleus really is fundamentally a quantum resource. The teams were led respectively ...
Quantum Physics
Feb 17, 2025
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Weighing in on the W boson measurement conundrum
One of the tiniest building blocks of the universe has a weigh-in problem, and Ashutosh Kotwal is determined to get to the bottom of it.
General Physics
Feb 17, 2025
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A newly proposed protocol to boost privacy in quantum sensor networks
Devices that leverage quantum mechanics effects, broadly referred to as quantum technologies, could help to tackle some real-world problems faster and more efficiently. In recent years, physicists and engineers have introduced ...

Quantum-inspired advancement turns crystal gaps into terabyte storage for classical memory
From punch card-operated looms in the 1800s to modern cellphones, if an object has an "on" and an "off" state, it can be used to store information.
Optics & Photonics
Feb 14, 2025
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