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Quantum Physics Aug 14, 2024

Physicists throw world's smallest disco party with a levitating ball of fluorescent nanodiamond

Physicists at Purdue are throwing the world's smallest disco party. The disco ball itself is a fluorescent nanodiamond, which they have levitated and spun at incredibly high speeds. The fluorescent diamond emits and scatters ...

Quantum Physics Aug 13, 2024

Studying sources of energy loss to make quantum computing gains

Scientists from Yale University and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a systematic approach to understanding how energy is lost from the materials that make up qubits. Energy ...

Quantum Physics Aug 7, 2024

After AI, quantum computing eyes its 'Sputnik' moment

Quantum computing promises society-changing breakthroughs in drug development and tackling climate change, and on an unassuming English high street, the race to unleash the latest tech revolution is gathering pace.

Quantum Physics Aug 1, 2024

Stacked up against the rest: 2D nano-semiconductors advancing quantum technology

Quantum technology is quantifiable in qubits, which are the most basic unit of data in quantum computers. The operation of qubits is affected by the quantum coherence time required to maintain a quantum wave state.

Optics & Photonics Aug 1, 2024

Experiment uses quantum techniques to stimulate photons, enhancing search for dark matter

Scientists cannot observe dark matter directly, so to "see" it, they look for signals that it has interacted with other matter by creating a visible photon. However, signals from dark matter are incredibly weak. If scientists ...

Superconductivity Jul 31, 2024

Layered superconductor coaxed to show unusual properties with potential for quantum computing

A team led by researchers from the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA has designed a unique material based on a conventional superconductor—that is, a substance that enables electrons to travel through it with zero ...

Quantum Physics Jul 31, 2024

Quantum information theorists shed light on entanglement, one of the spooky mysteries of quantum mechanics

The year 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of quantum mechanics. In the century since the field's inception, scientists and engineers have used quantum mechanics to create technologies such as lasers, MRI scanners ...

Quantum Physics Jul 30, 2024

Researchers develop general framework for designing quantum sensors

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have designed a protocol for harnessing the power of quantum sensors. The protocol could give sensor designers the ability to ...

Quantum Physics Jul 25, 2024

Somersaulting spin qubits for universal quantum logic could enhance control in larger arrays

Researchers at QuTech developed somersaulting spin qubits for universal quantum logic. This achievement may enable efficient control of large semiconductor qubit arrays. The research group published their demonstration of ...

Quantum Physics Jul 18, 2024

Scientists integrate solid-state spin qubits with nanomechanical resonators

In a new Physical Review Letters study, scientists propose a new method for combining solid-state spin qubits with nanomechanical resonators for scalable and programmable quantum systems.

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