Quantum computers the key to elusive ‘Theory of Everything’
During the first two decades of the 20th century, European science experienced a revolution. Albert Einstein’s Theory of…
Scientists Create Magnetic Nanohelices To Control Electron Spin at Room Temperature
The twisting direction of metal nanoparticles is controlled to be right- or left-handed by adding chiral molecules, which…
Something From Nothing – Physicists Mimic the “Impossible” Schwinger Effect
Physicists have long wondered whether matter can spontaneously emerge from nothing, a process known as the Schwinger effect.…
Quantum Computers Mimic Black Holes To Probe Cosmic Secrets
A close-up of the trapped-ion quantum computer used to simulate quantum-information scrambling circuits. Credit: Quantinuum The difference between…
“Heavy” Electrons Hold the Key to a New Type of Quantum Computer
Scientists in Japan have uncovered quantum entanglement in “heavy fermions,” revealing electron behavior tied to Planckian time in…
114-year-old tech company makes deal to become quantum computing leader
Technology stalwart Intenational Business Machines (IBM) has accomplished many milestones since it began selling commercial scales, industrial time recorders,…
Scientists Unlock Quantum Computing Power by Entangling Vibrations in a Single Atom
Artist’s impression of the entangled logic gate built by University of Sydney quantum scientists. Credit: Emma Hyde/University of…
Bloch oscillations of a soliton in a one-dimensional quantum fluid
Bloch, F. Über die Quantenmechanik der Elektronen in Kristallgittern. Z. Phys. 52, 555–600 (1929). ADS Google Scholar Zener,…
Schrodinger’s Cat: The man behind the thought experiment that questioned reality
A cat is in a sealed box. It is both alive and dead, at least until you open…
Exact collective occupancies of the Moshinsky model in two-dimensional geometry
We consider a system of N bosons in a two-dimensional isotropic harmonic potential, interacting with a force proportional…
Optomechanical control of long-lived bulk acoustic phonons in the quantum regime
The cavity optomechanical system In what follows, we build our cavity optomechanical system around the μHBAR seen in…
Scientists levitate 300 million atoms at room temp for quantum purity
A team of researchers from ETH Zurich has reached an impressive milestone in quantum physics by levitating a…