US develops two-knob quantum simulator with precise thermal control
Scientists in the US have developed a novel way to control temperature inside a trapped-ion quantum simulator that…
Extensible universal photonic quantum computing with nonlinearity
Rad, H. A. et al. Scaling and networking a modular photonic quantum computer. Nature 638, 912–919 (2025). Article …
Quantum Computers Could Freeze Like Ordinary PCs
A quantum computer’s cooling system keeps its quantum chips at temperatures close to absolute zero. Only under these…
New Semiconductor Device Turns Light Into a Directed Current
When two pulses of different colored lasers (the two waves at the top of the image) light meet…
Quantum Heat Waves Spotted at Room Temperature for the First Time
Visualization of ray-like heat flow in boron arsenide at 300 K (80°F). Credit: H-Lab/UCLA The discovery could improve…
New quantum heat engine produces work and refrigeration at same time
A collaboration of researchers across international borders observed an anomalous thermal effect that allows quantum systems to absorb…
World’s First Room-Temperature Quantum Material Sorts Light in an Unprecedented Way
A new Nature study establishes a blueprint for engineering future quantum materials that operate under everyday conditions. Credit:…
Quantum Zeno effect could freeze tomorrow’s bigger quantum computers
The race to build larger and more powerful quantum computers has mostly focused on engineering: adding more qubits,…
Enhanced inverse Compton scattering via spontaneous focusing induced by a coated plasma mirror
Cole, J. M. et al. Experimental evidence of radiation reaction in the collision of a high-intensity laser pulse…
What Happens if You Cut a Photon in Half? The Answer Is Trippy
Physicists tend to think of light in terms of photons: massless, elementary particles “carrying” the forces of nature.…
Phonon focusing at room temperature
Taylor, B., Maris, H. J. & Elbaum, C. Phonon focusing in solids. Phys. Rev. Lett. 23, 416–419 (1969).…
Quantum Gravity May Be Far Less Quantum Than Physicists Expected
Physicists have long assumed that uniting quantum mechanics with gravity would require spacetime itself to behave quantum mechanically.…