Reading a Quantum Clock Costs More Energy Than Actually Running One
Quantum technologies—devices that operate according to quantum mechanical principles—promise to bring users some groundbreaking innovations in whichever context…
Direct tensor processing with coherent light
Cichocki, A. et al. Tensor decompositions for signal processing applications: from two-way to multiway component analysis. IEEE Signal…
Self-compressed waveform-stable light transients enabling water-window attosecond spectroscopy
We first demonstrate the creation and field-resolved characterization of light transients, focusing on generating sub-cycle pulses. For this…
A potential quantum leap — Harvard Gazette
The dream of creating game-changing quantum computers — supermachines that encode information in single atoms rather than conventional…
Material system enhances superconducting qubits
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 12 November 2025 In the development of large-scale quantum processors, material improvements yield rapid progress because…
On-site enhancement and control of spin-forbidden dark excitons in a plasmonic heterostructure
Mak, K. F., Lee, C., Hone, J., Shan, J. & Heinz, T. F. Atomically thin MoS2: a new…
Quantum Physics May Predict the Next Financial Crash, New Study Finds
When Albert Einstein first debated the strange logic of quantum mechanics, he probably didn’t imagine his ideas might one…
Scientists Just Discovered a Quantum Physics Loophole—And It Could Finally Unlock Interstellar Travel
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John Joannopoulos (1947–2025) | Nature Photonics
Authors and Affiliations Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA Marin Soljačić Department of Electrical…
Quantum fusion of independent networks based on multi-user entanglement swapping
Xu, F., Ma, X., Zhang, Q., Lo, H. K. & Pan, J. W. Secure quantum key distribution with…
Plasma lens for focusing attosecond pulses
Bor, Z. Distortion of femtosecond laser pulses in lenses and lens systems. J. Mod. Opt. 35, 1907–1918 (1988).…
Quadrature-dependent lattice dynamics of dissipative microcombs
McDonald, A., Pereg-Barnea, T. & Clerk, A. A. Phase-dependent chiral transport and effective non-Hermitian dynamics in a bosonic…