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Discovery Creates Future Opportunity in Quantum Computing

Sep. 6, 2016 — Perovskite systems have been shown to be highly efficient at converting sunlight to electricity. Now, scientists have discovered a new use for perovskites that runs counter to the intended usage of ... read more

Record-Breaking Logic Gate 'Another Important Milestone' on Road to Quantum Computers

Aug. 5, 2016 — Researchers have achieved a quantum logic gate with record-breaking 99.9% precision, reaching the benchmark required theoretically to build a quantum ... read more

Quantum Computing Researchers Reduce Quantum Information Processing Errors

Aug. 5, 2016 — Scientists found a new method to reduce the heating errors that have hindered quantum ... read more

Diamond-Based Light Sources Will Lay a Foundation for Quantum Communications of the Future

Aug. 5, 2016 — Scientists might have solved one of the most challenging problems of quantum communications, showing that diamonds may be used as ultra-bright single ... read more

Bridging the Gap Between the Quantum and Classical Worlds

Aug. 2, 2016 — Strong coupling in specific light-matter interactions, previously believed to be a quantum phenomenon, is explained with classical models ... read more

New Device Steps Us Towards Quantum Computing

July 29, 2016 — If biochemists had access to a quantum computer, they could perfectly simulate the properties of new molecules to develop drugs in ways that would take today’s fastest ... read more

A New Type of Quantum Bits

July 26, 2016 — In computers of the future, information might be stored in the form of quantum bits. But how can a quantum bit ... read more

Physicists Discover a New Approach for Building Quantum Computers

July 22, 2016 — The main reason why quantum computers are so hard to manufacture is that now scientists still haven't find a simple way to control complex systems of qubits. This research ... read more

Researchers Make Leap in Measuring Quantum States

July 21, 2016 — Researchers have developed self-guided quantum tomography which uses a search algorithm to iteratively "find" the quantum state.This technique significantly reduces the ... read more

New Device Lengthens the Life of Quantum Information

July 20, 2016 — For the first time, researchers have crossed the 'break even' point in preserving a bit of quantum information for longer than the lifetime of its constituent parts. They ... read more

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Wearable Computing Poses Opportunity, Challenges

The Birth of Quantum Holography: Making Holograms of Single Light Particles!

July 18, 2016 — Until quite recently, creating a hologram of a single photon was believed to be impossible due to fundamental laws of physics. However, scientists have now successfully applied concepts of classical ... read more

Atomic Bits Despite Zero-Point Energy?

July 8, 2016 — Scientists have found out that zero-point energy plays an important role in the stability of nanomagnets. These are of great technical interest for the magnetic storage of data, but so far have never ... read more

Quantum Processor for Single Photons

July 7, 2016 — Scientists have realized a photon-photon logic gate via a deterministic interaction with a strongly coupled atom-resonator ... read more

Surprising Qualities of Insulator Ring Surfaces

June 29, 2016 — Topological insulators behave like insulators at their core and allow good conductivity on their surface. They owe their characteristics to a new quantum state within the material discovered in 2007 ... read more

No Need for Supercomputers

June 28, 2016 — A group of physicists in Russia has learned to use a personal computer for calculations of complex equations of quantum mechanics, usually solved with help of supercomputers. This PC does the job ... read more

Superconductor’s Strange Behavior Results in New Laboratory Tool

June 28, 2016 — Researchers have discovered an exceptional new quantum state within a superconducting material. This exceptional quantum state is characterized by a broken rotational symmetry -- in other words, if ... read more

New, Better Way to Build Circuits for World's First Useful Quantum Computers

June 27, 2016 — The era of quantum computers is one step closer. New research demonstrates a new way to pack a lot more quantum computing power into a much smaller space and with much greater control than ever ... read more

Particle Zoo in a Quantum Computer

June 22, 2016 — Physicists in Innsbruck have realized the first quantum simulation of lattice gauge theories, building a bridge between high-energy theory and atomic physics. Research teams describe how they ... read more

Method for Detecting Quantum Entanglement Refined

June 17, 2016 — In the future when quantum computers become available, this method can potentially serve as a tool in certifying whether the system has enough entanglement between the ... read more

Neutrons Reveal Unexpected Magnetism in Rare-Earth Alloy

June 13, 2016 — Researchers have used neutron scattering to uncover magnetic excitations in the metallic compound ytterbium-platinum-lead. Surprisingly, this three-dimensional material exhibits magnetic properties ... read more

Light-Matter Interplay Probed: Physicists Achieve Quantum Hall State With Light

June 13, 2016 — Harnessing the shared wave nature of light and matter, researchers have used light to explore some of the most intriguing questions in the quantum mechanics of ... read more

Super Quantum Simulator 'Entangles' Hundreds of Ions

June 9, 2016 — Physicists have 'entangled' or linked together the properties of up to 219 beryllium ions (charged atoms) to create a quantum simulator. The simulator is designed to model and mimic complex ... read more

World-First Pinpointing of Atoms at Work for Quantum Computers

June 8, 2016 — Scientists can now identify the exact location of a single atom in a silicon crystal, a discovery that is key for greater accuracy in the operation of tomorrow's silicon based quantum ... read more

Revisiting Trajectories at the Quantum Scale

June 7, 2016 — There is a gap in the theory explaining what is happening at the macroscopic scale, in the realm of our everyday lives, and at the quantum level, at microscopic scale. Scientists now say that the ... read more

Scientists Experimentally Confirm Electron Model in Complex Molecules

June 2, 2016 — In 1998 scientists Richard Bader and Carlo Gatti proposed a mathematical model, describing the distribution of delocalized electrons in molecules. Now new research is the first to confirm the ... read more

Quantum Satellite Device Tests Technology for Global Quantum Network

June 2, 2016 — You can't sign up for the quantum internet just yet, but researchers have reported a major experimental milestone towards building a global quantum network -- and it's happening in ... read more

One Impurity to Bind Them All

June 2, 2016 — Researchers show that a single atomic impurity is able to trap infinitely many bosons around it. Bound states of bosons are of particular interest because they give rise to long and strong ... read more

‘Weak’ Materials Offer Strong Possibilities for Electronics

May 31, 2016 — New fundamental research by physicists may accelerate the drive toward more advanced electronics and more powerful computers. The scientists are investigating materials called topological insulators, ... read more

Doubling Down on Schrödinger's Cat

May 26, 2016 — Physicists have given Schrödinger's famous cat a second box to play in, and the result may help further the quest for reliable quantum ... read more

A Look Beyond the Horizon of Events

May 26, 2016 — Black holes are still very mysterious celestial bodies which, according to the majority of physicists, do not, however, escape the laws of thermodynamics. As a result, these physical systems possess ... read more

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