Despite lacking mass, particles of light called photons do carry momentum—enough to potentially carry a spacecraft from Earth around the solar system. But how do we calculate this momentum?
By Robert Lea
30 Mar 2022
In a study in the journal Quantum, researchers consider whether quantum algorithms can reduce the quantum computational needs for amplitude estimation further.
By Skyla Baily
25 Mar 2022
In 2021, South China Morning Post reported that China had used its experimental quantum communication network to protect its power grid – the largest in the world – from security threats.
By Ben Pilkington
24 Mar 2022
This article primarily explores the uses of atomic excitation and deexcitation in various fields of science and technology.
By Bismay Prakash Rout
22 Mar 2022
AZoQuantum talks to Nashanty Brunken from the University of Leiden about a new molecule, dimethyl ether, that has been discovered for the first time in a planet-forming disk.
By Skyla Baily
21 Mar 2022
Quantum superpositions can be thought of as broadenings of classical probabilities: if there are uncertainties between two alternatives, each with a probability, it should be possible to consider a superposition of the two, with complex amplitudes replacing probabilities.
By Skyla Baily
8 Mar 2022
Researchers make a theoretical quantum effect in condensed matter that means a particle always comes back to its starting point.
By Robert Lea
15 Mar 2022
Synthetic dimensions exploit the internal and motional states of quantum systems simultaneously to simulate matter in higher dimensions.
By Ilamaran Sivarajah
11 Mar 2022
From orbits around Earth to below-surface operations and even the smartphone in your pocket, magnetometers have an incredibly wide range of applications.
By Robert Lea
10 Mar 2022
This International Women's Day AZoQuantum spoke to Elizabeth Apala, Senior Research Assistant at NASA's Goddard Flight Centre, about her career in STEM as a Native American woman, her inspirations, and the future of physics for women.
By Skyla Baily
7 Mar 2022