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White Dwarfs’ Movement in the Milky Way Charted by Lund University Team

At one time, white dwarfs were regular stars akin to the Sun but then disintegrated after depleting all their fuel. These interstellar fragments have historically been tough to examine.

24 Mar 2022

New High-Purity Single Photon Source for Quantum Key Distribution

Researchers have developed a new high-purity single-photon source that can operate at room temperature. The source is an important step toward practical applications of quantum technology, such as highly secure communication based on quantum key distribution (QKD).

24 Mar 2022

Researchers Use Quantum Methods to Predict Reactivity of Lithium-Metal Batteries

Lithium-metal (Li-metal) batteries show great potential for packing more significant amounts of energy than the current lithium-ion batteries.

23 Mar 2022

New Method for Monitoring Temperature Using Atom-Like Defects in Diamonds

Scientists from the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences at the University of Tsukuba have developed a method for monitoring the temperature using the naturally occurring atom-like defects in diamonds.

23 Mar 2022

UNIGE Team Sets World Record by Storing a Qubit for 20 Milliseconds

Computers, smartphones, GPS: quantum physics has enabled many technological advances. It is now opening up new fields of research in cryptography (the art of coding messages) with the aim of developing ultra-secure telecommunications networks.

23 Mar 2022

Research Illustrates How a Quantum Simulator can be Exploited to Study Complex Physical Structures

Theoretical physicists routinely introduce fictitious particles and fields in their calculations, in view of completing a theory or simply to make it more elegant.

23 Mar 2022

Researchers Achieve Efficient Quantum Coupling Between Two Distant Magnetic Devices

Magnetism has played a part in significant discoveries that transform human society, from MRI devices to computer hard disc storage. Magnetic interactions may play a role in conveying quantum information in the nascent field of quantum computing.

22 Mar 2022

Critical Analysis of Fermi’s Contributions to the Origins of Quantum Statistics

Within large systems of identical fermions, Fermi-Dirac statistics describes how identical fermions may never occupy the same quantum state. First introduced by Italian physicist, Enrico Fermi, this concept was a key step in our early understanding of quantum mechanics – yet so far, Fermi's contributions have been largely overlooked in historical analysis.

22 Mar 2022

Experiment Could Confirm the Fifth State of Matter in the Universe

An experiment which could confirm the fifth state of matter in the universe - and change physics as we know it - has been published in a new paper from the University of Portsmouth.

22 Mar 2022

Astronomers Reveal Best Image Yet of Mysterious ORCs in Space

Astronomy’s newest mystery objects, odd radio circles or ORCs, have been pulled into sharp focus by an international team of astronomers using the world’s most capable radio telescopes.

22 Mar 2022