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Researchers Provide a Path to Measure and Test Exotic Phenomena

By demonstrating exceptional control of an open optical system, an international research team has provided a path to experimentally measure and test exotic phenomena and gain insights into new physics with exquisite sensitivity.

3 Feb 2022

New Breakthrough Overcomes Common Challenges for Quantum Systems

Breakthrough using common material could pave way for new quantum technologies.

3 Feb 2022

‘Quantum Friction’ Responsible for Mysterious Water Flow Through Carbon Nanotubes

For 15 years, scientists have been baffled by the mysterious way water flows through the tiny passages of carbon nanotubes -; pipes with walls that can be just one atom thick. The streams have confounded all theories of fluid dynamics; paradoxically, fluid passes more easily through narrower nanotubes, and in all nanotubes it moves with almost no friction. What friction there is has also defied explanation.

3 Feb 2022

Coherent Feedback to Remotely Cool a Quantum System

Researchers from the University of Basel have succeeded in forming a control loop consisting of two quantum systems separated by a distance of one meter.

3 Feb 2022

Researchers to Develop Laser Modules for Experiments with Bose-Einstein Condensates on the ISS

In early December 2021, the project "Development of a laser system for experiments with Bose-Einstein condensates on the International Space Station within the BECCAL payload (BECCAL-II)" commenced, with the involvement of a team of researchers led by Professor Patrick Windpassinger and Dr. André Wenzlawski from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU).

3 Feb 2022

Earth’s Magnetic Field Results in Small-Scale Plasma Jets, Study Finds

Despite the fact that the Earth’s magnetic field guards people from space weather and solar wind—it does not provide full safety always.

2 Feb 2022

Superconducting Edge Currents Observed in a Topological Material

Scientists recently discovered novel quantum materials whose charge carriers exhibit 'topological' features. Charge carriers are particles that transport electrical charges through a material.

2 Feb 2022

Research Shows How Archetype Quantum Material Remains an Insulator

This research sheds light on the mechanism behind how a special quantum material transitions from an electrical insulator to an electricity-conducting metal. Below a critical temperature, the subject material-;lanthanum strontium nickel oxide-;acts as an insulator due to the separation of introduced holes from the magnetic regions, forming "stripes."

2 Feb 2022

Leveraging Electron Spin Takes Data Encoding to a New Level

Remember flip-phones- Our smartphones may one day look just as obsolete thanks to spintronics, an incipient field of research promising to revolutionize the way our electronic devices send and receive signals.

2 Feb 2022

Using 2D Layered Materials to Develop Powerful Quantum Light Sources

Due to their unique properties, 2D materials, which consist of a single layer of atoms, are increasingly being used in optoelectronic devices, as quantum light sources and in integrated circuits. Research into the quantum technologies enabled by 2D materials has been advancing rapidly since 2015, with further potential for yet further advances.

1 Feb 2022