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Study Supports Quantum Mechanics Interpretation Close to Classical Principles

For centuries, researchers have debated how to deduce quantum mechanics. A new study by Jussi Lindgren and Jukka Liukkonen backs an interpretation that is similar to classical scientific principles.

7 Oct 2020

Study Offers New Insights into Lithium-Rich Stars

One of the ancient elements nearly as old as the universe is lithium. Although lithium is one of the building blocks of the present-day universe, the observations of lithium in several celestial bodies are usually in disagreement with the speculations of classic theories.

6 Oct 2020

Quantum Spin Liquid Behavior Detected in Ruthenium Trichloride at High Magnetic Fields

Using a novel technique, scientists working at the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory have found evidence for a quantum spin liquid, a state of matter that is promising as a building block for the quantum computers of tomorrow.

6 Oct 2020

Study Reveals How Matter is Distributed in the Centers of Galaxies

Recently, a glimpse of the processes occurring in the centers of “active galaxies” was provided by a group of astronomers from UC San Diego’s Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences (CASS), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), the University of Maryland, and Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam in their study published in The Astrophysical Journal.

1 Oct 2020

Uniklasers Secures £800K Innovate UK Project as Part of Quantum Technology Research Drive

UniKLasers Limited, the Edinburgh-based manufacturer of high-precision scientific laser instrumentation, has secured a £800K Project funded by Innovate UK, the National Research and Innovation Agency, to help spearhead the commercial development of applications based around Quantum Technology - the term used to describe an amalgam of instrumentation developed from quantum physics, R&D and precision electronics engineering.

30 Sep 2020

Australian Quantum Vortex Team Named as Finalists for Prestigious Eureka Prize

FLEET physicists from Monash University and the University of Queensland are finalists, named today, in the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes - the nation's top science awards.

29 Sep 2020

Finding Ways to Minimize Environmental Losses in Quantum Information Systems

New research published in EPJ D has revealed how robust initial states can be prepared in quantum information systems, minimising any unwanted transitions which lead to losses in quantum information.

29 Sep 2020

New Algorithm Removes Spin Contaminants from Quantum Computers

A group of scientists from Osaka City University has developed a new quantum algorithm that eliminates pesky spin contaminants and, at the same time, makes chemical calculations on quantum computers.

28 Sep 2020

To Kill a Quasiparticle: A Quantum Whodunit

In large systems of interacting particles in quantum mechanics, an intriguing phenomenon often emerges: groups of particles begin to behave like single particles. Physicists refer to such groups of particles as quasiparticles.

28 Sep 2020

New System Uses Quantum Physics Principles to Increase Performance of Communications Networks

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have devised and demonstrated a system that could dramatically increase the performance of communications networks while enabling record-low error rates in detecting even the faintest of signals, potentially decreasing the total amount of energy required for state-of-the-art networks by a factor of 10 to 100.

25 Sep 2020