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Vibrating Atoms Make Robust Qubits, Physicists Find

MIT physicists have discovered a new quantum bit, or “qubit,” in the form of vibrating pairs of atoms known as fermions. They found that when pairs of fermions are chilled and trapped in an optical lattice, the particles can exist simultaneously in two states — a weird quantum phenomenon known as superposition.

27 Jan 2022

Research Offers a New Way Towards the Realization of Unprecedented Quantum States

Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have demonstrated a new way to control the quantum state through the loss of particles – a process that is usually avoided in the quantum device, offering a new way towards the realization of unprecedented quantum states.

25 Jan 2022

Scientists Make First Detection of Exotic “X” Particles in Quark-gluon Plasma

In the first millionths of a second after the Big Bang, the universe was a roiling, trillion-degree plasma of quarks and gluons — elementary particles that briefly glommed together in countless combinations before cooling and settling into more stable configurations to make the neutrons and protons of ordinary matter.

25 Jan 2022

Study Uncovers the Nature of Alpha-Rich Young Stars

As there is a difficulty in understanding the canonical scheme of the Galactic chemical evolution of the alpha-rich giant stars with theoretical young ages, it has been categorized as an abnormal population.

24 Jan 2022

Researchers Manipulate Nanoparticles Suspended in Superfluid Helium Using Optical Tweezers

Scientists from the Graduate School of Engineering Science at Osaka University used optical tweezers for the first time inside superfluid helium.

24 Jan 2022

Comprehensive Data on Dark Matter After Worldwide Coordinated Efforts Via the GNOME Network

For the first time, detailed data on the search for dark matter using a global network of optical magnetometers has been published by an international group of scientists with primary participation from the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM).

21 Jan 2022

Improved Versions of RPC Circuits Use Quantum Randomness for the First Time

Computers play an important role in many aspects of life today. Digital computers are the most widely used, while quantum computers are well known. However, the least known computers are the so-called Stochastic Pulse Computers.

21 Jan 2022

Developing Topological Quantum Bits to Create Efficient Quantum Computers

Researchers at PSI have compared the electron distribution below the oxide layer of two semiconductors. The investigation is part of an effort to develop particularly stable quantum bits –and thus, in turn, particularly efficient quantum computers. They have now published their latest research, which is supported in part by Microsoft, in the scientific journal Advanced Quantum Technologies.

21 Jan 2022

Novel Technique Improves Quantum Key Distribution Protocols in Long-Distance, Real-World Networks

Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) protocols enable cryptographic keys to be shared between distant parties with an intrinsic security guaranteed by the laws of quantum mechanics. This is made possible by the transmission of single photons, the elementary particles of which light is made of.

21 Jan 2022

Quantum Dots Increase the Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells

Perovskites are hybrid compounds made from metal halides and organic constituents. They show great potential in a range of applications, e.g. LED lights, lasers, and photodetectors, but their major contribution is in solar cells, where they are poised to overtake the market from their silicon counterparts.

21 Jan 2022

Research Opens the Door to Quantum Simulations of False Vacuum Decay

Phase transitions are everywhere, ranging from water boiling to snowflakes melting, and from magnetic transitions in solids to cosmological phase transitions in the early universe. Particularly intriguing are quantum phase transitions that occur at temperatures close to absolute zero and are driven by quantum rather than thermal fluctuations.

21 Jan 2022

COMSOL Announces Event Series Introducing Version 6.0 of COMSOL Multiphysics®

COMSOL, the maker of the COMSOL Multiphysics® simulation software, has opened registration for COMSOL Day: Version 6.0, a series of online events held around the world for the computer-aided engineering (CAE) market.

From COMSOL, Inc. 21 Jan 2022

Semiconductor Spin Qubits Gain More Credibility by Surpassing the 99% Barrier for Two-Qubit Gate Fidelity

Researchers at QuTech—a collaboration between the Delft University of Technology and TNO—have taken an important step for semiconductor spin qubits by surpassing the 99% barrier for two-qubit gate fidelity.

20 Jan 2022

New Theory Method Uses Supercomputers to Calculate Interactions Among Three Particles

The goal of nuclear physics is to describe all matter from its simplest building blocks: quarks and gluons.

20 Jan 2022

Joint Project Aims to Solve Key Challenges Surrounding Diamond-Based Quantum Computers

Quantum Brilliance, a German-Australian manufacturer of innovative quantum computing hardware, today announced a joint research project with the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF and the University of Ulm to develop new techniques for the fabrication and control of diamond-based quantum microprocessors.

20 Jan 2022

Quantum Science News

Vibrating Atoms Make Robust Qubits, Physicists Find

Research Offers a New Way Towards the Realization of Unprecedented Quantum States

Scientists Make First Detection of Exotic “X” Particles in Quark-gluon Plasma

Study Uncovers the Nature of Alpha-Rich Young Stars

Researchers Manipulate Nanoparticles Suspended in Superfluid Helium Using Optical Tweezers

Comprehensive Data on Dark Matter After Worldwide Coordinated Efforts Via the GNOME Network

Improved Versions of RPC Circuits Use Quantum Randomness for the First Time

Developing Topological Quantum Bits to Create Efficient Quantum Computers

Novel Technique Improves Quantum Key Distribution Protocols in Long-Distance, Real-World Networks

Quantum Dots Increase the Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells

Research Opens the Door to Quantum Simulations of False Vacuum Decay

COMSOL Announces Event Series Introducing Version 6.0 of COMSOL Multiphysics®

Semiconductor Spin Qubits Gain More Credibility by Surpassing the 99% Barrier for Two-Qubit Gate Fidelity

New Theory Method Uses Supercomputers to Calculate Interactions Among Three Particles

Joint Project Aims to Solve Key Challenges Surrounding Diamond-Based Quantum Computers

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