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Study Finds a New Way to Manipulate Auger Recombination Process in Quantum Dots

Quantum Dot (QD) is a nanometer-sized semiconductor nanocrystal that has unique optical properties such as the ability to emit light in the range of optical frequencies depending on its size.

6 Jan 2022

Optomechanical Quantum Teleportation is an Important Step Toward Hybrid Quantum Internet

Researchers at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands and the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil have shown that information encoded in a quantum bit (qubit) consisting of a single photon can be teleported to the mechanical motion of an optomechanical device comprising billions of atoms.

6 Jan 2022

Physicists Watch as Ultracold Atoms Form a Crystal of Quantum Tornadoes

The world we experience is governed by classical physics. How we move, where we are, and how fast we’re going are all determined by the classical assumption that we can only exist in one place at any one moment in time.

6 Jan 2022

New Study Finds that Black Holes are Giant Fuzzballs

According to a recent study, black holes are giant fuzzballs. The study tries to end the debate over Stephen Hawking’s well-known information paradox. This was the issue created by Hawking’s conclusion that any data that enters a black hole cannot leave.

5 Jan 2022

Quantum-Probe Field Microscopy for Imaging Ultrafast Electric Waveforms

Microscopic electric fields govern a remarkable variety of phenomena in condensed matter and their ultrafast evolutions drive plasmonics, phononics and highspeed nanoelectronics. Access to high-frequency electric waveforms is of crucial importance to diverse disciplines in nanoscience and technology, yet, microscopic measurements are still severely limited.

5 Jan 2022

Novel Spectroscopy Method Helps Monitor Spin Evolution in Radical Pairs

The change taking place between singlet and triplet states of electron pairs in charge-separated states plays a crucial role in nature. Probably, even the compass of migratory birds could be explained by the impact of the geomagnetic field on the magnetic interplay among these two spin states.

4 Jan 2022

Space Dust Analysis Could Solve Mystery of the Origins of Earth’s Water

An international team of scientists may have solved a key mystery about the origins of the Earth’s water, after uncovering persuasive new evidence pointing to an unlikely culprit - the Sun.

30 Dec 2021

Plasma Lensing Phenomenon identified in a Black Widow Pulsar

A group of scientists identified the plasma lensing phenomenon in a black widow pulsar PSR J1720-0533.

30 Dec 2021

Scientists Record Variations in an Eruption of a Neutron Star

Variations in the brightness of a neutron star—magnetar—during its most violent periods have been recorded for the first time.

29 Dec 2021

Theoretical Framework Helps Comprehend the Underlying Mechanisms for Quantum Physics

In a study published on Physical Review-Physics Education Research, a research team led by Academician GUO Guangcan from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has successfully constructed a theoretical framework of Activation-Construction-Execution-Reflection as well as a thinking mechanism model based on Overgeneralization to help students solve bound and scattering state problems in quantum mechanics education.

28 Dec 2021

Quantum Conformance Test to Reduce Errors in Verification of Conformity of Products and Production Processes

In an article published in the prestigious journal Science Advances, researchers* from Politecnico di Torino and National Institute of Metrological Research (INRiM) have proposed an innovative approach, based on quantum technologies, to check if a production process conforms to a reference or if it a "defective" one.

24 Dec 2021

DFG Approves Two Major Instrumentation Initiatives to Address Quantum Communication

Quantum technologies are a focus of research worldwide, and an indispensable tool for exploring underlying phenomena used in imaging research for the scientific development of quantum communication systems. The German Research Foundation (DFG) has now approved two major instrumentation initiatives to address such applications.

24 Dec 2021

New Collection Looks at Recent Developments in Quantum Chromodynamics

Created as an analogy for Quantum Electrodynamics (QED)?-;?which describes the interactions due to the electromagnetic force carried by photons?-;?Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) is the theory of physics that explains the interactions mediated by the strong force?-;?one of the four fundamental forces of nature.

24 Dec 2021

NTT: Realization of Modularized Quantum Light Source Toward Fault-tolerant Large-scale Universal Optical Quantum Computers

NTT Corporation in cooperation with the University of Tokyo (President: Teruo Fujii, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo) and RIKEN has developed an optical fiber-coupled quantum light source (squeezed light source), which is a key technology for realizing a fault-tolerant large-scale universal optical quantum computer.

24 Dec 2021

Quantum Effects in Superconductors Could Lead to a New Twist in Semiconductor Electronics

Quantum effects in superconductors could give semiconductor technology a new twist. Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and Cornell University in New York State have identified a composite material that could integrate quantum devices into semiconductor technology, making electronic components significantly more powerful.

23 Dec 2021

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Study Finds a New Way to Manipulate Auger Recombination Process in Quantum Dots

Optomechanical Quantum Teleportation is an Important Step Toward Hybrid Quantum Internet

Physicists Watch as Ultracold Atoms Form a Crystal of Quantum Tornadoes

New Study Finds that Black Holes are Giant Fuzzballs

Quantum-Probe Field Microscopy for Imaging Ultrafast Electric Waveforms

Novel Spectroscopy Method Helps Monitor Spin Evolution in Radical Pairs

Space Dust Analysis Could Solve Mystery of the Origins of Earth’s Water

Plasma Lensing Phenomenon identified in a Black Widow Pulsar

Scientists Record Variations in an Eruption of a Neutron Star

Theoretical Framework Helps Comprehend the Underlying Mechanisms for Quantum Physics

Quantum Conformance Test to Reduce Errors in Verification of Conformity of Products and Production Processes

DFG Approves Two Major Instrumentation Initiatives to Address Quantum Communication

New Collection Looks at Recent Developments in Quantum Chromodynamics

NTT: Realization of Modularized Quantum Light Source Toward Fault-tolerant Large-scale Universal Optical Quantum Computers

Quantum Effects in Superconductors Could Lead to a New Twist in Semiconductor Electronics

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