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First-Ever On-Demand Storage of Photonic Qubits in Integrated Quantum Memory

Scientists have achieved, for the first time, on-demand storage of photonic qubits in an integrated solid-state quantum memory.

8 Jan 2021

Researchers Establish First-Ever Integrated Quantum Communication Network

Researchers from China have set up the first-ever integrated quantum communication network, which incorporates more than 700 optical fibers on the ground and two ground-to-satellite links to enable quantum key distribution over a total distance of 4,600 km for users throughout the country.

7 Jan 2021

Oxford Instruments NanoScience Delivers First Proteox Globally to Oxford Quantum Circuits

Today, Oxford Instruments NanoScience, the pioneers in dilution refrigerator technology, announces its partnership with Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC), to accelerate quantum computing commercialization in the UK. As part of the collaboration, OQC is taking delivery of Oxford Instruments’ next-generation Cryofree® refrigerator, Proteox.

From Oxford Instruments Nanoscience 7 Jan 2021

Astronomers Reach Agreement on the Age of the Universe

New observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation that permeates the universe has confirmed its age of 13.77 billion years… Give or take 40 million years!

By Robert Lea 6 Jan 2021

New Quantum-Based Distance Measurement Method for GPS and LIDAR

At Paderborn University, scientists have created a new technique for distance measurement that can be used in systems such as GPS.

6 Jan 2021

Machine Learning Tool can Quickly Detect Particle Accelerator Component Issues

Operators of the primary particle accelerator at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility are getting a new tool to help them quickly address issues that can prevent it from running smoothly.

6 Jan 2021

NASA's First Mission to Study Trojan Asteroids Integrates the Lucy Thermal Emission Spectrometer

NASA's Lucy mission is one step closer to launch as L'TES, the Lucy Thermal Emission Spectrometer, has been successfully integrated on to the spacecraft.

6 Jan 2021

Creating Higher-Order Topological Insulator Using Bismuth

The term spintronics denotes a range of physical systems that could be the alternative for various electronic systems someday.

5 Jan 2021

Researchers Reach Limit of Zero–Trade-Off Multiparameter Quantum Estimation

Real-life applications like magnetometry or quantum gyroscope typically involve precise measurement on multiple parameters. How to achieve the ultimate precision limits simultaneously is a long sought-after grail in the field.

5 Jan 2021

Scientists Investigate the Response of a Supersolid to an Interaction Quench

Last year, more than fifty years after initial theoretical proposals, researchers in Pisa, Stuttgart and Innsbruck independently succeeded for the first time in creating so-called supersolids using ultracold quantum gases of highly magnetic lanthanide atoms.

5 Jan 2021

Long Distance Quantum Teleportation Points Towards Computing Breakthrough

Researchers have reported successful quantum teleportation over a distance of around 27 miles. The achievement could be a significant step forward in the development of a quantum internet. Image Credit: Metamor...

4 Jan 2021

Exploring the Early Universe for Clues on Primordial Black Holes

The Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU) is home to many interdisciplinary projects which benefit from the synergy of a wide range of expertise available at the institute. One such project is the study of black holes that could have formed in the early universe, before stars and galaxies were born.

29 Dec 2020

Researchers Achieve Significant Milestone in the Creation of a Working Quantum Computer

Quantum computer: One of the obstacles for progress in the quest for a working quantum computer has been that the working devices that go into a quantum computer and perform the actual calculations, the qubits, have hitherto been made by universities and in small numbers.

29 Dec 2020

Superconducting Fusion Device Sets New Record in Maintaining High Temperature Plasma for 20 Seconds

The Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research(KSTAR), a superconducting fusion device also known as the Korean artificial sun, set the new world record as it succeeded in maintaining the high temperature plasma for 20 seconds with an ion temperature over 100 million degrees.

28 Dec 2020

Researchers Measure Quantum Waves in Helium Dimers

Anyone entering the world of quantum physics must prepare themself for quite a few things unknown in the everyday world: Noble gases form compounds, atoms behave like particles and waves at the same time and events that in the macroscopic world exclude each other occur simultaneously.

24 Dec 2020

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First-Ever On-Demand Storage of Photonic Qubits in Integrated Quantum Memory

Researchers Establish First-Ever Integrated Quantum Communication Network

Oxford Instruments NanoScience Delivers First Proteox Globally to Oxford Quantum Circuits

Astronomers Reach Agreement on the Age of the Universe

New Quantum-Based Distance Measurement Method for GPS and LIDAR

Machine Learning Tool can Quickly Detect Particle Accelerator Component Issues

NASA's First Mission to Study Trojan Asteroids Integrates the Lucy Thermal Emission Spectrometer

Creating Higher-Order Topological Insulator Using Bismuth

Researchers Reach Limit of Zero–Trade-Off Multiparameter Quantum Estimation

Scientists Investigate the Response of a Supersolid to an Interaction Quench

Long Distance Quantum Teleportation Points Towards Computing Breakthrough

Exploring the Early Universe for Clues on Primordial Black Holes

Researchers Achieve Significant Milestone in the Creation of a Working Quantum Computer

Superconducting Fusion Device Sets New Record in Maintaining High Temperature Plasma for 20 Seconds

Researchers Measure Quantum Waves in Helium Dimers

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