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New Technique for Directly Tracking Precession of Single Nuclear Spins

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has enabled the capture of the spatial structure of biochemical and chemical molecules in recent decades. Currently, scientists from ETH have discovered a technique to use this measurement principle for individual atoms.

25 Jun 2019

New Protocol to Store and Release Single Photon in Embedded Eigenstate

Quantum computers hold the potential for a new age of studies where the time required to achieve new technologies and lifesaving drugs will be considerably reduced. These computers use light particles, or photons, rather than electrons to transmit and process information.

25 Jun 2019

Closest-Known Starburst Galaxy Spotted by Hubble

IC 10, which is an amazing celestial object, is the closest-known starburst galaxy. This means that it is experiencing a violent spell of star formation boosted by abundant supplies of cool hydrogen gas.

24 Jun 2019

Physicists Measure Ultra-Small Motion by Supersizing “Quantum Squeezing”

By harnessing the phenomenon of “quantum squeezing,” physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have successfully amplified and determined trillionths-of-a-meter motions of a single trapped magnesium ion, that is, electrically charged atom.

21 Jun 2019

Machine Learning Technique Reveals the Secrets of Quantum Physics

Interpreting the complex behavior of electrons has resulted in discoveries that have considerably redefined society; for example, the invention of transistors has revolutionized computing.

21 Jun 2019

Researchers Manage to Develop Protocol to Prepare Remote Quantum State

Mikel Sanz from the Physical Chemistry Department of UPV/EHU has led a theoretical team for an experiment reported in Nature Communications, a renowned journal.

20 Jun 2019

Study Shows Symmetry is Not Possible in Quantum Gravity

A pair of scientists from the United States and Japan have performed a new study that shows that symmetry is not possible when gravity is combined with quantum mechanics.

20 Jun 2019

Laser-Induced Vibrations Generate Coherent Signals in Silicon Chips

A group of researchers from the University of Tsukuba analyzed an innovative process of using ultrashort laser pulses to generate coherent lattice waves within silicon crystals.

20 Jun 2019

Research Team Led by the Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory Demonstrates an Innovative Hybrid Circuit for Quantum Computers

Hitachi Europe Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501, "Hitachi") today announced that researchers at the Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory ("HCL"), working in collaboration with academic partners at the University of Cambridge, University College London, and CEA-LETI ('the team'), have developed and demonstrated a hybrid electronic circuit to address a barrier to realizing a practical large-scale quantum computer known as the “I/O problem.”(1)

20 Jun 2019

SUNY Poly Research Team Awarded $900,000 by Rome-Based Air Force Research Laboratory to Advance Quantum Technologies for Next-Generation Computing Systems

SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) announced today that Associate Vice President for Research and Adjunct Professor of Nanoscience Dr. Satyavolu Papa Rao and Professor of Nanobioscience Dr. Nathaniel Cady have been awarded $900,000 in funding from the Rome-based Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to conduct research on brain-inspired (neuromorphic) computing systems comprised of quantum devices operating at cryogenic (below -450 °F) temperatures.

20 Jun 2019