Junichiro Kono. Credit: George Vidal / Rice University A team of Rice University researchers has developed a new way to control light interactions using a specially engineered structure called a…
Category: Physics
New quantum ‘game’ showcases the promise of quantum computers
Schematic of the state preparation procedure. Credit: Oliver Hart et al Imagine the tiniest game of checkers in the world—one played by using lasers to precisely shuffle around ions across…
How dipolar interactions shape two-dimensional superfluid behavior
A schematic illustration of superfluid behavior in the equation of state measurement. Credit: HKUST In a recent study, researchers made a significant observation of the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) phase transition in…
Study realizes symmetry-protected molecular qubits based on cold polyatomic molecules
Coherence measurement on superpositions of rotational states of formaldehyde corresponding to clockwise or counterclockwise rotation. Credit: Löw et al. Over the past decades, researchers have been trying to develop increasingly…
An elegant method for the detection of single spins using photovoltage
The green laser excites charge carriers in the NV centers, which are then captured by surface states. The scanning tip moves over the surface and measures a potential difference around…
Argonne’s Physicists Are Redefining the Possible
BYLINE: Joseph E. Harmon and Lea E. Radick Newswise — The world’s first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear reaction was achieved at the University of Chicago as part of the Manhattan Project…
Maximal Entanglement Sheds New Light on Particle Creation
Newswise — UPTON, N.Y. — Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University (SBU) have shown that particles produced in collimated sprays called…
Researchers discover a new type of quantum entanglement
Conversion occurring in a nanometric system of two photons into an entangled state in their total angular momentum. Credit: Shalom Buberman, Shultzo3d A study from Technion unveils a newly discovered…
