By encasing a diamond nanoparticle with a specially engineered shell—a technique inspired by QLED televisions—the team created a quantum biosensor ideal for a living cell. Credit: Jason Smith Putting hypersensitive…
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Simpler method refines ultrapure diamond film fabrication for quantum and electronic applications
(a) Theoretical model of the diamond block used in the MD simulations, where vacancies are confined to the central region. (b) Normalized pair radial distribution function, g(r), for pristine diamond…
Quantum simulator realizes strongly interacting Mott-Meissner phases in bosonic flux ladders
Schematic of the experimental setup, showing the flux ladder geometry, where each plaquette of a ladder is threaded by a homogeneous magnetic flux of pi/2. In the Mott-Meissner phase, one…
Diamond quantum imaging can enable next-gen power electronics
These methods for analyzing soft magnets will help improve the performance of power electronics. Credit: Science Tokyo Improving energy conversion efficiency in power electronics is vital for a sustainable society,…
Controlling quantum motion and hyper-entanglement
Two atoms, trapped by beams of laser light, are shown in a special quantum state called hyper-entanglement. In this state, both their motion and internal energy are linked, opening new…
Researchers simulate tens of thousands of electrons in real time
Real-time modeling of optical responses in nanostructures using RT-TDDFT helps interpret, understand and guide next-generation applications in science and technology. Credit: ORNL, Dept. of Energy A research team from the…
Researchers are developing world’s first petahertz-speed phototransistor in ambient conditions
Mohammed Hassan (right), associate professor of physics and optical sciences, and Mohamed Sennary, a graduate student studying optics and physics, holding the commercial transistor they used to develop a petahertz-speed…
First successful demonstration of quantum error correction of qudits for quantum computers
Realization of a logical GKP ququart. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: In the world of quantum computing, the Hilbert space dimension—the measure of the number of quantum states that a quantum…
