Category: Physics
SNO+ Reveals the Power of Neutrinos
Newswise — It may be snowy outside, but the water in the SNO+ experiment isn’t for building snowmen. SNO+ is short for the Sudbury Neutrino Observation+, a neutrino“>neutrino experiment 2 kilometers underground in a…
New ion cooling technique could simplify quantum computing devices
Image shows the ion trap used to control the location of computational and refrigerant ions. The device was produced by Sandia National Laboratories. Credit: Sandia National Laboratories. A new cooling…
Research offer direct view of tantalum oxidation that impedes qubit coherence
Left: This scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) image of a tantalum (Ta) film surface shows an amorphous oxide above the regularly arrayed atoms of crystalline Ta metal. Right: The STEM…
A physical qubit with built-in error correction
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There has been significant progress in the field of quantum computing. Big global players, such as Google and IBM, are already offering cloud-based quantum computing services.…
Device could jumpstart work toward quantum internet
Microscope photograph of a device that could jumpstart work toward the quantum internet. The horizontal lines are diamond waveguides, each about 1,000 times smaller than a human hair. Credit: Atatüre…
Lab Repurposes a Former Particle Accelerator to Become a Scientific Data Center Facility
Newswise — We’re all about finding new ways to save energy and money at the Department of Energy (DOE), especially when it comes to our facilities. But it’s not usually…
