A depiction of how equilibrium is maintained in hadrons. Pressure from quarks and gluons (outward-pointing purple arrows) balances against pressure from trace anomaly and sigma terms (inward-pointing blue arrows). Credit:…
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Scientists integrate solid-state spin qubits with nanomechanical resonators
Spin qubits (orange) inside diamond nanopillars are moved (black arrows) over a magnetically-functionalized mechanical resonator (blue), enabling mechanically-mediated spin-spin interactions. Credit: Frankie Fung. In a new Physical Review Letters study,…
A huge race is on to develop quantum technologies; the time to discuss risks is now
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The United Nations has proclaimed 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. The goal is to recognize “the importance of quantum science and…
Entangled photons enable Raman spectroscopy
Signal spectrum from the high-speed camera for PBI molecules. Credit: Light: Science & Applications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41377-024-01492-4 ‘High-speed camera’ for molecules Certain molecular systems exhibit ultrafast processes, such as electron…
A new approach to accelerate the discovery of quantum materials
This image shows the cobalt defect fabricated by the study team. The green and yellow circles are tungsten and sulfur atoms that make up a 2D tungsten disulfide sample. The…
Quantum microscopy study makes electrons visible in slow motion
The imaging tip of the time-resolving scanning tunneling microscope captures the collective electron motion in materials through ultrafast terahertz pulses. Credit: Shaoxiang Sheng, University of Stuttgart (FMQ) Physicists at the…
Exploring three-dimensional quantum Griffiths singularity in bulk unconventional iron-based superconductors
Magnetic-field-driven superconductor-metal phase transition with multiple quantum critical points in CaFe1-xNixAsF. Credit: Science China Press They and their collaborators grew a series of high-quality underdoped CaFe1-xNixAsF bulk single crystals for…
