Andras Kovacs, Jussi Lindgren and Jukka Liukkonen. Credit: Jukka Liukkonen During the latter part of the 20th century, string theory was put forward as a unifying theory of physics foundations.…
Category: Quantum Physics
Scientists observe the first ‘quantum rain’
Numerical simulations of the experiment reproducing the breakup dynamics of a quantum droplet. Credit: CNR-INO In the Quantum Mixtures Lab of the National Institute of Optics (Cnr-Ino), a team of…
Simulating quantum magnetism with a digital quantum computer
Optics of the H2 quantum computer. Credit: Quantinuum. Quantum computers, which process information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, have the potential to outperform classical computers in some optimization and computational tasks.…
Researchers demonstrate the UK’s first long-distance ultra-secure communication over a quantum network
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have successfully demonstrated the UK’s first long-distance ultra-secure transfer of data over a quantum communications network, including the UK’s first long-distance quantum-secured video call. The…
A new dissipation-based method to probe quantum correlations
Illustration of the dissipative processes in the strongly-correlated quantum many-body system. Credit: Zhao et al. Quantum systems are known to be prone to dissipation, a process that entails the irreversible…
Scientists achieve high-efficiency single-photon source above loss-tolerant threshold
The schematic diagram of the single-photon source system and the efficiency of the single-photon source surpassing the loss tolerance threshold. (Image by Pan et al.). Credit: USTC Research teams from…
Hot Schrödinger cat states created
In Erwin Schrödinger’s thought experiment, it is a cat that is alive and dead at the same time. Credit: University of Innsbruck/Harald Ritsch Quantum states can only be prepared and…
Physicists uncover electronic interactions mediated via spin waves
Rendition of the discovery where the excitons (e–h pairs) interact via ripples in the magnetic structure akin to an array of spinning tops generating a wave that affects each other…
