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Rice University Physicists Create Tiny "Electron Superhighway"

Rice University physicists have created a tiny "electron superhighway" that could one day be useful for building a quantum computer, a new type of computer that will use quantum particles in place of the digital transistors found in today's microchips.

6 Oct 2011

Unusual Properties of Quantum Mechanical Particles Could Lead to Quantum Computers

An international team of researchers studying quantum mechanical particles has discovered some unusual properties that could aid the construction of quantum computers.

18 Aug 2011

Novel Microwave Technique for Quantum Entanglement

Quantum scientists have a new best friend. At a demonstration arranged by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) a novel microwave technique for performing quantum entanglement was showcased. This new ...

16 Aug 2011

Researchers Step Closer to Graphene-Based Electronics

Writing in the journal Nature Physics, the academics, who discovered the world's thinnest material at The University of Manchester in 2004, have revealed more about its electronic properties. Research institutes a...

25 Jul 2011

Future Functioning Quantum Computers

The quantum bit (blue) is entangled with the auxiliary qubits (red). If an error occurs, the state of the defective quantum bit is corrected. (Graphics: Harald Ritsch)

31 May 2011

World Record Set with Largest Quantum Register Ever Produced

Quantum physicists from the University of Innsbruck have set another world record: They have achieved controlled entanglement of 14 quantum bits (qubits) and, thus, realized the largest quantum register that has ever been produced.

3 Apr 2011

Samsung Creates Full-Color Display Using Quantum Dots

Samsung Electronics Co. has succeeded in developing the world's first full-color display using quantum dots, paving the way for producing large displays that are brighter, cheaper and more advanced.

23 Feb 2011

JILA Scientists Eliminate Collisions Between Atoms in an Atomic Clock

In a paradox typical of the quantum world, JILA scientists have eliminated collisions between atoms in an atomic clock by packing the atoms closer together. The surprising discovery, described in the Feb. 3 issue of Science Express, can boost the performance of experimental atomic clocks made of thousands or tens of thousands of neutral atoms trapped by intersecting laser beams.

23 Feb 2011

Researchers Entice Two Atoms to Swap Smallest Energy Units, Potential to Simplify Information Processing

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have for the first time coaxed two atoms in separate locations to take turns jiggling back and forth while swapping the smallest measurable units of energy.

23 Feb 2011

Quantum Logic Clock Now World's Most Precise Clock

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock based on a single aluminum atom that is now the world's most precise clock, more than twice as precise as the previous pacesetter based on a mercury atom.

23 Feb 2011