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Understanding Quantum Physics with Award-Winning Game App "Kitty Q"

"We are thrilled that our app 'Kitty Q' was honored as a 'Serious Game' at the Games Innovation Award Saxony. The references to quantum physics are always there, but our game can also be played completely without math or physics know-how.

22 Dec 2021

Trapping Vortices in Thin Superfluid Films

Physicists at the University of Queensland have shed light upon how tiny whirlpools (vortices) get stuck to obstacles in superfluids.

22 Dec 2021

Quantum Research at University of Oklahoma Continues to Garner International Attention

There's no doubt that the Sooner State's investment in the next generation of innovative technology inspires University of Oklahoma scientist Thirumalai "Venky" Venkatesan. As OU's director for the Center for Quantum Research and Technology, he praises Oklahoma for making a commitment to new technology that advances the state's competitiveness.

21 Dec 2021

Study Marks an Important Step Towards Building Better Superconducting Devices

High-precision measurements have provided important clues about processes that impair the efficiency of superconductors. Future work building on this research could offer improvements in a range of superconductor devices, such quantum computers and sensitive particle detectors.

21 Dec 2021

Rodeo Algorithm Shows Promise for Future Studies of Quantum Many-Body Systems

Quantum physics governs the domain of the very small. To study the behavior of the smallest components of the universe, scientists simulate quantum systems.

21 Dec 2021

Comets’ Heads can be Green, but Never Their Tails. After 90 Years, We Finally Know Why

Every so often, the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud throw galactic snowballs made up of ice, dust and rocks our way: 4.6-billion-year-old leftovers from the formation of the solar system.

21 Dec 2021

Scientists Demonstrate Feshbach Resonances Between Single Barium Ion and Ultracold Lithium Atoms

A team led by Prof. Dr. Tobias Schätz, Professor of Atomic and Quantum Physics at the Institute of Physics at the University of Freiburg, Dr. Pascal Weckesser, Fabian Thielemann and colleagues, demonstrate magnetic Feshbach resonances between a single barium ion and lithium atoms at near absolute zero temperature.

17 Dec 2021