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Researchers Develop Novel Pathways to Create and Protect Quantum Coherence

In 1998, researchers including Mark Kubinec of UC Berkeley performed one of the first simple quantum computations using individual molecules.

13 Oct 2021

New Experiment Quantifies Neutron Skin in Calcium

Heavier types of calcium nuclei are comparatively thin-skinned. This was disclosed by a new measurement of the neutron skin in calcium.

13 Oct 2021

Research Reveals Properties of Unidentified Gamma-Ray Sources Using LAMOST Data

An international group of astronomers has revealed the hundreds of sources emitting gamma-rays and discovered that a majority of them fall into a group of active galaxies called blazars.

12 Oct 2021

New Technique for Commercial Resurrection of Large Quasicrystals

A research team led by the University of Michigan has confirmed the possibility of the commercial resurrection of quasicrystals. It is to be noted that these materials were once considered to have the potential to revolutionize everything from solar cells to frying pans, but lost their fame in the early 2000s.

12 Oct 2021

New Quantum Circuit Black Hole Laser Proposed to Explore Hawking Radiation

The fundamental forces of physics govern the matter comprising the Universe, yet exactly how these forces work together is still not fully understood.

11 Oct 2021

Researchers Explore the Coherent Control of Longitudinal Optical Phonons Using Polarized Light

The quantum behavior of atomic vibrations excited in a crystal using light pulses has much to do with the polarization of the pulses, say materials scientists from Tokyo Tech.

11 Oct 2021

CCNY Scientists Report Breakthrough in Phonon-Polaritons Propagation

In a new study by researchers from the City College of New York (CCNY), a novel method to unite two different states of matter has been reported.

11 Oct 2021

Scientists Find Evidence of Kardar-Parisi-Zhang Dynamics in Quantum Materials

Researchers have discovered a hard-to-observe type of spin in a quantum mechanical system. In physics, a quantum mechanical system is a set of components that interact at the quantum scale.

8 Oct 2021

Researchers Develop a New, Fully Functional Quantum Local Area Network

A team from the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Stanford University and Purdue University developed and demonstrated a novel, fully functional quantum local area network, or QLAN, to enable real-time adjustments to information shared with geographically isolated systems at ORNL using entangled photons passing through optical fiber.

8 Oct 2021

UArizona Engineer Leads $5 Million Quantum Technology Project to Advance Navigation Tools

Zheshen Zhang, a University of Arizona assistant professor of materials science and engineering, is leading a $5 million quantum technology project to advance navigation for autonomous vehicles and spacecraft, as well as measurement of otherworldly materials such as dark matter and gravitational waves.

8 Oct 2021