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Finding Ways to Minimize Environmental Losses in Quantum Information Systems

New research published in EPJ D has revealed how robust initial states can be prepared in quantum information systems, minimising any unwanted transitions which lead to losses in quantum information.

29 Sep 2020

New Algorithm Removes Spin Contaminants from Quantum Computers

A group of scientists from Osaka City University has developed a new quantum algorithm that eliminates pesky spin contaminants and, at the same time, makes chemical calculations on quantum computers.

28 Sep 2020

To Kill a Quasiparticle: A Quantum Whodunit

In large systems of interacting particles in quantum mechanics, an intriguing phenomenon often emerges: groups of particles begin to behave like single particles. Physicists refer to such groups of particles as quasiparticles.

28 Sep 2020

New System Uses Quantum Physics Principles to Increase Performance of Communications Networks

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have devised and demonstrated a system that could dramatically increase the performance of communications networks while enabling record-low error rates in detecting even the faintest of signals, potentially decreasing the total amount of energy required for state-of-the-art networks by a factor of 10 to 100.

25 Sep 2020

Astrophysicists Establish the Presence of Water in Star Dust

Interstellar medium refers to the matter between the stars in a galaxy. It contains gas as well as a significant amount of dust. At a certain period of time, planets and stars evolved in such an environment, because the dust particles can cluster together and combine into celestial bodies.

23 Sep 2020

Modern Telescopes Help View the Galactic Center in Different Types of Light

The core of the Milky Way galaxy is quite far away for individuals to visit it directly, but people can still investigate it. Telescopes now offer an opportunity to observe what the Galactic Center looks like in diverse forms of light.

23 Sep 2020

New Method on Anyon Detection can Shed More Light on Exotic Quantum Matter

While all particles should exist either as bosons or fermions in a 3D world, researchers already know that in fewer dimensions, the presence of particles with intermediate quantum statistics, called anyons, is definitely feasible.

23 Sep 2020

Far-Ultraviolet Aurora Discovered at Comet Chury

In the aurora borealis on Earth, electrically charged particles of the solar wind move along the Earth's magnetic field.

22 Sep 2020

Federal Funding of New Technology is Vital for Astronomy

Federal funding of new technology is crucial for astronomy, according to results of a study released Sept. 21 in the Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments and Systems.

22 Sep 2020

Researchers Discover a New Mechanism for the Stabilization of Skyrmions

The so-called skyrmions, small magnetic whirls that can take place in materials, have an excellent potential for innovative electronic devices or magnetic memory in which they are utilized as bits to store data.

22 Sep 2020