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Updated Computer Code Could Help Predict and Prevent Plasma Leaks in Tokamaks

Subatomic particles, which whiz around ring-shaped fusion equipment called tokamaks, merge at times and liberate enormous amounts of energy.

25 Jul 2019

ARL’s Custom Ion Trap Could Improve Quantum Sensing and Navigation

Army researchers have achieved a promising landmark in the area of quantum studies for enhanced capabilities in quantum computation and quantum simulation that offer the Soldier a strategic advantage in the combat zone.

25 Jul 2019

Method for Making Ion to Display Exact Quantities of Quantum-Level Motion

Physicists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated precise control at the quantum level by developing a technique for making an ion, or electrically charged atom, exhibit accurate quantities of quantum-level motion.

23 Jul 2019

Computer Simulations Help Achieve Maximum Plasma Confinement in Magnetic Mirrors

Ring-shaped electromagnets, when arranged linearly, can generate magnetic fields similar to a tube with a cone at either end—a structure that can repel charged particles entering into a cone again along their path of entry.

19 Jul 2019

New Monte Carlo-Based Simulation Method for Improved Quantum Chromodynamics Simulations

In the past few decades, the exponential increase in computer power and the associated increase in the quality of algorithms have facilitated particle and theoretical physicists to carry out more complicated and precise simulations of fundamental particles and their interactions.

19 Jul 2019

Researchers Achieve First Two-Qubit Gate Between Silicon Atom Qubits

A team of physicists led by UNSW Sydney has developed a super-fast version of the major building block of a quantum computer. The study is the landmark outcome of a vision first proposed by scientists two decades earlier.

18 Jul 2019

Majorana-Photons Could Lead to Improved Information on Quantum-Level Transition

Robert R. Alfano, City College of New York (CCNY) Distinguished Professor of Science and Engineering¸ is regarded as a pioneer by Photonics Media for his earlier findings on supercontinuum and Cr tunable lasers.

18 Jul 2019

NIST Physicists Upgrade Their Quantum Logic Clock Design to Reduce Errors

The quantum logic clock, which is well known for showing a person to age faster upon standing on a stool, has returned to the superior performance grades of the world’s experimental atomic clocks.

18 Jul 2019

Study Presents Experimental Evidence for First-Ever 3D Quantum Spin Liquid

The existence of a three-dimensional “quantum spin liquid” has not been proved so far due to lack of techniques.

18 Jul 2019

New Two-Qudit Gate Helps Manipulate Quantum Information More Reliably

Quantum information processing assures to be much quicker and more secure when compared to what is achieved by the existing supercomputers, but it is not yet a reality as its building blocks—qubits—are extremely unstable.

18 Jul 2019