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Exploiting Space Reflection and Time Reversal Symmetries for Greater Control of Quantum Materials

Physicists from Exeter and Trondheim have developed a theory describing how space reflection and time reversal symmetries can be exploited, allowing for greater control of transport and correlations within quantum materials.

3 Dec 2021

New Simulations Precisely Follow the Dynamics of Cosmic Relic Neutrinos

Current simulations of cosmic structure formation do not accurately reproduce the properties of ghost-like particles called neutrinos that have been present in the Universe since its beginning. But now, a research team from Japan has devised an approach that solves this problem.

3 Dec 2021

Researchers Identify Uniquely Huge Black Hole in Milky Way Satellite Galaxy

An extraordinarily massive black hole at the center of one of the Milky Way’s dwarf satellite galaxies called Leo I has been identified by astronomers at The University of Texas at Austin’s McDonald Observatory.

2 Dec 2021

Experimental Quantum Superradiant Phase Transition Beyond No-Go Theorem Achieved for the First Time

The research team led by Prof. PENG Xinhua from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the collaborators, achieved for the first time the experimental quantum superradiant phase transition (SPT) beyond no-go theorem by introducing anti-squeezing.

2 Dec 2021

Quantum Materials Strategy Launched for a Safer, Wealthier and Healthier World

The University of Adelaide has today, Wednesday, 1 December, launched its Quantum Materials strategy with its focus on cutting-edge fundamental research and delivering new quantum-enabled technologies for a safer, wealthier and healthier world.

2 Dec 2021

New Method Combines Quantum Mechanics with Machine Learning to Predict Chemical Reactions at High Temperatures

Extracting metals from oxides at high temperatures is essential not only for producing metals such as steel but also for recycling.

2 Dec 2021

Measurements of Quantum Particles Yield Precise Outcomes in the Everyday World

There is a huge variation between the quantum realm and the regular world. Physicists Jasper van Wezel and Lotte Mertens from the University of Amsterdam and their collaborators have now analyzed how the act of quantifying a quantum particle converts it into an everyday object.

1 Dec 2021

Miniaturizing Qubits Using 2D Materials

For quantum computers to surpass their classical counterparts in speed and capacity, their qubits-;which are superconducting circuits that can exist in an infinite combination of binary states-;need to be on the same wavelength.

1 Dec 2021

Researchers Create a Time Crystal Using Google’s Sycamore Quantum Computing Hardware

There is a huge global effort to engineer a computer capable of harnessing the power of quantum physics to carry out computations of unprecedented complexity.

1 Dec 2021

Nanophotonic Integration for Enabling Distributed Quantum Computing

A promising route towards larger quantum computers is to orchestrate multiple task-optimised smaller systems. To dynamically connect and entangle any two systems, photonic interference emerges as a powerful method, due to its compatibility with on-chip devices and long-distance propagation in quantum networks.

1 Dec 2021