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Photonic Chip Is Key to Nurturing Quantum Computers

A team of researchers from Bristol’s Quantum Engineering and Technology Labs (QETLabs) has shown how to protect qubits from errors using photons in a silicon chip.

Inspired by Metamorphosis, Researchers Create Materials For Shape-Shifting Architecture

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed materials that can be used to create structures capable of transforming into multiple different architectures.

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Neutron Beam More Accurate Probe Than X-ray, Could Also Be Used to Find Physics’ ‘Fifth’ Forces

An international group of researchers performed pendellösung interferometry on silicon using a neutron beam, providing both the highest precision measurements with this technique to date, and a “snapshot” of the properties of both the silicon crystal and the neutron itself.

Voluntary Pledges Could Cut Utility GHG Emissions by a Third

An analysis of pledges made by many of the largest U.S. electric utilities to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions suggests that pledged reductions could reduce power sector emissions by a third as compared to 2018 levels.

Yale researchers use quantum sensor technologies to 'provide an absolute measurement of the mass of the light neutrino states'

Researchers at Yale's Wright Lab have proposed using mechanical quantum sensor technologies to make ultra-sensitive measurements that detect elusive particles called neutrinos, according to a release by Yale University.

In the Quantum Realm, Not Even Time Flows as You Might Expect

New study shows the boundary between time moving forward and backward may blur in quantum mechanics.

Physicists Reveal Non-Reciprocal Flow Around the Quantum World

Physicists from Exeter and Zaragoza have created a theory describing how non-reciprocity can be induced at the quantum level,

Green Transition Creates New Risks and Rewards

Different countries face different risks and opportunities as the world switches from fossil fuels to renewable energy, researchers say.

Quest to Deliver Ultra-Fast and Energy Efficient Magnetic Recording Moves Step Closer

The quest to deliver ultra-fast and energy efficient magnetic recording could be a step closer to fruition, due to pioneering new research on all-optical switching of magnetization.

New Photonic Effect Could Speed Drug Development

Twisted semiconductor nanostructures convert red light into the twisted blue light in tiny volumes, which may help develop chiral drugs

Quantum Tech: Semiconductor ‘Flipped’ to Insulator Above Room Temp

Discovery could pave the way to high speed, low-energy quantum computing

‘Exciton Surfing’ Could Enable Next-Gen Energy, Computing and Communications Tech

A charge-neutral information carrier could cut energy waste from computing, now that it can potentially be transported within chips

Graphene-hBN Breakthrough to Spur New LEDs, Quantum Computing

Study uncovers first method for producing high-quality, wafer-scale, single-layer hexagonal boron nitride

Matter and Antimatter Seem to Respond Equally to Gravity

As part of an experiment to measure—to an extremely precise degree—the charge-to-mass ratios of protons and antiprotons, the RIKEN-led BASE collaboration at CERN, Geneva,

Determining the Hamiltonian of Quantum Systems with Far Fewer Measurements

The energy function that governs systems of quantum particles can be determined using much fewer measurements than previously considered necessary

Scientists Achieve Key Elements for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation in Silicon Spin Qubits

Researchers from RIKEN and QuTech—a collaboration between TU Delft and TNO— have achieved a key milestone toward the development of a fault-tolerant quantum computer.

Faster Technique for Resetting Quantum Circuits Proposed

Simulations suggest a new technique for resetting ‘qubits’ in a quantum computer without harming them

Laminating Organic Photovoltaics onto Curved Surfaces

Ultrathin electronics can now be laminated onto curved surfaces using heat-shrinkable polymers

Modeling High-Harmonic Generation Without Resorting to Perturbation Theory

The interaction between high-power laser light and matter is better described by a new mathematical approach