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Newswise: High-speed electro-optic modulation in topological interface states of a one-dimensional lattice
Released: 18-Oct-2023 9:45 AM EDT
High-speed electro-optic modulation in topological interface states of a one-dimensional lattice
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Electro-optic modulators are key components in data communication and microwave photonics. Large modulation bandwidth, high energy efficiency, and compact device footprint are crucial metrics of a modulator.

Newswise: Spin-orbit Optical Rabi oscillations
Released: 18-Oct-2023 8:20 AM EDT
Spin-orbit Optical Rabi oscillations
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Rabi oscillation is an important wave phenomenon in different disciplines. The wave states in the Rabi oscillations have been revealed as spin waves and orbital waves, while a Rabi wave state merging the spin and orbital angular momentum has remained elusive.

Newswise: Argonne to receive new funding to develop quantum networks
Released: 16-Oct-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Argonne to receive new funding to develop quantum networks
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne National Laboratory to receive $9 million in funding from the Department of Energy for addressing challenges with scaling up quantum networks to national scales.

Released: 16-Oct-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Pushing the quantum frontier for finance: JPMorgan Chase’s Marco Pistoia
Argonne National Laboratory

An institutional partner of the Q-NEXT quantum research center, JPMorgan Chase is advancing quantum technologies for the financial sector while collaborating with other organizations to push the quantum frontier for all.

Newswise: Fermilab receives DOE funding to further develop nationwide quantum network
Released: 16-Oct-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Fermilab receives DOE funding to further develop nationwide quantum network
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)

DOE awarded Fermilab $9 million to further develop technology for national-scale quantum networks to improve the transmission of information as part of the Advanced Quantum Network for Scientific Discovery project.

Released: 16-Oct-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Argonne’s Aurora supercomputer set to supercharge materials discovery
Argonne National Laboratory

Researchers are preparing to use Argonne’s Aurora exascale supercomputer and artificial intelligence to accelerate the search for promising new materials for batteries, catalysts and other applications.

Newswise: On-chip Infrared Circular Polarization Detector with Ultrahigh Discrimination
Released: 16-Oct-2023 7:45 AM EDT
On-chip Infrared Circular Polarization Detector with Ultrahigh Discrimination
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Filterless light-ellipticity-sensitive optoelectronic response generally has low discrimination, thus severely hindering the development of monolithic polarization detectors.

Newswise: A new way to erase quantum computer errors
Released: 11-Oct-2023 5:05 PM EDT
A new way to erase quantum computer errors
California Institute of Technology

Quantum computers of the future hold promise in solving all sorts of problems. For example, they could lead to more sustainable materials, new medicines, and even crack the hardest problems in fundamental physics.

Newswise: Quantum Dots: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Professor Collaborated on Early Work That Led to Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Released: 11-Oct-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Quantum Dots: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Professor Collaborated on Early Work That Led to Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Florida State University

By: Tisha Keller | Published: October 11, 2023 | 2:41 pm | SHARE: The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was recently awarded to three renowned scientists for the development of quantum dots — nanoparticles so small that their properties are determined by quantum phenomena. Quantum dots are used to illuminate televisions and computer screens, LED lamps, and help guide surgeons in removal of tumor tissue.

Newswise: Ionic crystal generates molecular ions upon positron irradiation, finds new study
Released: 11-Oct-2023 8:05 AM EDT
Ionic crystal generates molecular ions upon positron irradiation, finds new study
Tokyo University of Science

Positron, the antiparticle of electron, has the same mass and charge as that of an electron but with the sign flipped for the charge.

Newswise: A new qubit platform is created atom by atom
Released: 9-Oct-2023 4:05 AM EDT
A new qubit platform is created atom by atom
Institute for Basic Science

Researchers at the IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS) at Ewha Womans University have accomplished a groundbreaking step forward in quantum information science.

Newswise: Optimizing continuous-variable functions with quantum annealing
Released: 4-Oct-2023 8:05 AM EDT
Optimizing continuous-variable functions with quantum annealing
Tokyo Institute of Technology

Quantum annealing (QA) is a cutting-edge algorithm that leverages the unique properties of quantum computing to tackle complex combinatorial optimization problems (a class of mathematical problems dealing with discrete-variable functions).

Released: 4-Oct-2023 7:05 AM EDT
American Chemical Society’s president comments on award of 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
American Chemical Society (ACS)

On behalf of the American Chemical Society (ACS), President Judith C. Giordan, Ph.D., congratulates today’s winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Moungi G. Bawendi, Ph.D., of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Louis E. Brus, Ph.D., of Columbia University; and Alexei I. Ekimov, Ph.D., of Nanocrystals Technology Inc.

Newswise: Calculation Shows Why Heavy Quarks Get Caught Up in the Flow
Released: 3-Oct-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Calculation Shows Why Heavy Quarks Get Caught Up in the Flow
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Theorists have successfully calculated the “heavy quark diffusion coefficient,” which describes how quickly a melted soup of quarks and gluons transfers its momentum to heavy quarks. The results show this transfer is very fast—at the limit of what quantum mechanics will allow.

Newswise: Novel Framework Improves the Efficiency of Complex Supercomputer Physics Calculations
Released: 2-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Novel Framework Improves the Efficiency of Complex Supercomputer Physics Calculations
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Some types of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) calculations are so complex they strain even supercomputers. To speed these calculations, researchers developed MemHC, an optimized memory framework.

Newswise: Does antimatter fall up or down? Physicists observe the first gravitational free-fall of antimatter
Released: 27-Sep-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Does antimatter fall up or down? Physicists observe the first gravitational free-fall of antimatter
University of Calgary

The physics behind antimatter is one of the world’s greatest mysteries. Looking as far back as The Big Bang, physics has predicted that when we create matter, we also create antimatter.

Newswise: Perimeter and Haiqu partnership forges new model for quantum computing research
Released: 27-Sep-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Perimeter and Haiqu partnership forges new model for quantum computing research
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

The Perimeter Institute and quantum software startup Haiqu have established a new partnership to more closely connect fundamental research and technological innovation.

Newswise: Advancing atomic-scale technology
Released: 26-Sep-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Advancing atomic-scale technology
Case Western Reserve University

A Case Western Reserve University-led team is working on technology that could dramatically improve electrical transformers and power converters in electric vehicles.

Released: 26-Sep-2023 6:05 AM EDT
New qubit circuit enables quantum operations with higher accuracy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

In the future, quantum computers may be able to solve problems that are far too complex for today’s most powerful supercomputers. To realize this promise, quantum versions of error correction codes must be able to account for computational errors faster than they occur.

Released: 25-Sep-2023 1:05 PM EDT
What is quantum squeezing?
Argonne National Laboratory

Scientists exploit a property of quantum physics to make ultraprecise sensors and measurements.



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