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Newswise: MTSU Quantum takes new leap with two NSF grants totaling $1M-plus
Released: 20-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
MTSU Quantum takes new leap with two NSF grants totaling $1M-plus
Middle Tennessee State University

Middle Tennessee State University’s Quantum Science Initiative is taking more giant leaps with two new grants — totaling more than $1 million — from the National Science Foundation to expand research, education and inclusivity in quantum education.

   
Newswise: How the Quantum World Can Help Scientists Engineer Biology
Released: 9-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
How the Quantum World Can Help Scientists Engineer Biology
Department of Energy, Office of Science

By studying how CRISPR-Cas works, scientists can predict and design where these tools modify DNA.

Released: 8-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
Technique could improve the sensitivity of quantum sensing devices
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

In quantum sensing, atomic-scale quantum systems are used to measure electromagnetic fields, as well as properties like rotation, acceleration, and distance, far more precisely than classical sensors can.

Newswise: Laser Manufacturing of Spatial Resolution Approaching Quantum Limit
Released: 8-Feb-2024 4:05 AM EST
Laser Manufacturing of Spatial Resolution Approaching Quantum Limit
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Since the advent of femtosecond laser in the early 1990s, ultrafast laser processing has been considered a promising nanofabrication approach, which is unique in manufacturing hard-processing materials and realizing fine three-dimensional structures.

Newswise: High fidelity spatial mode quantum gates enabled by diffractive neural networks
Released: 7-Feb-2024 9:00 AM EST
High fidelity spatial mode quantum gates enabled by diffractive neural networks
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Reliable quantum gates are the fundamental component of quantum information processing. However, achieving high-dimensional unitary transformations in a scalable and compact manner with ultrahigh fidelities remains a great challenge.

Newswise: Research Team Takes a Fundamental Step Toward a Functioning Quantum Internet
Released: 6-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
Research Team Takes a Fundamental Step Toward a Functioning Quantum Internet
Stony Brook University

A team of Stony Brook University physicists and their collaborators have taken a significant step toward the building of a quantum internet testbed by demonstrating a foundational quantum network measurement that employs room-temperature quantum memories.

Newswise: Breaking boundaries in quantum photonics:
Groundbreaking nanocavities unlock new frontiers in light confinement
5-Feb-2024 9:30 AM EST
Breaking boundaries in quantum photonics: Groundbreaking nanocavities unlock new frontiers in light confinement
Bar-Ilan University

In a significant leap forward for quantum nanophotonics, a team of European and Israeli physicists, introduces a new type of polaritonic cavities and redefines the limits of light confinement. This pioneering work, detailed in a study published today in Nature Materials, demonstrates an unconventional method to confine photons, overcoming the traditional limitations in nanophotonics.

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Released: 5-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
New Ion Cooling Technique Could Simplify Quantum Computing Devices
Georgia Institute of Technology

A new cooling technique that utilizes a single species of trapped ion for both computing and cooling could simplify the use of quantum charge-coupled devices (QCCDs), potentially moving quantum computing closer to practical applications.

Released: 5-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Direct View of Tantalum Oxidation that Impedes Qubit Coherence
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have used a combination of scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and computational modeling to get a closer look and deeper understanding of tantalum oxide.

Released: 31-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
UC Irvine scientists make breakthrough in quantum materials research
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Jan. 31, 2024 — Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and Los Alamos National Laboratory, publishing in the latest issue of Nature Communications, describe the discovery of a new method that transforms everyday materials like glass into materials scientists can use to make quantum computers.

Newswise: Meet Edward Schmitt, facilities engineer
Released: 30-Jan-2024 11:50 AM EST
Meet Edward Schmitt, facilities engineer
Argonne National Laboratory

Edward Schmitt is supporting Argonne’s efforts at the lab’s quantum materials foundry.

Released: 30-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Researchers Craft New Way to Make High-Temperature Superconductors – With a Twist
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

An international team that includes Rutgers University–New Brunswick scientists has developed a new method to make and manipulate a widely studied class of high-temperature superconductors.

Released: 29-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Rice scientists pull off quantum coup
Rice University

Rice University scientists have discovered a first-of-its-kind material, a 3D crystalline metal in which quantum correlations and the geometry of the crystal structure combine to frustrate the movement of electrons and lock them in place.

Newswise: Antihydrogen Falls Downward!
Released: 29-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Antihydrogen Falls Downward!
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Scientists have indirect evidence that antimatter falls the same way as matter.

Newswise: Martinez-Rincon Elected Vice Chair of QED-C Committee
Released: 29-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Martinez-Rincon Elected Vice Chair of QED-C Committee
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Julian Martinez-Rincon, a quantum scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been elected vice chair of the Standards & Performance Metrics Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C).

Newswise: Quantum material-based spintronic devices operate at ultra-low power
Released: 29-Jan-2024 12:00 AM EST
Quantum material-based spintronic devices operate at ultra-low power
National Research Council of Science and Technology

Dr. Jun Woo Choi of the Center for Spintroncs Research at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have announced the results of a collaborative study showing that ultra-low-power memory can be fabricated from quantum materials.

Newswise: EPB, ORNL announce plans for research collaborative focused on energy resilience, quantum technology
Released: 26-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
EPB, ORNL announce plans for research collaborative focused on energy resilience, quantum technology
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Building on $180 million in joint energy-related research, EPB and Oak Ridge National Laboratory marked 10 years of collaboration Friday with the announcement of the new Collaborative for Energy Resilience and Quantum Science, or CERQS.

Newswise: Revealed: Quantum Entanglement among Quarks
Released: 26-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Revealed: Quantum Entanglement among Quarks
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Collisions of high energy particles produce “jets” of quarks, anti-quarks, or gluons. The quarks can’t be directly detected, but simulations indicate that the jets modify the quantum vacuum and that the produced quarks retain entanglement.

Newswise: Researcher trains next-gen AI for chemicals industry to take a quantum leap forward
Released: 25-Jan-2024 11:00 AM EST
Researcher trains next-gen AI for chemicals industry to take a quantum leap forward
West Virginia University

A West Virginia University engineer is creating powerful, unconventional artificial intelligence tools that can reimagine the sustainability of chemical manufacturing.

Newswise: David Brydges Wins 2024 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
Released: 25-Jan-2024 9:00 AM EST
David Brydges Wins 2024 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

AIP and APS are pleased to announce David Brydges as the recipient of the 2024 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics “for achievements in the fields of constructive quantum field theory and rigorous statistical mechanics, especially the introduction of new techniques including random walk representation in spin systems, the lace expansion, and mathematically rigorous implementations of the renormalization group.”

Released: 24-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Chloe Washabaugh creates designer molecules for the quantum future
Argonne National Laboratory

As an engineer of high-performance molecular qubits, Q-NEXT collaborator and UChicago grad student Chloe Washabaugh takes on the erudite, the everyday and everything in between.

Released: 24-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Researchers add a ‘twist’ to classical material design
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Researchers with the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University and the DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) grew a twisted multilayer crystal structure for the first time and measured the structure’s key properties.

Newswise: Tunnelling of electrons via the neighboring atom
Released: 24-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Tunnelling of electrons via the neighboring atom
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Recently, a research team from Hainan University and East China Normal University designed a site-resolved tunnelling experiment using Ar-Kr+ as a prototype system with an internuclear distance of 0.39 nm to track the electron tunneling via the neighboring atom in the system of sub-nanometer scale.

Newswise: Enable distributed quantum sensors for simultaneous measurements in distant places
Released: 22-Jan-2024 12:00 AM EST
Enable distributed quantum sensors for simultaneous measurements in distant places
National Research Council of Science and Technology

The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) announced that Dr. Hyang-Tag Lim and his team at the Center for Quantum Information have succeeded in implementing a distributed quantum sensor that can measure multiple spatially-distributed physical quantities with high precision beyond the standard quantum limit with few resources.

Newswise: Rice study unveils quantum interaction insights.
Released: 19-Jan-2024 7:05 AM EST
Rice study unveils quantum interaction insights.
Rice University

Quantum technologies bring the promise of faster computing, enhanced drug development and new sensing applications.

Newswise: Argonne, Sandia scientists create qubits using precision tools of nanotechnology
Released: 18-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Argonne, Sandia scientists create qubits using precision tools of nanotechnology
Argonne National Laboratory

With support from the Q-NEXT quantum center, scientists leverage nanoscale-research facilities to conduct pioneering precision studies of qubits in silicon carbide, leading to a better understanding of quantum devices and higher performance.

Newswise: Solid-state qubits: Forget about being clean, embrace mess
Released: 15-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Solid-state qubits: Forget about being clean, embrace mess
Paul Scherrer Institute

New findings debunk previous wisdom that solid-state qubits need to be super dilute in an ultra-clean material to achieve long lifetimes. Instead, cram lots of rare-earth ions into a crystal and some will form pairs that act as highly coherent qubits, shows paper in Nature Physics.

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Released: 12-Jan-2024 9:40 AM EST
Researchers demonstrate that quantum entanglement and topology are inextricably linked
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

This experimental milestone allows for the preservation of quantum information even when entanglement is fragile.

Newswise: Generating stable qubits at room temperature
Released: 11-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Generating stable qubits at room temperature
Kyushu University

Researchers observe the quantum coherence of a quintet state with four electron spins in molecular systems for the first time at room temperature.

Newswise: First Direct Imaging of Small Noble Gas Clusters at Room Temperature
Released: 11-Jan-2024 5:00 AM EST
First Direct Imaging of Small Noble Gas Clusters at Room Temperature
University of Vienna

For the first time, scientists have succeeded in the stabilisation and direct imaging of small clusters of noble gas atoms at room temperature. This achievement opens up exciting possibilities for fundamental research in condensed matter physics and applications in quantum information technology.

Newswise: Observing macroscopic quantum effects in the dark
Released: 10-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Observing macroscopic quantum effects in the dark
University of Innsbruck

The boundary between everyday reality and the quantum world remains unclear. The more massive an object, the more localized it becomes when being made quantum through cooling down its motion to the absolute zero. Researchers propose an experiment in which an optically levitated nanoparticle, cooled to its ground state, evolves in a non-optical (“dark”) potential created by electrostatic or magnetic forces.

Newswise: Quantum particles can’t separate from their properties, after all
Released: 9-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Quantum particles can’t separate from their properties, after all
Hiroshima University

Recent research, published in the New Journal of Physics on November 17, 2023, shows that these experiments don’t actually show particles splitting from their properties, but instead display another counterintuitive feature of quantum mechanics — contextuality.

Newswise: Quantum Mechanics Unveils Hidden Patterns in Stock Markets
Released: 9-Jan-2024 8:10 AM EST
Quantum Mechanics Unveils Hidden Patterns in Stock Markets
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A team of researchers from Korea, Canada, and the UK have proposed a new quantum model that explains the power law distribution and herding behavior in stock returns.

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Released: 3-Jan-2024 11:00 AM EST
Researchers create first functional semiconductor made from graphene
Georgia Institute of Technology

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created the world’s first functional semiconductor made from graphene, a single sheet of carbon atoms held together by the strongest bonds known. The breakthrough throws open the door to a new way of doing electronics. Video summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWUX2OTqkEo

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Released: 29-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
C2QA, a Year in Review
Brookhaven National Laboratory

The Co-design Center for Quantum Advantage has been growing, building, and working hard every year to support their mission—building the tools necessary to create scalable, distributed, and fault-tolerant quantum computer systems. Here are some of this year's highlights.

Newswise: A Dense Quark Liquid Is Distinct from a Dense Nucleon Liquid
Released: 28-Dec-2023 2:05 PM EST
A Dense Quark Liquid Is Distinct from a Dense Nucleon Liquid
Department of Energy, Office of Science

In this study, researchers addressed the question of whether the liquids of nucleons and quarks are fundamentally different. Both liquids produce vortices when they rotate, but in quark liquids, the vortices carry a “color-magnetic field.” There is no such effect in nucleon liquids, so these vortices distinguish quark liquids from nuclear liquids.

Released: 20-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
Working with Big Data requires a lot of power! The latest research and features on Supercomputing
Newswise

With the rise in machine learning applications and artificial intelligence, it's no wonder that more and more scientists and researchers are turning to supercomputers. Supercomputers are commonly used for making predictions with advanced modeling and simulations. This can be applied to climate research, weather forecasting, genomic sequencing, space exploration, aviation engineering and more.

       
Newswise: How Do Quark-Gluon-Plasma Fireballs Explode into Hadrons?
Released: 20-Dec-2023 2:05 PM EST
How Do Quark-Gluon-Plasma Fireballs Explode into Hadrons?
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Colliding two heavy nuclei produces quark-gluon fireballs from which subatomic particles emerge. Fluctuations in the number of these particles from collision to collision carry important information about the QGP. Researchers used an approach called the maximum entropy principle to provide a crucial connection between experimental observations and the hydrodynamics of the QGP fireball.

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Released: 18-Dec-2023 11:25 AM EST
Year in review: Argonne highlights from 2023
Argonne National Laboratory

Some of the work happening today at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory can already be felt in the form of new vaccines, accessible climate models and big steps toward quantum computing.

Released: 18-Dec-2023 4:05 AM EST
“Teleporting” Images Across a Network Securely Using Only Light
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Nature Communications today published research by an international team from Wits and ICFO- The Institute of Photonic Sciences, which demonstrates the teleportation-like transport of “patterns” of light – this is the first approach that can transport images across a network without physically sending the image, and a crucial step towards realising a quantum network for high-dimensional entangled states.

Released: 14-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
A promising pairing: Scientists demonstrate new combination of materials for quantum science
Argonne National Laboratory

For the first time, scientists publish results on a new chip composed of diamond and lithium niobate. The results demonstrate the combination as a promising candidate for quantum devices.

Newswise: HKIAS Forum on Advanced Electron Microscopy and Instrumentation
Released: 7-Dec-2023 10:05 PM EST
HKIAS Forum on Advanced Electron Microscopy and Instrumentation
Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study, City University of Hong Kong

The electron microscope is one of the most widely used research tools in modern science, playing a pivotal role in virtually all areas of natural science, as well as across a broad range of technologies from basic research to industry.

Newswise: Physicists ‘entangle’ individual molecules for the first time, hastening possibilities for quantum information processing
Released: 7-Dec-2023 5:05 PM EST
Physicists ‘entangle’ individual molecules for the first time, hastening possibilities for quantum information processing
Princeton University

For the first time, a team of Princeton physicists have been able to link together individual molecules into special states that are quantum mechanically “entangled.”

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Released: 7-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Saddling up cryptosystems for a quantum showdown
Virginia Tech

A lone ranger riding off into the sunset might say something sage and vague, such as “a man is only as good as his word.” But these gritty prophets never said anything about verifying a man’s — or anyone else’s — word in the wild frontiers of the digital or quantum era.

Newswise: Fractal photonic anomalous Floquet topological insulators to generate multiple quantum chiral edge states
Released: 7-Dec-2023 7:30 AM EST
Fractal photonic anomalous Floquet topological insulators to generate multiple quantum chiral edge states
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Photonic anomalous Floquet topological insulators (AFTIs) enable perfect hopping of quantum states but usually support only one kind of chiral edge modes.

Newswise: Nobel Laureate Serge Haroche sheds light on research at CityU
Released: 7-Dec-2023 5:05 AM EST
Nobel Laureate Serge Haroche sheds light on research at CityU
Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study, City University of Hong Kong

A sharing session on 3 October, featuring Professor Serge Haroche, Chairman of Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study (HKIAS) and Nobel Laureate in Physics (2012), sheds light on the inter-relationship between teaching and research.

Newswise: Professor Hong Ding unveiled groundbreaking discoveries in establishing Iron-Majorana Platform
Released: 7-Dec-2023 5:05 AM EST
Professor Hong Ding unveiled groundbreaking discoveries in establishing Iron-Majorana Platform
Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study, City University of Hong Kong

Professor Hong Ding, Chair professor of Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University delivered the HKIAS Distinguished Lecture entitled “Iron-based superconductors as a new Majorana playground” on 18 October 2023.

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Released: 6-Dec-2023 9:30 AM EST
A Partnership Forged in Diamond
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Tina Brower-Thomas of Howard University and Kenneth Evans-Lutterodt of Brookhaven Lab’s National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, were recently awarded a $1.5 million grant through the Department of Defense’s University Instrumentation Program (DURIP), sponsored by the Office of Naval Research.

Released: 5-Dec-2023 2:05 PM EST
Unlocking neutron star rotation anomalies: Insights from quantum simulation
University of Innsbruck

Neutron stars have fascinated and puzzled scientists since the first detected signature in 1967. Known for their periodic flashes of light and rapid rotation, neutron stars are among the densest objects in the universe, with a mass comparable to that of the Sun but compressed into a sphere only about 20 kilometers in diameter.



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