Simple Mod Can Keep Quantum States 10,000 Times Longer

Medicine & Technology Aug 14, 2020

Technological advancements have allowed physicists to manipulate and study quantum particles, their states, and their interactions. However, they still need to figure out how to keep quantum systems from decaying long enough to practically run computations and transfer information—and a simple solution might just solve the problem

Yale Creates Error-Correcting Cat for Quantum Computers

Aug 13, 2020

Physicists from Yale University have developed an "error-correcting cat". This device combines the concept of superposition from the famous Schrödinger's cat experiment, and the ability to fix some of the persisting problems with quantum computation.

US Reveals Potentially Impenetrable Quantum Internet

Jul 25, 2020

Through the use of quantum computing, the United States has laid the groundwork for a "virtually unhackable" internet.

Physicists Experiment With Particles To Discover More Components in the Mysterious 'Quantum Soup'

Jan 08, 2020

It seems inside the quantum soup, there is one flavor but this favorite taste can be it, or not?

Harvard Physicists Are Able to Create Cold Atom Fermi-Hubbard AntiFerromagnet

May 27, 2017

Physicists create the antiferromagnet using the ultracold quantum gases which are exhibiting the Fermi-Hubbard model.

3D Quantum Liquid Crystals: New State Of Matter Discovered To Make Future Ultrafast Quantum Computers Possible

Apr 21, 2017

Find out about the new state of matter between the solid and liquid states here.

Large Hadron Collider Could Prove the Existence of Star Trek's Parallel Universe

Mar 27, 2015

Every science fiction fan is familiar with the notion of parallel universes with the Star Trek series being one of the first to popularize the notion. However, thanks to the Large Hadron Collider, we may soon have proof that a parallel universe does, in fact, exist.

VIDEO—Watch How Researchers Tricked Light Into Revealing Its Paradoxical Nature

Mar 02, 2015

If you ever thought that you were alone in not understanding how light could both be a particle and a wave, you need not worry because you weren’t. In fact, for the better part of a century since Einstein theorized the dual nature of light, even researchers have had a tough time digesting the out-of-the-box quantum physics that this notion required to be true. Many researchers simply assumed that since the math checked out, and Einstein being the brilliant genius that he was, that the theory was right. But now, with some clever experimental design and a super-powered electron microscope, researchers are putting the doubts to rest and proving Einstein’s theory once and for all.

The Light Theory—How Researchers Are Proving Einstein Right With a Snapshot

Mar 02, 2015

As one of these few disciplines, quantum physics falls into a realm of science where well-documented and highly regarded theories take precedence. But explaining these theories requires a deep understanding of the underlying science, and devising lab experiments to illustrate them is a near impossible feat. One research team of American and Swiss physicists with the EPFL Labs in Switzerland, however, are doing just that. And equipped with some wire, a laser and quick-capturing electron microscope they’re proving what Einstein theorized was true — light can act as a particle and a wave.