Dramatic simplification paves the way for building a quantum computer

Scientists have demonstrated a new technique that dramatically simplifies quantum circuits, bringing quantum computers closer to reality.

Researchers use high magnetic fields to suppress decoherence, paving the way for quantum computing

Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UCB) and the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) have made a major advance in predicting and

Technique reveals quantum phase transition; could lead to superconducting transistors

(PhysOrg.com) -- Like atomic-level bricklayers, researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy

Switching device enables ultrafast quantum internet

Researchers have developed a new switching device that can route quantum bits at very high speeds along a shared network of fiber-optic cable without losing the

Quantum pen for single atoms is step toward large-scale quantum computing

Physicists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics have succeeded in manipulating atoms individually in a lattice of light and arranging them in

Quantum engineers remove roadblock in developing next-generation technologies

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team has removed a major obstacle to engineer quantum systems that will play a key role in the computers, communication networks, and even biomedical devices of the future.

NIST scientists make quantum computer

Quantum computing will create machines unbelievably faster and cleverer than anything ever made, using weird and wonderful physics. The latest...

Quantum optical link sets new entanglement time record: one hour

Niels Bohr Institute researchers have succeeded in setting a new record by maintaining the entanglement of the spins of two gas clouds of cesium atoms for

Physicists show that quantum ignorance is hard to expose

No one likes a know-it-all but it turns out that a quantum know-it-all is the worst. New research has shown that the quantum world allows you to answer questions correctly when you don

Tiny tech, big results: quantum dot solar cells increase solar conversion efficiency

The race to achieve ever-higher photovoltaic conversion ratios is, so to speak, a hot area of research. One line of research has focused on quantum dots – semiconductor nanocrystals under 2-10 nanometers (about 10-50 atoms) in diameter in which electron motion is confined in all three dimensions – as the fundamental elements of nanoscale solar cell technology.

Breakthrough in quantum computing: resisting 'quantum bug'

Scientists have taken the next major step toward quantum computing, which will use quantum mechanics to revolutionize the way information is processed.

Quantum data storage: single-molecule magnet uses depleted uranium

Researchers at The University of Nottingham have created a new molecule containing two uranium atoms which, if kept at a very low temperature, will

Beam me up ... quantum teleporter breakthrough

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in quantum communications and computing using a teleporter and a paradoxical cat.

Scientists view a quantum jump in real time

(PhysOrg.com) -- For more than two decades, scientists have been "watching" electrons in atoms make the jump between energy levels in real time. "Atoms have energy levels, and when electrons