Study shows machine learning can improve catalytic design
Machine learning was used (upper panel) to search the database for hidden patterns that designers can use to make cheaper, more efficient catalysts. The binding energy between the me...
Real-world intercontinental quantum communications enabled by the Micius satellite
Five ground stations are built in China to cooperate with the Micius satellite, located in Xinglong (near Beijing), Nanshan (near Urumqi), Delingha (37°22’44.43’‘N, 97°43’37.01E), Li...
Quantum ‘spooky action at a distance’ becoming practical
They demonstrated that the effect, also known as quantum nonlocality, can still be verified even when many of the photons are lost by absorption or scattering as they travel from sou...
Quantum noise reduction method for enhanced precision in atomic clocks: Atomic Spin Squeezing: Not the Olympic sport of your dreams, but a way of enhancing measurement reliability at the quantum scale
Finding ways to reduce quantum noise can enhance the precision of measurement in atomic fountain clocks or in methods used for quantum information processing. Noise also occurs at th...
Quantum-enhanced sensing of magnetic fields
Pursuing a different route, a team including ETH physicists Andrey Lebedev and Gianni Blatter, together with colleagues in Finland and Russia, highlight another branch of technology ...
Quantum coupling
The linking of these two building blocks is a significant step towards the construction of a hybrid quantum system of atoms and superconductors which will enable the further developm...
Quantum chemistry solves mystery why there are these 20 amino acids in the genetic code
All life on Earth is based on 20 amino acids, which are governed by the DNA to form proteins. The resultant grid of codons is what is known as the genetic code. In a new approach, th...
Physicists Have Discovered a Way to Track Unobserved Quantum Particles
Image Credit: Robert Couse-Baker Within this new study, published in the journal Physical Review A, researchers from the University of Cambridge demonstrated that, by examining the ...
Physicists developing quantum-enhanced sensors for real-life applications
A University of Oklahoma physicist, Alberto M. Marino, is developing quantum-enhanced sensors that could find their way into applications ranging from biomedical to chemical detectio...
Physicists create new form of light: Newly observed optical state could enable quantum computing with photons
It may seem like such optical behavior would require bending the rules of physics, but in fact, scientists at MIT, Harvard University, and elsewhere have now demonstrated that photon...
Physicists create first direct images of the square of the wave function of a hydrogen molecule
Published in Nature Communications For the first time, physicists have developed a method to visually image the entanglement between electrons. As these correlations play a prominen...
Nuclear physicists leap into quantum computing with first simulations of atomic nucleus
Unlike normal computer bits, the qubit units used by quantum computers store information in two-state systems, such as electrons or photons, that are considered to be in all possible...
New technique can capture images of ultrafast energy-time entangled photon pairs
In the last 10 to 20 years, researchers have been interested in exploring and exploiting energy-time entanglement for communication, said MacLean. By being able to measure ultrafast ...
New study visualizes motion of water molecules, promises new wave of electronic devices
A team of researchers led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory used a high-resolution inelastic X-ray scattering technique to measure the strong bond involving...
New quantum tunneling application captures electricity from Earth’s heat
Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia have learned how to produce electricity from Earth’s excess heat through quantum tunneling. ...
New quantum computer design to predict molecule properties
Credit: Leiden Institute of Physics The standard approach to building a quantum computer with majoranas as building blocks is to convert them into qubits. Physicists from Leiden and...
New algorithm for simulating the structure of quantum systems on a quantum photonic chip
Credit: University of Bristol An international collaboration of quantum physicists from the University of Bristol, Microsoft, Google, Imperial College, Max Planck Institute, and the...
Neutron stars cast light on quark matter
Credit: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick Quark matter – an extremely dense phase of matter made up of subatomic particles called quarks – may exist at the heart of neutron stars. ...
Neanderthals practiced close-range hunting 120,000 years ago
An international team of scientists reports the oldest unambiguous hunting lesions documented in the history of humankind. The lesions were found on skeletons of two large-sized exti...
Meet the ‘odderon’: Large Hadron Collider experiment shows potential evidence of quasiparticle sought for decades
Now, a team of high-energy experimental particle physicists, including several from the University of Kansas, has uncovered possible evidence of a subatomic quasiparticle dubbed an o...
Machines Just Beat Humans on a Stanford Reading Comprehension Test
Read Me Chinese retail giant Alibaba has developed an artificial intelligence model that’s managed to outdo human participants in a reading and comprehension test designed by Stanfo...
Machine learning and neural networks recognize exotic insulating phases in quantum materials
Machine learning is a powerful tool for pattern recognition and thus could help identify phases of matter. It detects with high efficiency an exotic phase where electricity is conduc...
Leaving Flatland: Quantum Hall effect physics in 4-D
In a completely different context, an international team of researchers led by Professor Immanuel Bloch (LMU/MPQ) and Professor Oded Zilberberg (ETH Zürich) has now demonstrated a wa...
Intel advances quantum and neuromorphic computing research
Intel Corporations self-learning neuromorphic research chip, code-named Loihi. Credit: Intel Corporation Today at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Intel announced t...
Four-dimensional physics in two dimensions
An international team of researchers from Penn State, ETH Zurich in Switzerland, the University of Pittsburgh, and the Holon Institute of Technology in Israel have demonstrated that ...