Unique quantum material could enable ultra-powerful, compact computers
To shrink devices while improving their performance researchers are searching for unique materials that combine both quantum properties.
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Joseph Shavit
- May 3, 2022
Fermilab researchers achieve quantum teleportation
Scientists are edging closer to making a super-secure, super-fast quantum internet possible having teleported quantum data over 27 miles.
Joseph Shavit
- May 2, 2022
The 'Ultimate Theory of Reality' is one step closer
Physicists found a novel connection between two weird quantum phenomena–superposition and entanglement and their impact on cryptography.
Joseph Shavit
- Apr 28, 2022
'Zero-Index' metamaterials are upending what we know about quantum mechanics
Since the beginning of quantum physics, how light moves and interacts with matter around it has mostly been described and understood in math
Joseph Shavit
- Apr 25, 2022
Quantum charging makes charging electric cars as fast as pumping gas
The electric car market is one of the most rapidly growing sectors, and it helped propel Elon Musk to become the wealthiest man in the world
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 31, 2022
World First: MIT scientists demonstrate how to make invisible matter
We finally have a demonstration of a quantum effect that was predicted years ago, which is capable of making invisible matter.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 26, 2022
Tiny magnets hold the secret to new quantum computers
From MRI machines to computer hard disk storage, magnetism has played a role in pivotal discoveries that reshape our society.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 24, 2022
New world record for qubit storage
A team has succeeded in storing a quantum bit for 20 milliseconds, longer than any previous solid-state quantum memory.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 23, 2022
Quantum dots shine bright to help scientists spot inflammation deep in the body
Quantum dots can measure things in the body that are very, very dynamic and complicated and that we can't see currently.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 22, 2022
Quantum charging will make charging electric cars as fast as pumping gas
Quantum charging will cut the charging time of electric vehicles from ten hours to three minutes
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 10, 2022
Major question in Einstein’s photoelectric effect finally answered
The photoelectric effect is a phenomenon in which electrons are ejected from the surface of a metal when light is incident on it.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 6, 2022
Protons are found to be significantly smaller than scientists previously thought
A novel measurement technique and new analysis shows that protons are probably significantly smaller than had been assumed since the 1990s.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 15, 2021
What is quantum entanglement and why do physicists want to harness it
“Quantum entanglement” is one of several plot devices that appear in modern science fiction movies. But the term isn’t just a buzzword.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 27, 2021
MIT scientists demonstrate for the first time how to make invisible matter
We finally have a demonstration of a quantum effect that was predicted years ago, which is capable of making invisible matter.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 20, 2021
Quantum brain sensors used to identify brain diseases such as dementia, ALS and Parkinson's
New highly sensitive quantum sensors for the brain may in the future be able to identify brain diseases such as dementia, ALS and Parkinsons
Joshua Shavit
- Sep 3, 2021
Scientists create first-ever vibration-free Quantum tunneling microscope
A key challenge is finding materials and processes that make complex architectures with stable quantum bits possible.
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 28, 2021
In a first, scientists capture a ‘quantum tug’ between neighboring water molecules
Water is the most abundant yet least understood liquid in nature and exhibits many strange behaviors that scientists struggle to explain.
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