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Physicists take snapshots of quantum measurement
Ideal process leaves some superposition states intact
Quantum secrets can be teleported and shared between multiple senders and receivers
Breakthrough scheme might aid the development of networked quantum computers
Quantum diffusion of heavy defects defies Arrhenius’ law
“Massively heavy” atoms can move quantum mechanically within a crystalline material at cryogenic temperatures – a surprising result that contradicts currently-held notions
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Cool technology enables quantum computing
Innovations by cryogenics specialist Bluefors are designed to make it easier for researchers to perform precision experiments with large-scale quantum systems
The science of sand and snow, and a novel take on the double-slit experiment
The podcast team discusses skiing holidays, how sand dunes communicate and a new variant of the classic Young's double-slit experiments
Quantum computing from the ground up
Quantum-ion entrepreneur Chris Monroe on his research, career and starting his own quantum computing firm
Double slits with single atoms
Andrew Murray describes a new variant of the classic Young's double-slit experiments, but this time using photoelectrons emitted via two different paths from rubidium atoms ...
Towards a quantum advantage
Leonie Mueck, Carmen Palacios-Berraquero and Divya M Persaud argue that the term “quantum supremacy” should be replaced
Could legacy fibre networks host the global quantum Internet?
Researchers demonstrate that entangled photons can be transported across long distances in conventional single-mode optical fibre
Glass sphere is cooled to its motional quantum ground state
Quantum gravity and quantum fundamentals could be probed using new technique
Quantum calorimeter is as precise as nature allows
The nanoscale thermometer observes the fundamental fluctuations in a sample’s electron temperature, showing how sensitive such a device can be
The Euler spiral of rat whiskers, a colourful Inca statue, a “quantum bottleneck” in hiring
Excerpts from the Red Folder
Diamond sensors probe matter at high pressures
Nitrogen-vacancy defects make powerful new tools for studying the magnetic and structural properties of extremely compressed materials
A decade of Physics World breakthroughs: 2015 – double quantum-teleportation milestone
Tushna Commissariat looks back at the history of quantum teleportation, the 2015 Physics World Breakthrough of the Year for double teleportation, and the progress sin...
Molecular graphenoids make coherent spin centres
Quantum dots in graphene containing pentagonal defects might be used as quantum sensors
A decade of Physics World breakthroughs: 2011 – the power of weak measurement in the quantum world
Matin Durrani looks back on the progress that's been made since the 2011 Physics World Breakthrough of the Year for weak measurement
Entanglement lights the way to scalable quantum computers
Relatively small ion traps could be linked via photons
A decade of Physics World breakthroughs: 2009 – the first quantum computer
Michael Banks looks at the Physics World 2009 Breakthrough of the Year and how research in quantum computing has moved on
Quantum computers could mark their own homework
Protocol estimates the accuracy of quantum calculation without knowing the correct result
Artificial intelligence in medical physics, quantum computing in silicon and a return to physics in film
The podcast team explores a few of the ways that advances in computing (classical and quantum) are shaping the direction of physics research
Light forks one way in a Bose–Einstein condensate
Physicists irreversibly split photon wavepackets using unconventional technique
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