Quantum world record smashed
A normally fragile quantum state has been shown to survive at room temperature for a world record 39 minutes, overcoming a key barrier towards building ultrafast quantum computers.
View ArticleHelical electron and nuclear spin order in quantum wires
Physicists at the University of Basel have observed a spontaneous magnetic order of electron and nuclear spins in a quantum wire at temperatures of 0.1 kelvin. In the past, this was possible only at...
View ArticleSteering by peeking: Physicists control quantum particles by looking at them
Scientists from the FOM Foundation and Delft University of Technology have manipulated a quantum particle, merely by looking at it in a smart way. By adjusting the strength of their measurement...
View ArticleElectrical control of nuclear spin qubits
Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and their French partners succeeded in making an important step towards quantum computers. Using a spin cascade in single-molecule magnet, the...
View ArticleResearchers find first direct evidence of 'spin symmetry' in atoms
Just as diamonds with perfect symmetry may be unusually brilliant jewels, the quantum world has a symmetrical splendor of high scientific value.
View ArticleResearchers part water: 'Electric prism' separates water's nuclear spin states
Using an "electric prism", scientists have found a new way of separating water molecules that differ only in their nuclear spin states and, under normal conditions, do not part ways. Since water is...
View ArticleQuantum computing poised for new silicon revolution
A dramatic increase in the amount of time data can be stored on a single atom means silicon could once again play a vital role in the development of super-fast computers.
View ArticleQuantum meets classical: Qubit fabricated with integrated micromagnet...
(Phys.org) —The ubiquitous classical digital computer encodes data in bits (a portmanteau of binary and digits) in either a 0 or 1 state. On the other hand, while a quantum computer also uses 0/1 data...
View ArticleNuclear spins control current in plastic LED: Step toward quantum computing,...
University of Utah physicists read the subatomic "spins" in the centers or nuclei of hydrogen isotopes, and used the data to control current that powered light in a cheap, plastic LED – at room...
View ArticleElectron spins controlled using sound waves
The ability to control the intrinsic angular momentum of individual electrons – their "spins"– could lead to a world of new technologies that involve storing and processing information.
View ArticleFirst theoretical proof: Measurement of a single nuclear spin in biological...
Physicists of the University of Basel and the Swiss Nanoscience Institute were able to show for the first time that the nuclear spins of single molecules can be detected with the help of magnetic...
View ArticleResearchers theoretically demonstrate the detection of a single nuclear spin...
For the first time, a researcher at the University of Waterloo has theoretically demonstrated that it is possible to detect a single nuclear spin at room temperature, which could pave the way for new...
View ArticleApp provides insight into the quantum world of coupled nuclear spins
Magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) images are an important diagnostic tool. The achievable contrast depends on how well the nuclear spins that form the basis of the imaging signals can be controlled....
View ArticleSpintronics advance brings wafer-scale quantum devices closer to reality
An electronics technology that uses the "spin" - or magnetization - of atomic nuclei to store and process information promises huge gains in performance over today's electron-based devices. But getting...
View ArticleQuantum computer storage may require the help of an intermediary to transmit...
Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have identified a system that could store quantum information for longer times, which is critical for the...
View ArticleScientists find new way to detect ortho-para conversion in water
New research by scientists from the University of Southampton has found that water molecules react differently to electric fields, which could provide a new way to study spin isomers at the...
View ArticleNeural qubits: Quantum cognition based on synaptic nuclear spins
(Phys.org)—The pursuit of an understanding of the base machinery of the mind led early researchers to anatomical exhaustion. With neuroscience now in the throes of molecular mayhem and a waning...
View ArticleBest of Last Week –A radiationless revolution, progress towards a fusion...
(Phys.org)—It has been another good week for physics as a team working at the CERN complex found evidence that suggests subatomic particles could defy the standard model—they found tau leptons and...
View ArticleResearchers develop ideal single-photon source
With the help of a semiconductor quantum dot, physicists at the University of Basel have developed a new type of light source that emits single photons. For the first time, the researchers have managed...
View ArticleQuantum computer made of standard semiconductor materials
Physicists at the Technical University of Munich, the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Stanford University (USA) have tracked down semiconductor nanostructure mechanisms that can result in the loss...
View ArticlePhysicists solve 40-year mystery, proving that the elusive "spin liquid" does...
Takashi Imai has managed to crack a mystery of matter that has eluded other top physicists, even Nobel winners, for decades.
View ArticleHeavy fermions get nuclear boost on way to superconductivity
In a surprising find, physicists from the United States, Germany and China have discovered that nuclear effects help bring about superconductivity in ytterbium dirhodium disilicide (YRS), one of the...
View ArticleThe cold, hard facts: Scientists redefine the chemical history of...
For the past 30 years, the significance of the anomalously low ortho-to-para ratios (OPRs) of gaseous water (H2O) in interstellar space has remained unknown. (In ortho hydrogen molecules, both nuclei...
View Article'Disruptive device' brings xenon-NMR to fragile materials
Here's a new technology that's potentially disruptive precisely because it's non-disruptive: Scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed...
View ArticleFor the first time, physicists couple distant nuclear spins using a single...
For the first time, researchers at the University of Basel in Switzerland have coupled the nuclear spins of distant atoms using just a single electron. Three research groups took part in this complex...
View ArticleHigh-precision magnetic field sensing
Scientists have developed a highly sensitive sensor to detect tiny changes in strong magnetic fields. The sensor may find widespread use in medicine and other areas.
View ArticleRechargeable 'spin battery' promising for spintronics and quantum computing
Researchers have shown how to create a rechargeable "spin battery" made out of materials called topological insulators, a step toward building new spintronic devices and quantum computers.
View ArticleOne step closer to the quantum internet by distillation
Scientists all over the world are working towards new methods to realize an unhackable internet, an internet based on quantum entanglement – an invisible quantum mechanical connection – as networking...
View ArticleQuantum probes dramatically improve detection of nuclear spins
Researchers at the University of Melbourne have demonstrated a way to detect nuclear spins in molecules non-invasively, providing a new tool for biotechnology and materials science.
View ArticleScientists have developed a new tool for imaging life at the nanoscale
Australian scientists have developed a new tool for imaging life at the nanoscale that will provide new insights into the role of transition metal ions such as copper in neuro-degenerative diseases.
View Article
