Portable system boosts laser precision, at room temperature
“Light squeezer” reduces quantum noise in lasers, could enhance quantum computing and gravitational-wave detection.
July 7, 2020 • ~8 min
First sighting of mysterious Majorana fermion on a common metal
Physicists’ discovery could lead to a new family of robust qubits for quantum computing.
April 10, 2020 • ~9 min
New “refrigerator” super-cools molecules to nanokelvin temperatures
Technique may enable molecule-based quantum computing.
April 8, 2020 • ~6 min
Novel method for easier scaling of quantum devices
System “recruits” defects that usually cause disruptions, using them to instead carry out quantum operations.
March 5, 2020 • ~8 min
Correcting the “jitters” in quantum devices
A new study suggests a path to more efficient error correction, which may help make quantum computers and sensors more practical.
Feb. 18, 2020 • ~6 min
A trapped-ion pair may help scale up quantum computers
Qubits made from strontium and calcium ions can be precisely controlled by technology that already exists.
Jan. 28, 2020 • ~8 min
How to verify that quantum chips are computing correctly
A new method determines whether circuits are accurately executing complex operations that classical computers can’t tackle.
Jan. 13, 2020 • ~9 min
Toward more efficient computing, with magnetic waves
Circuit design offers a path to “spintronic” devices that use little electricity and generate practically no heat.
Nov. 28, 2019 • ~7 min
Scientists observe a single quantum vibration under ordinary conditions
Studying a common material at room temperature, researchers bring quantum behavior “closer to our daily life.”
Oct. 6, 2019 • ~8 min
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