Similar to humans going on journeys of self-discovery, quantum computers are also capable of deepening their understanding of their own foundations. Researchers from Tohoku University and St. Paul’s School, London, have developed a new algorithm that allows quantum computers to analyze and protect quantum entanglement — a fundamental underpinning ofContinue Reading
Once described by Einstein as “spooky action at a distance,” quantum entanglement may now seem less intimidating in light of new research findings. Osaka Metropolitan University physicists have developed new, simpler formulas to quantify quantum entanglement in strongly correlated electron systems and applied them to study several nanoscale materials. TheirContinue Reading
Scientists have long sought to unravel the mysteries of strange metals — materials that defy conventional rules of electricity and magnetism. Now, a team of physicists at Rice University has made a breakthrough in this area using a tool from quantum information science. Their study, published recently in Nature Communications,Continue Reading
Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University (SBU) have shown that particles produced in collimated sprays called jets retain information about their origins in subatomic particle smashups. The study was recently published as an Editor’s Suggestion in the journal Physical Review Letters.Continue Reading
Quantum physics keeps challenging our intuition. Researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have shown that joint measurements can be carried out on distant particles, without the need to bring them together. This breakthrough relies on quantum entanglement — the phenomenon that links particles across distance as if connected byContinue Reading
