A quantum trick based on interferometric measurements allows a team of researchers at LMU to detect even the smallest ...
When scientists repeatedly drove a strongly interacting quantum system with laser “kicks,” they expected it to heat up and ...
Try as they might, scientists can’t truly rid a space or an object of its energy. But what “zero-point energy” really means ...
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What is quantum mechanics?

Astrophysicist Paul Sutter explains Quantum Mechanics - the body of scientific laws that describe the wacky behavior of ...
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A century ago, the strange behavior of atoms and elementary particles led physicists to formulate a new theory of nature. That theory, quantum mechanics, found immediate success, proving its worth ...
Quantum computers based on ions or atoms have one major advantage: The qubits themselves aren’t manufactured, and there’s no device-to-device variability among atoms. Every atom is the same and should ...
SES is working with the European Space Agency to lead a consortium developing Eagle-1, a space-based quantum key distribution system. Credit: SES MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – While organizations are ...
Designed to accelerate advances in medicine and other fields, the tech giant’s quantum algorithm runs 13,000 times as fast as software written for a traditional supercomputer. A quantum computer at ...