Nuclear physicists have made a significant breakthrough in understanding the mass distribution within subatomic particles, specifically pions and protons, through advanced numerical calculations that leverage the trace anomaly in spacetime. The research focuses on exploring […]
A Quantum Leaky Integrate-and-Fire (QLIF) Neuron
Quantum Machine Learning (QML) is in a period of rapid development and discovery, however it still lacks the resources and diversity of computational models of its classical complement. With the growing difficulties of classical models […]
Quantum Walks: Unlocking New Dimensions of Light
Researchers at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Canada, have achieved a groundbreaking advancement in quantum photonics, developing a synthetic photonic lattice that can generate and manipulate quantum states of light. Led by […]
AI and Quantum Computing Revolutionize Molecular Science
The landscape of scientific research is rapidly transforming through groundbreaking advancements in artificial intelligence and quantum computing, with recent developments promising revolutionary impacts across multiple disciplines. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has recognized the pivotal […]
Breaking Quantum Barriers: A New Coupler Brings 99.98% Gate Fidelity
In the rapidly evolving field of quantum computing, researchers from the RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing and Toshiba have achieved a significant breakthrough that promises to enhance the reliability and performance of quantum systems. Their […]
Quantum Computer Information Loss
npj Quantum Information, Published online: 26 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41534-024-00918-6 Quantum computing platforms are subject to contradictory engineering requirements: qubits must be protected from mutual interactions when idling (‘doing nothing’), and strongly interacting when in operation. […]
Lasers That Can Block Light Itself
Light, being massless, casts no shadow; under ordinary circumstances, photons pass right through each other unimpeded. Researchers, in the Department of Physics at uOttawa, along with the Boyd Research Group, have demonstrated a laser beam […]
A Quantum Leap in Magnetic Imaging
Researchers from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle have developed a groundbreaking method to analyze magnetic nanostructures with exceptional precision. This technique achieves a resolution of […]
Characterizing quantum coherent errors using matrix-element amplification
npj Quantum Information, Published online: 22 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41534-024-00917-7 Repeating a gate sequence multiple times amplifies systematic errors coherently, making it a useful tool for characterizing quantum gates. However, the precision of such an approach […]
Quantum Essence: First Visualization of Photon Shape
Quantum physicists at the University of Birmingham have achieved a groundbreaking advancement in understanding photons, successfully defining their precise shape and interaction with surrounding environments for the first time. Published in Physical Review Letters, this […]