January 18, 2025

Antimony Atom Brings Schrödinger’s Cat to Life

UNSW researchers have achieved a significant breakthrough in quantum computing by implementing the Schrödinger’s cat thought experiment using an antimony atom, as published in Nature Physics. Led by Professor Andrea Morello, the team developed a […]

Semi-Dirac fermions at nodal-line crossing points in ZrSiS

Discovery of Semi-Dirac Fermions in ZrSiS Crystals

Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery of semi-Dirac fermions, unique quasiparticles that exhibit both massless and massive behavior depending on their direction of movement. This discovery was made in crystals of the semi-metal ZrSiS by […]

Excitonic pairing and two-component FQHE

Fractional Exciton: A New Quantum Particle!

Scientists at Brown University have made a significant breakthrough by discovering a new class of quantum particles called fractional excitons, which display characteristics of both fermions and bosons. The research, published in Nature on January […]

Schematic of the setup

Demonstration of High-Fidelity Integrated Spin-Wave Quantum Storage

A significant advancement in quantum technology has been achieved through the successful demonstration of an integrated spin-wave quantum memory, addressing key challenges in photon transmission loss and noise suppression. This development is particularly crucial for […]

Leading-order Feynman diagrams for top-antitop pair production in the SM, where a double line represents a top particle: (a) q q ¯ channel; (b) g g channel. The two channels contribute roughly 10% and 90% of the total cross section respectively.

LHC’s Top Quarks Unlock Quantum Computing Magic

A breakthrough discovery by twin physicists Professors Chris and Martin White has revealed an unexpected connection between the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and quantum computing through a property called “magic” in top quarks. Published in […]

process of multiparticle scattering mediated by twisted paths endowed with orbital angular momentum (OAM). The number of photons in each twisted path is measured and correlated using photon-number-resolving (PNR) detectors. Credit: Mingyuan Hong

Quantum Coherence Discovered in Classical Light

The scientific community has made a groundbreaking discovery that challenges our traditional understanding of classical and quantum physics. Researchers have identified quantum coherence within classical light fields, a finding that questions long-held assumptions about the […]