Topics: Computer Modeling, Mathematics, Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Theoretical Physics The concept of a fourth dimension is so elusive and mysterious that many of us find it almost impossible to comprehend. But could an additional layer of spatial reality truly exist, hidden beyond our three-dimensional worldview? Tantalizingly, scientists now claim to have built a fourth dimensionContinue reading “Almost the Twilight Zone…”
Category Archives: Quantum Mechanics
Equally Terrifying…
Topics: Civilization, Existentialism, Nanoengineering, Philosophy, Quantum Mechanics, Star Trek As an undergraduate Engineering Physics major, science classes disabuse you of notions that science fiction might leave you with. “2001” was released in 1968, the year Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy Sr. were assassinated, the second year of the Star Trek franchise, oneContinue reading “Equally Terrifying…”
Nano and Quantum…
Topics: Materials Science, Nanomaterials, Phonons, Quantum Computers, Quantum Mechanics, Superconductors Argonne researchers have developed a cutting-edge technique to study atomic vibrations near material interfaces, opening doors to new quantum applications in computing and sensing. Scientists are racing to develop new materials for quantum technologies in computing and sensing for ultraprecise measurements. For these future technologiesContinue reading “Nano and Quantum…”
Plasmons and Diamonds…
Topics: Chemistry, Materials Science, Plasmons, Quantum Mechanics, Semiconductor Technology Researchers report plasmons in boron-doped diamond; quantum applicationsDiamond, often celebrated for its unmatched hardness and transparency, has emerged as an exceptional material for high-power electronics and next-generation quantum optics. Diamond can be engineered to be as electrically conductive as a metal, by introducing impurities like theContinue reading “Plasmons and Diamonds…”
FHM…
Antiferromagnetically ordered particles are represented by red and blue spheres in this artist’s impression. The particles are in an array of optical traps. Credit: Chen Lei Topics: Applied Physics, Computer Science, Quantum Computer, Quantum Mechanics Experiments on the Fermi–Hubbard model can now be made much larger, more uniform, and more quantitative. A universal quantum computer—capableContinue reading “FHM…”
Nanos Gigantum Humeris Insidentes…
Colleagues remember Peter Higgs as an inspirational scientist, who remained humble despite his fame. Credit: Graham Clark/Alamy Topics: CERN, Higgs Boson, High Energy Physics, Nobel Prize, Particle Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Theoretical Physics Few scientists have enjoyed as much fame in recent years as British theoretical physicist Peter Higgs, the namesake of the boson that was discoveredContinue reading “Nanos Gigantum Humeris Insidentes…”
Fusion’s Holy Grail…
A view of the assembled experimental JT-60SA Tokamak nuclear fusion facility outside Tokyo, Japan. JT-60SA.ORG Topics: Applied Physics, Economics, Energy, Heliophysics, Nuclear Fusion, Quantum Mechanics Japan and the European Union have officially inaugurated testing at the world’s largest experimental nuclear fusion plant. Located roughly 85 miles north of Tokyo, the six-story JT-60SA “tokamak” facility heats plasmaContinue reading “Fusion’s Holy Grail…”
‘Teleporting’ Images…
High-dimensional quantum transport enabled by nonlinear detection. In our concept, information is encoded on a coherent source and overlapped with a single photon from an entangled pair in a nonlinear crystal for up-conversion by sum frequency generation, the latter acting as a nonlinear spatial mode detector. The bright source is necessary to achieve the efficiencyContinue reading “‘Teleporting’ Images…”
The “Tiny Ten”…
Researchers are working to overcome challenges related to nanoscale optoelectronic interconnects, which use light to transmit signals around an integrated circuit. IMAGE: PROVIDED BY NCNST Topics: Biology, Materials Science, Nanoengineering, Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology, Quantum Mechanics The promise of nanotechnology, the engineering of machines and systems at the nanoscale, is anything but tiny. Over the past decade alone,Continue reading “The “Tiny Ten”…”
Quantum Switch…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Topics: Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Science, Quantum Computer, Quantum Mechanics Quantum scientists have discovered a rare phenomenon that could hold the key to creating a ‘perfect switch’ in quantum devices, which flips between being an insulator and a superconductor. The research, led by the University of Bristol and published in Science, found theseContinue reading “Quantum Switch…”
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