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Scientists Connect Optical Atomic Clocks Across the Earth Using Signals from Distant Stars

Using radio telescopes observing distant stars, scientists have connected optical atomic clocks on different continents.

9 Oct 2020

UNSW Researchers Create Semiconductor Qubits with Lowest Noise Level on Record

Researchers at UNSW Sydney have demonstrated the lowest noise level on record for a semiconductor quantum bit, or qubit. The research was published in Advanced Materials.

9 Oct 2020

Researchers Use Terahertz-Frequency Light to Probe the Unusual Behavior of Disordered Systems

Researchers led by the University of Tsukuba studied the vibrational modes of an intrinsically disordered protein to understand its anomalously strong response at low frequencies.

17 Sep 2020

Researchers Design a Silicon-Based Light Source to Generate Single Photons

Quantum technology holds great promise: Just a few years from now, quantum computers are expected to revolutionize database searches, AI systems, and computational simulations.

16 Sep 2020

Researchers Use Quantum Optics to Advance State-of-the-Art Microscopy

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory used quantum optics to advance state-of-the-art microscopy and illuminate a path to detecting material properties with greater sensitivity than is possible with traditional tools.

9 Sep 2020

Ultra-Short Laser to Detect Second Harmonic Generation in Organic Superconductors

In contemporary information technology (IT), the movement of electrons in a central processing unit (CPU) is responsible for processing and carrying the data.

7 Sep 2020

New Molecular Coupling Tool Employs Green Light and pH Triggers

Queensland University of Technology researchers have created a new molecular coupling tool employing both green light and pH triggers that has potential for use in applications such as drug delivery and 3D cell culture platforms.

25 Aug 2020

HKATG Successfully Carries Out In-Orbit Technology Validation of 'Golden Bauhinia' Satellite Constellation

On July 25, 2020, China's Long March-4B carrier rocket was successfully launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, and the space exploration satellite named "Lobster Eye X-ray Explorer" was successfully put into orbit. The "Lobster Eye X-ray Explorer" is the first space exploration satellite in the world to apply X-ray technology focusing with lobster-eye optics.

28 Jul 2020

Vector Vortex Beams are Suitable for Quantum Applications in Medical Technology

Propagate light through any kind of medium - be it free space or biological tissue - and light will scatter.

15 Jul 2020

New Research Shows that Laser Spectral Linewidth is Classical-Physics Phenomenon

New ground-breaking research from the University of Surrey could change the way scientists understand and describe lasers – establishing a new relationship between classical and quantum physics.

14 Jul 2020