Columbia physicists have taken molecules to a new ultracold limit and created a Bose-Einstein condensate—a state of matter where quantum mechanics reigns.

MIT physicists developed a technique to arrange atoms in much closer proximity than previously possible, down to 50 nanometers. The group plans to use the method to manipulate atoms into configurations that could generate the first purely magnetic quantum gate — a key building block for a new type of quantum computer.

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a new design concept for creating next-generation carbon-based quantum materials, in the form of a tiny magnetic nanographene with a unique butterfly-shape hosting highly correlated spins. This new design has the potential to accelerate the advancement of quantum materials which are pivotal for the development of sophisticated quantum computing technologies poised to revolutionise information processing and high density storage capabilities.

Rice University physicists have discovered a phase-changing quantum material — and a method for finding more like it — that could potentially be used to create flash like memory capable of storing quantum bits of information, or qubits, even when a quantum computer is powered down.

Using artificial intelligence, scientists can now identify complex quantum phases in materials in just minutes—a process that used to take months. The breakthrough, published in Newton, could significantly speed up research into quantum materials, particularly low dimensional superconductors. The study, a collaboration between Yale and Emory University, was seeded by a multi-institute collaboration initiative three years ago. Yale’s side of the research, led by Jinming Yang, a graduate research assistant, and Yu He, assistant professor of Yale’s Department of applied physics, was initiated under a Yale Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC) internal preparatory project awarded in 2022. Other senior authors include Fang Liu and Yao Wang, assistant professors in Emory’s Department of Chemistry.

A new study published in Nature Communications April 7 could reshape the future of magnetic and electronic technology. Scientists at Rice University have discovered how a disappearing electronic pattern in a quantum material can be revived under specific thermal conditions. The finding opens new doors for customizable quantum materials and in-situ engineering, where devices are manufactured or manipulated directly at their point of use.

The scientific community has faced a significant challenge in understanding what drives the complex behaviors, particularly the superconductivity of kagome materials. New research led by Zhenglu Li, assistant professor of materials science at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, uses a computational approach to unlock the mystery of kagome superconductors, offering unique insights into the way electrons interact with the lattice dynamics.

he field of spintronics, which integrates the charge and spin properties of electrons to develop electronic devices with enhanced functionality and energy efficiency, has expanded into new applications. Beyond current technologies such as hard disk drive read heads and magnetic random-access memory (MRAM), researchers are now investigating flexible spintronics for use in wearable devices and sheet-type sensors.

An international team led by Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers has merged two lab-synthesized materials into a synthetic quantum structure once thought impossible to exist and produced an exotic structure expected to provide insights that could lead to new materials at the core of quantum computing.