A research team led by Prof. WANG Xianlong and Dr. WANG Pei from Institute of Solid State Physics, the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered a concurrent negative photoconductivity (NPC) and superconductivity in PbSe0.5Te0.5 by pressure-induced structure transition.

Now, Perimeter researchers along with a colleague at the University of Illinois, have a developed a possible solution to the problem of time on something called a “null hypersurface.”

When world-leading teams join forces, new findings are bound to be made. This is what happened when quantum physicists from the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK) and the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Braunschweig combined atomic and nuclear physics with unprecedented accuracy using two different methods of measurement. Together with new calculations of the structure of atomic nuclei, theoretical physicists from the Technical University of Darmstadt and Leibniz University Hannover were able to show that measurements on the electron shell of an atom can provide information about the deformation of the atomic nucleus.

BTQ Technologies Corp. (the "Company"), a global quantum technology company focused on securing mission-critical networks, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Coxwave, the operator of the AI product analysis platform Align AI, to develop advanced AI chatbot solutions for quantum physics education and research. This collaboration is with a US$117,000 grant through the Korean Government's "AI Voucher" program, administered by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency ("NIPA"). The program supports partnerships between domestic AI companies and international clients, fostering global innovation in AI-driven solutions.

Quantum spin liquids are unusual states of matter where the spins stay actively in motion even at extremely low temperatures. These spins show a fascinating behavior called fractionalization, where particles seem to break into smaller parts. Purdue University researchers seek spin excitation modes, which are key in finding fractionalization using optical tools.

Researchers at Tohoku University have achieved a significant advancement in opto-magnetic technology, observing an opto-magnetic torque approximately five times more efficient than in conventional magnets. This breakthrough, led by Mr. Koki Nukui, Assistant Professor Satoshi Iihama, and Professor Shigemi Mizukami, has far-reaching implications for the development of light-based spin memory and storage technologies.

It is difficult to imagine a world more dynamic and at the same time more inaccessible than the inside of a proton. The complex interactions of its constituent quarks, gluons and the constantly ‘churning’ sea of virtual particles can now be coherently described thanks to the skilful use of the tools of quantum information theory and the phenomenon of quantum entanglement. The new, more than hitherto universal formalism has made it possible, for the first time, to explain data from all available measurements related to the scattering of secondary particles produced during deeply inelastic collisions between electrons and protons. The team responsible for the achievement include theorists from Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and Stony Brook University (SBU) in New York, Mexico's Universidad de las Americas Puebla (UDLAP) and the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN) in Cracow.

Photosynthesis - mainly carried out by plants - is based on a remarkably efficient energy conversion process. To generate chemical energy, sunlight must first be captured and transported further. This happens practically loss-free and extremely quickly. A new study by the Chair of Dynamic Spectroscopy at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) shows that quantum mechanical effects play a key role in this process. A team led by Erika Keil and Prof. Jürgen Hauer discovered this through measurements and simulations.

By linking theoretical predictions with neutron experiments, researchers have found evidence for quantum spin ice in the material Ce2Sn2O7. Their findings could inspire the technology of tomorrow, such as quantum computers. The results have been published in the journal ‘Nature Physics’.

The formation of the universe after the Big Bang is the subject of ongoing research. A team of scientists from Jülich Supercomputing Centre at Forschungszentrum Jülich, the University of Leeds and the Institute of Science and Technology Austria has now succeeded in gaining important insights into false vacuum decay, a process related to the formation of the universe and the behaviour of particles on the smallest scales. The calculations were carried out with a quantum annealer that is connected to a classical supercomputer at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre. Using a combination of calculations on the supercomputer and the quantum annealer, scientists were able to understand the phenomenon of false vacuum decay. The results have been published in the journal Nature Physics.