A research team from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), led by Prof. PAN Jianwei, ZHANG Qiang, and CHEN Kai, in collaboration with CHEN Jingling from Nankai University, has achieved the loophole-free test of Hardy's paradox for the first time.

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.

University of Texas at Dallas scientists are investigating how structures made from several layers of graphene stack up in terms of their fundamental physics and their potential as reconfigurable semiconductors for advanced electronics.

Osaka Metropolitan University physicists have developed new, simpler formulas to quantify quantum entanglement in strongly correlated electron systems and applied them to study several nanoscale materials. Their results offer fresh perspectives into quantum behaviors in materials with different physical characteristics, contributing to advances in quantum technologies.

Superconducting circuits are being used at TU Wien and ISTA to create new types of quantum systems that are much easier to control and much more tunable than natural quantum systems like atoms.

Qubits—the fundamental units of quantum information—drive entire tech sectors. Among them, superconducting qubits could be instrumental in building a large-scale quantum computer, but they rely on electrical signals and are difficult to scale. In a breakthrough, a team of physicists at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) has achieved a fully optical readout of superconducting qubits, pushing the technology beyond its current limitations. Their findings were published in Nature Physics.

Molecular quantum bits hold great promise for advancing more powerful and secure quantum technologies, particularly in sectors like communications and energy. However, qubits find it difficult to exploit their full potential in conventional hardware. Chemists like Joris van Slageren are researching how to turn qubits into robust and reliable information carriers. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has named Joris van Slageren a Henriette Herz Scout in recognition of his expertise in molecular quantum technology and his dedication to supporting early-career researchers.

The University of Birmingham is collaborating with Paragraf Ltd, a UK-based company pioneering the mass production of graphene-based electronics, with funding awards to accelerate the scaling up of the production of graphene on six-inch wafers and explore the potential of graphene sensors for quantum computing.

Physicist Christian Schneider has been awarded one of the European Research Council's coveted Consolidator Grants. His project focuses on a special group of so-called two-dimensional materials and their optical properties.

UbiQD, Inc., the New Mexico-based leader in quantum dot (QD) technology and manufacturing, announced today a new technology assistance award with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) under the Technology Readiness Gross Receipts (TRGR) Initiative. This collaboration focuses on leveraging the lab's Nanotechnology and Advanced Spectroscopy Team capabilities, led by LANL fellow Victor Klimov, to advance UbiQD's R&D on near-infrared (NIR) emitting QDs, specifically for applications in solar energy.