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Illustration of the Whispering Gallery effect
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Researchers cool objects by detecting an absence of light

Amit Malewar

In a groundbreaking experiment, researchers at Imperial College London's Department of Physics have uncovered a surprising method to cool objects by measuring the absence...

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EPFL scientists explore molecular collisions with gold

Pranjal Malewar

Quantum interference in molecule-surface collisions.

Magnetic switch traps
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Quantum miracle material to enable magnetic switching

Amit Malewar

Magnetic switch traps quantum information carriers in one dimension

Quantum state of photoelectrons
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For the first time: Scientists measured the quantum state of electrons

Amit Malewar

This is thanks to a new measurement technique.

quantum information tranfer
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Qubits to qudits: A new device uses quantum principles to relay information securely

Amit Malewar

Using quantum mechanics to transmit information more securely

novel class of quantum particles
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A novel class of quantum particles behaves in unexpected ways

Amit Malewar

It could take quantum mechanics one step further.

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The gemstone spinel can store quantum information

Amit Malewar

This discovery highlights the incredible potential of materials like spinel.

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Rice scientists theorize the existence of new particles other than bosons and fermions

Amit Malewar

Mathematical methods point to possibility of particles long thought impossible.

electron crystal uncovered in graphene
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Exotic electron crystal uncovered in graphene

Amit Malewar

A new class of quantum states observed in a custom-engineered graphene structure.

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Quantum ‘umbilical cord’ links metal and insulator states in many materials

Amit Malewar

A new state between metal and insulator.

quantum geometry
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Quantum geometry measured for the first time

Pranjal Malewar

Work opens new avenues for understanding, manipulating electrons in materials.

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A particle that’s massless when moving in one direction but has a mass in the other direction

Amit Malewar

This was totally unexpected.

Quantum Scars in Lead
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Study confirms a 40-year-old quantum theory

Jay Kakade

In 1984, physicist Eric J. Heller proposed a theory stating that electrons are confined in a quantum space and move along a definite orbit...

light beams carrying orbital angular momentum
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A novel way to use light to give electrons a spinning kick

Amit Malewar

A light beam can reliably transfer orbital angular momentum to itinerant electrons in graphene.

entangled laser light
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A new way of entangling light and sound

Pranjal Malewar

This entanglement is resilient to external noise.

Simulation of quantum vortices superimposed with experimental data.
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A missing hallmark of superfluidity demonstrated

Amit Malewar

Quan­tum vor­tices con­firm super­flu­id­ity in super­solid.

atom is hit by a laser pulse
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Scientists investigated the fastness of quantum entanglement at the attosecond scale

Pranjal Malewar

How fast is quantum entanglement?

quantum gravity
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Groundbreaking study reveals quantum secrets of gravity

Pranjal Malewar

The quantum nature of gravity.

top-quarks
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Quantum entanglement observed at the highest energy yet

Pranjal Malewar

A new perspective on the complex world of quantum physics.

Graviton
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A new way to capture physicists’ most wanted particle — the graviton

Pranjal Malewar

Next-generation quantum sensors can catch a single one.

quantum fluid
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Physicists capture images of ultracold atoms flowing freely in an exotic edge state

Amit Malewar

Atoms on the edge.

Sagnac interferometer built with 2-kilometers of optical fibers wrapped around 1.4 meter sided square aluminum frame.
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Quantum entanglement reacts to Earth’s spin

Ashwini Sakharkar

Quantum entangled photons measures Earth rotations.

A spin (blue ball with arrow) interacts with the surrounding bosons described by non-Gaussian states – a new computational method to accurately describe what happens inside quantum devices.
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Exploring uncharted territory in quantum devices

Amit Malewar

This promises advancements in quantum computing and sensing.

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The world’s smallest quantum light detector on a silicon chip

Amit Malewar

An important breakthrough.

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Finding quantum order in chaos

Pranjal Malewar

Harnessing chemical reactions for future applications in quantum information science.

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The quantum amplification of a fragile magnetic field realized for the first time

Pranjal Malewar

A single measurement to sub-femtotesla level.

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Physicists arrange atoms in high proximity

Amit Malewar

The technique opens possibilities for exploring exotic states of matter and building new quantum materials.

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Scientists successfully demonstrated quantum interference among several single photons

Pranjal Malewar

A leap forward in optical quantum computing.

Time dependent interference fringes from the ultrafast Kapitza Dirac Effect
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Scientists visualized quantum effects in electron waves

Amit Malewar

Kapitza-Dirac effect used to show temporal evolution of electron waves.

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Improving quantum computing using polarization

Amit Malewar

Paving the way for quantum imaging in many different fields.

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