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A peek inside the box that could help solve a quantum mystery

19 Nov 2024

An elusive particle that first formed in the hot, dense early universe has puzzled physicists for decades. Following its discovery in 2003...

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L-R: Professor John Morton (UCL), Professor Rachel McKendry (UCL), Professor Mete Atatüre (Cambridge), Professor Eleni Nastouli (UCL)

Five hubs launched to ensure UK benefits from quantum future

26 Jul 2024

A major new research hub led by the University of Cambridge and UCL aims to harness quantum technology to improve early diagnosis and treatment of...

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Magnetic monopoles in hematite

Diamonds and rust help unveil ‘impossible’ quasi-particles

05 Dec 2023

Researchers have discovered magnetic monopoles – isolated magnetic charges – in a material closely related to rust, a result that could be used to...

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Simulations of ‘backwards time travel’ can improve scientific experiments

12 Oct 2023

Physicists have shown that simulating models of hypothetical time travel can solve experimental problems that appear impossible to solve using...

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Switching ‘spin’ on and off (and up and down) in quantum materials at room temperature

16 Aug 2023

Researchers have found a way to control the interaction of light and quantum ‘spin’ in organic semiconductors, that works even at room temperature...

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Researchers devise a new path toward ‘quantum light’

02 Feb 2023

Researchers have theorised a new mechanism to generate high-energy ‘quantum light’, which could be used to investigate new properties of matter at...

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Professor Suchitra Sebastian to receive the Schmidt Science Polymaths Award

30 Jun 2022

Cambridge physicist Professor Suchitra Sebastian to join group of ten recently tenured professors named to Polymath Program, awarded up to $2.5...

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‘Back to basics’ approach helps unravel new phase of matter

27 Sep 2021

A new phase of matter, thought to be understandable only using quantum physics, can be studied with far simpler classical methods.

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Quantum particles

Light used to detect quantum information stored in 100,000 nuclear quantum bits

15 Feb 2021

Researchers have found a way to use light and a single electron to communicate with a cloud of quantum bits and sense their behaviour, making it...

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New Simulation Sheds Light on Spiraling Supermassive Black Holes

Quantum projects launched to solve universe’s mysteries

13 Jan 2021

Researchers will use cutting-edge quantum technologies to transform our understanding of the universe and answer key questions such as the nature of...

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Entanglement

Hidden symmetry could be key to more robust quantum systems, researchers find

09 Dec 2020

Researchers have found a way to protect highly fragile quantum systems from noise, which could aid in the design and development of new quantum...

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Grasshopper of Acrididae family: Anacridium aegyptium

How to cut your lawn for grasshoppers

22 Nov 2017

Picture a grasshopper landing randomly on a lawn of fixed area. If it then jumps a certain distance in a random direction, what shape should the lawn...

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