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Toward unbreakable encrypted messages

Chinese researchers have successfully sent encrypted messages using quantum-entangled photons over a distance of over 700 miles, breaking the previous record. The achievement is significant as it paves the way for practical quantum communication systems.

SourceAmerican Chemical Society·JournalChemical & Engineering News·DateSep 13, 2017

New tool for characterizing quantum simulators

Researchers from the University of Innsbruck have established a new method to efficiently characterize large quantum states, enabling the development of large-scale quantum simulators. The new method requires significantly fewer measurements than current gold standard, opening up possibilities for complex quantum simulations.

SourceUniversity of Innsbruck·JournalNature Physics·DateSep 6, 2017

Quantum states reveal themselves with measurable 'fingerprint'

Researchers have discovered that all entangled states of two particles have a unique classical fingerprint. This breakthrough enables the certification of quantum computers and encryption devices, ensuring their authenticity. The discovery uses a simple set of measurements to act as an identity check for any two-particle entangled state.

Physicists breeding Schroedinger cat states

Researchers at CIFAR have successfully bred Schrödinger cat states in optics, amplifying classical states of light beyond microscopic limits. This breakthrough could lead to applications in quantum communication, teleportation, and cryptography.

SourceCIFAR·JournalNature Photonics·DateMay 1, 2017

Mapping the edge of reality

Researchers developed a genetic algorithm to quantify conclusions about the rejection of classical notions of causality. The algorithm mapped out many dimensions of the departure from classical that quantum correlations exhibit.

SourceRMIT University·JournalPhysical Review A·DateApr 27, 2017

Super sensitive devices work on recycling atoms

Researchers at University of Queensland and University of Sussex have developed a way to recycle atoms, improving the performance of atom interferometers. This technique enables ultra-precise measurements of accelerations, rotations, and gravitational fields, with applications in mineral exploration, hydrology, and navigation.

SourceUniversity of Queensland·JournalPhysical Review Letters·DateApr 11, 2017

When helium behaves like a black hole

Scientists found that entangled quantum information shared between two regions of a container is determined by surface area, not volume, in superfluid helium. This discovery points to deeper understanding of reality and may be a step toward a long-sought quantum theory of gravity.

SourceUniversity of Vermont·JournalNature Physics·DateMar 21, 2017

New records set up with 'Screws of Light'

Researchers at the University of Vienna have made significant breakthroughs in transmitting twisted light over long distances, exceeding 100 kilometers. They also demonstrated record-breaking quantum entanglement with 5-digit quantum numbers using a novel technique developed in Australia.

SourceUniversity of Vienna·JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·DateNov 16, 2016

Entanglement: Chaos

Researchers at UCSB have uncovered a link between classical chaos and quantum entanglement using controllable quantum systems. Their findings suggest that thermalization is the driving force behind both chaos and entanglement in quantum systems, with implications for quantum computing.

SourceUniversity of California - Santa Barbara·JournalNature Physics·DateJul 12, 2016

Particle zoo in a quantum computer

Researchers at University of Innsbruck successfully simulated lattice gauge theories and particle-antiparticle pairs using a quantum computer. This breakthrough paves the way for studying complex aspects of the Standard Model, complementing high-energy physics experiments.

SourceUniversity of Innsbruck·JournalNature·DateJun 22, 2016

Doubling down on Schrödinger's cat

A team of Yale scientists has created a more exotic type of Schrödinger's cat-like state that can exist in two boxes simultaneously, leveraging entanglement to enable error correction and logical operations in quantum computing. This breakthrough builds upon decades of development in circuit quantum electrodynamics.

SourceYale University·JournalScience·DateMay 26, 2016

The atom without properties

Researchers have observed Bell correlations for the first time in a large system of 480 atoms, indicating that properties may exist independently but not deterministically. This finding opens up new possibilities in quantum technology and basic research.

SourceUniversity of Basel·JournalScience·DateApr 21, 2016