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Researchers have identified a new class of one-dimensional particles, dubbed anyons, which exhibit properties between bosons and fermions. The discovery opens up new possibilities for investigating fundamental physics in realistic experimental settings.
A team from the University of the Witwatersrand and Huzhou University discovered a vast alphabet of high-dimensional topological signatures, enabling robust quantum information encoding. This breakthrough utilizes orbital angular momentum to reveal hidden topologies in entangled photons.
Researchers develop a theoretical framework that reveals a conservation relationship among wave behaviour, particle behaviour, and entanglement. The team finds that the sum of these three elements remains constant, regardless of the choice of bipartite pure state, with experimental validation for various dimensions
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Researchers from Linköping University confirmed a direct connection between quantum theory and information theory, revealing the degree of unknown information in a quantum system. The study used a new experimental setup to demonstrate the equivalence of entropic uncertainty with wave-particle duality.
Scientists create a small drum that stores data sent with light in its sonic vibrations, allowing for secure transmission over long distances. This innovation has the potential to revolutionize quantum computing and enable an internet with quantum speed and security.
Physicists at the University of Southampton successfully detect weak gravitational pull on microscopic particles using a new technique. The experiment, published in Science Advances, could pave the way to finding the elusive quantum gravity theory.
Researchers have developed a quantum simulator to study curved spacetime, demonstrating phenomena such as gravitational lensing effects in atomic clouds. This new tool provides a deeper understanding of the connection between relativity and quantum theory.
Imperial College London physicists have recreated the famous double-slit experiment, showing light behaves as both particles and waves in time. This experiment could lead to ultrafast optical switches and control over light in space and time.
University of Central Florida researchers observed de Broglie-Mackinnon wave packets, a long-standing theoretical concept, by exploiting a loophole in 1980's-era laser physics theorem. The team's use of space-time wave packets, which resist stretching in dispersive media, verifies predicted properties and opens the path to studying top...
Researchers successfully conducted the first Fermi-scale single-particle double-slit experiment using an unstable ρ0 meson in a high-energy heavy-ion collision. The study demonstrates wave-particle duality, where the meson's decay products exhibit interference patterns indicative of quantum entanglement.
A new method bridges the quantum and classical worlds, enabling interaction-free detection of microwave pulses with a superconducting circuit. This breakthrough demonstrates genuine quantum advantage using a simpler setup, with potential applications in quantum computing, optical imaging, and cryptographic key distribution.
Physicists at Rice University have created a quantum simulator that reveals the behavior of electrons in one-dimensional wires, shedding light on spin-charge separation. The study's findings have implications for quantum computing and electronics with atom-scale wires.
Researchers at TU Wien and Hiroshima University have corrected a long-standing flaw in the double-slit experiment, proving that individual particles can move along multiple paths at once. By detecting a single neutron, they were able to determine its presence on each path with high accuracy.
Researchers discovered near-zero index materials where light's momentum becomes zero, altering fundamental processes like atomic recoil and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. These materials could enable perfect cloaking and have potential applications in quantum computing and optics.
Researchers at Salk Institute discover that brain parses information through interactions of waves of neural activity, changing how data is processed and affecting attention and focus.
A team from the Institute for Basic Science used entangled photons to test wave-particle duality and complementarity. They confirmed that source purity is tightly bounded by entanglement with remaining degrees of freedom, and analyzed visibility and predictability in a double-path interferometer.
A new composite material with enhanced antifungal activity was created by irradiating metallic tungstate with electrons and femtosecond laser pulses. The modified compound displayed antifungal activity 32 times greater than original silver tungstate, while also showing promise in treating bladder cancer cells.
A team of researchers has proved that two features of the quantum world are different manifestations of the same thing. They found that 'wave-particle duality' is simply the quantum 'uncertainty principle' in disguise, reducing two mysteries to one.
Researchers have successfully captured a quantum interference pattern from single dye molecules using live imaging. The experiment visualizes the dualities of particle and wave, randomness and determinism, locality and delocalization in a tangible way. This study has significant implications for understanding quantum physics and develo...