How quantum materials may soon make Star Trek technology reality
Advanced materials that seem like they come from Star Trek are becoming reality today.
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Remote connections? Detangling entanglement in quantum physics
Entanglement is the mysterious relationship between two connected atoms. This relationship is the basis of quantum physics, but what is it exactly?
How to embrace technology without dooming humanity to destruction
A new report on the future of humanity explains what we really need to be worrying about over the next 35 years.
A new approach finds materials that can turn waste heat into electricity
More than two-thirds of the world’s energy is wasted as heat. Thermoelectric materials can convert unwanted heat into electricity, but finding the best ones has been slow.
New crystal has mind‑boggling potential for computing
A tiny new ion-crystal looks set to revolutionise computing. The quantum computer uses a crystal of just 300 atoms suspended…
New experiments finally prove a long‑forgotten theory about how quantum particles spin
Scientists thought there was no way to verify the ‘quantumness’ of the enigmatic ‘spin’ just by watching it rotate – until now.
AI has a large and growing carbon footprint, but there are potential solutions on the horizon
Technological approaches could help reduce the carbon impact of artificial intelligence systems.
The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics, explained
You may have heard that this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Serge Haroche (from College de France) and David J. Wineland (from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology…
A new state of matter: quantum spin liquids explained
Here’s how they could revolutionise science.
South Africa and China set up a quantum communication link: how we did it and why it’s historic
The success of Jinan-1 points the way towards networks of quantum microsatellites, making secure global communication a real possibility.
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