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Articles on Quantum physics
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Much of the current research in quantum computing involves work at close to absolute zero. A simple breakthough with an everyday material could see them work at more acceptable temperatures.
Here’s how they could revolutionise science.
The information paradox is one of the great mysteries in our understanding of black holes. But has the famous theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking found the solution?
There will be a quantum leap in securing online confidentiality with key distribution technology.
As hackers get more sophisticated in their cyber crime efforts we need to look to new technology to make our systems more secure, and potentially unhackable. So how can quantum physics help?
It’s a century-old debate: what is the meaning of the wave function, the central object of quantum mechanics? Is Schrödinger’s cat really dead and alive? I was recently involved in an experiment conducted…
Decades of data security research have brought us highly reliable, standardized tools for common tasks such as digital signatures and encryption. But hackers are constantly working to crack data security…
Parallel universes – worlds where the dinosaur-killing asteroid never hit, or where Australia was colonised by the Portuguese – are a staple of science fiction. But are they real? In a radical paper published…
All of the light we see around us comes in chunks of energy known as photons. As well as making up light, photons can be used to carry and process information and their quantum properties make possible…
Whenever I see angry mobs reacting to the destruction of religious books it makes me think of Schrödinger, iPads and how we should interpret fundamentalist religious teachings in the digital era. The brilliant…
Frenchman Serge Haroche and American David Wineland have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in what researchers in the field say is long overdue recognition. Through their ingenious laboratory methods…
The Uncertainty Principle, introduced by Heisenberg in 1927, applies to observations of the properties of the quantum world, which is typically microscopic in scale. As I explained a few months ago, it…
Melbourne Researchers Rewrite Big Bang Theory sang a recent headline in the Sydney Morning Herald. It was one of many suggesting the Big Bang theory had been somehow overthrown. As the principal investigator…
The term “uncertainty principle” suggests some grand philosophical idea, like “you can never be sure of anything”, or “there are some things you can never be sure of” and sometimes people use it as if…
A heavy variant of a particle first observed 25 years ago has been found in the debris of close-to-the-speed-of-light proton collisions in the Large Hadron Collider at Geneva. The particle Chi-b(3P) is…
Astrophysicists have discovered black holes that formed up to 12.5 billion years ago – among the oldest examples of the phenomena ever seen. Black holes are objects in the Universe where a large amount…
This might surprise you, but there may be literally thousands, or even tens of thousands, of devices and components surrounding you right now that work because of our understanding of quantum physics…
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Director, Centre for Quantum Dynamics, Griffith University
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Professor of Quantum Physics and Quantum Technology, University of Sydney
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Professor, Philosophy of Science, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Griffith University
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Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University
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Professor in Physics, Griffith University
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Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, ESSCA School of Management
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Professor of Quantum Technologies (Physics and Astronomy), University of Sussex
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Professor of Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California
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Director, Maryland Cybersecurity Center; Professor of Computer Science, University of Maryland
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Strategic Management and Behavioural Science, University of Manchester
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PhD Candidate, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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ARC Laureate Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
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Researcher on Quantum Technologies, ETH Zurich