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Quantum computer - tune in now: Atomic antennae transmit quantum information across microchip

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Austrian research group led by physicist Rainer Blatt suggests a fundamentally novel architecture for quantum computation. They have experimentally demonstrated quantum antennae, which ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (17) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Quantum hot potato: Researchers entice two atoms to swap smallest energy units

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have for the first time coaxed two atoms in separate locations to take turns jiggling back and forth while swapping the smallest measurable ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Rapidly rotating graphene is fastest-spinning macroscopic object ever

(PhysOrg.com) -- At 60 million rotations per minute, a two-dimensional sheet of graphene has become the fastest-spinning trapped macroscopic object ever. Graphene is known for its large strength, and it's ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (14) | comments 9 | with audio podcast weblog

Novel ion trap with optical fiber could link atoms and light in quantum networks

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated an ion trap with a built-in optical fiber that collects light emitted by single ions (electrically charged atoms), allowing ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jul 08, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers design and test microfabricated planar ion traps

Despite a steady improvement in the speed of conventional computers during the last few decades, certain types of problems remain computationally difficult to solve. Quantum computers hold the promise of offering ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created May 26, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New INL invention could aid Mars probes' search for life

The next generation of Mars rovers could have smaller, cheaper, more robust and more sensitive life-detecting instruments, thanks to a new invention by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 24, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists record yoctonewton forces

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Australia and the US have discovered that trapped ions are "exquisitely sensitive" force detectors, and have used them to record the tiniest forces ever measured.

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

NIST Racetrack Ion Trap is a Contender in Quantum Computing Quest (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have built and tested a device for trapping electrically charged atoms (ions) that potentially could process dozens of ions ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 31, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (18) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

From a classical laser to a 'quantum laser'

Rainer Blatt's and Piet Schmidt's research team from the University of Innsbruck have successfully realized a single-atom laser, which shows the properties of a classical laser as well as quantum mechanical ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Mar 31, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Quantum Walk in Laboratory

A team of physicists headed by Christian Roos and Rainer Blatt from the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Sciences realize a quantum walk in a quantum system with ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Mar 10, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bacteria Are Better Gene Packers Than We Thought

(PhysOrg.com) -- In microbial genomes, genes are typically depicted as linear series of separate regulatory and coding regions. This leads to the assumption that annotations done by computer to predict such ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Setting out to discover new, long-lived elements

Besides the 92 elements that occur naturally, scientists were able to create 20 additional chemical elements, six of which were discovered at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt.

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 11, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Physicists Demonstrate Quantum Memory with Matter Qubits

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, scientists have successfully operated a quantum gate between two remote particles of matter, marking an important step toward the development of a quantum computer. In ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jul 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (21) | comments 2 feature

Scientists develop novel ion trap for sensing force and light

Miniature devices for trapping ions (electrically charged atoms) are common components in atomic clocks and quantum computing research. Now, a novel ion trap geometry demonstrated at the National Institute ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

X marks the spot: Ions coldly go through NIST trap junction

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated a new ion trap that enables ions to go through an intersection while keeping their cool. Ten million times ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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