{"id":202116,"date":"2017-06-28T06:50:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T10:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/quantum-physics-news-phys-org-news-and-articles-on\/"},"modified":"2017-06-28T06:50:33","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T10:50:33","slug":"quantum-physics-news-phys-org-news-and-articles-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/quantum-physics\/quantum-physics-news-phys-org-news-and-articles-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Quantum Physics News &#8211; Phys.org &#8211; News and Articles on &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>Quantum states reveal themselves with measurable    'fingerprint'        <\/p>\n<p>      Researchers working in Singapore and the United States have      discovered that all entangled states of two particles have a      classical 'fingerprint'. This breakthrough could help      engineers guard against errors and devices that ...    <\/p>\n<p>      Quantum physic can guarantee that a message has not be      intercepted before reaching its destination. Thanks to the      laws of quantum physic, a particle of light  a photon  can      be in two distinct states simultaneously, ...    <\/p>\n<p>      Phase transitions include common phenomena like water      freezing or boiling. Similarly, quantum systems at a      temperature of absolute zero also experience phase      transitions. The pressure or magnetic field applied to such      systems ...    <\/p>\n<p>      Quantum computers are experimental devices that offer large      speedups on some computational problems. One promising      approach to building them involves harnessing nanometer-scale      atomic defects in diamond materials.    <\/p>\n<p>      Our computers, even the fastest ones, seem unable to      withstand the needs of the enormous quantity of data produced      in our technological society. That's why scientists are      working on computers using quantum physics, orquantum      ...    <\/p>\n<p>      When a ballerina pirouettes, twirling a full revolution, she      looks just as she did when she started. But for electrons and      other subatomic particles, which follow the rules of quantum      theory, that's not necessarily so. When ...    <\/p>\n<p>      (Phys.org)A team at Harvard University has found a way to      create a cold-atom FermiHubbard antiferromagnet, which      offers new insight into how electrons behave in solids. In      their paper published in the journal Nature, ...    <\/p>\n<p>      The quantum world is both elegant and mysterious. It is a      sphere of existence where the laws of physics experienced in      everyday life are brokenparticles can exist in two places at      once, they can react to each other over ...    <\/p>\n<p>      The 'quantized magneto-electric effect' has been demonstrated      for the first time in topological insulators at TU Wien,      which is set to open up new and highly accurate methods of      measurement.    <\/p>\n<p>      As if by magic, seemingly independent pendulum clocks can      come together to tick simultaneously and in synchrony. The      phenomenon of \"self-organized synchronization\" frequently      occurs in nature and engineering and is one of ...    <\/p>\n<p>      Scientists at Amherst College (USA) and Aalto University      (Finland) have made the first experimental observations of      the dynamics of isolated monopoles in quantum matter.    <\/p>\n<p>      Quantum field theories are often hard to verify in      experiments. Now, there is a new way of putting them to the      test. Scientists have created a quantum system consisting of      thousands of ultra cold atoms. By keeping them in ...    <\/p>\n<p>      (Phys.org)Stars, quasars, and other celestial objects      generate photons in a random way, and now scientists have      taken advantage of this randomness to generate random numbers      at rates of more than one million numbers per ...    <\/p>\n<p>      Energy dissipation is a key ingredient in understanding many      physical phenomena in thermodynamics, photonics, chemical      reactions, nuclear fission, photon emissions, or even      electronic circuits, among others.    <\/p>\n<p>      In a recent experiment at EPFL, a microwave resonator, a      circuit that supports electric signals oscillating at a      resonance frequency, is coupled to the vibrations of a      metallic micro-drum. By actively cooling the mechanical ...    <\/p>\n<p>      Research from The University of Manchester has thrown new      light on the use of miniaturised 'heat engines' that could      one day help power nanoscale machines like quantum computers.    <\/p>\n<p>      By precisely measuring the entropy of a cerium copper gold      alloy with baffling electronic properties cooled to nearly      absolute zero, physicists in Germany and the United States      have gleaned new evidence about the possible ...    <\/p>\n<p>      A well-known computational problem seeks to find the most      efficient route for a traveling salesman to visit clients in      a number of cities. Seemingly simple, it's actually      surprisingly complex and much studied, with implications ...    <\/p>\n<p>    In our solar system, an asteroid orbits the sun in the opposite    direction to the planets. Asteroid 2015 BZ509, also known as    Bee-Zed, takes 12 years to make one complete orbit around the    sun. This is the same orbital period ...  <\/p>\n<p>    Producing biofuels like ethanol from plant materials requires    various enzymes to break down the cellulosic fibers. Scientists    using neutron scattering have identified the specifics of an    enzyme-catalyzed reaction that could ...  <\/p>\n<p>    Throughout its 4.5-billion-year history, Earth has been    repeatedly pummelled by space rocks that have caused anything    from an innocuous splash in the ocean to species annihilation.  <\/p>\n<p>    Using five different scientific approaches, a team including    University of Wyoming researchers has given considerable    support to the idea that humans lived year-round in the Andean    highlands of South America over 7,000 years ...  <\/p>\n<p>    Scientists have developed a new biological tool for examining    molecules - the building blocks of life - which they say could    provide new insights and other benefits such as reducing the    numbers of animals used in experiments.  <\/p>\n<p>    For the first time ever, astronomers at The University of New    Mexico say they've been able to observe and measure the orbital    motion between two supermassive black holes hundreds of    millions of light years from Earth - a ...  <\/p>\n<p>    Many geckos inhabit trees, often living high in the canopy.    Relying on their incredible adhesive strength to help them    break their fall, they jump from trees, and land on either    leaves or relatively smooth tree trunks. How ...  <\/p>\n<p>    (Phys.org)A pair of researchers, one with the Weizmann    Institute of Science in Israel the other with Princeton    University in the U.S. has come up with a possible explanation    for the inability of space scientists to find ...  <\/p>\n<p>    Building transient electronics is usually about doing something    to make them stop working: blast them with light, soak them    with acid, dunk them in water.  <\/p>\n<p>    (Phys.org)A new study recently published on arXiv.org reveals    that the fossil group galaxy NGC 1132 (also known as UGC 2359)    has a disturbed and asymmetrical hot halo. The findings provide    new insights into the formation ...  <\/p>\n<p>    A new, highly virulent strain of malicious software that is    crippling computers globally appears to have been sown in    Ukraine, where it badly hobbled much of the government and    private sector on the eve of a holiday celebrating ...  <\/p>\n<p>    When insects skip the light fandango their romantic foreplay    often involves some pretty crazy things like hypnotic dance    moves and flashy colors. In some species it ends with a complex    ejaculate package that does more than ...  <\/p>\n<p>    A study of yeast reveals new mechanism that allows cells to    adapt to environmental changes more rapidly by accelerating    genetic changes around genes that boost fitness, publishing 27    June in the open access journal PLOS Biology, ...  <\/p>\n<p>    New research finds large earthquakes can trigger underwater    landslides thousands of miles away, weeks or months after the    quake occurs.  <\/p>\n<p>    Proteins found in tick saliva could be used to treat a    potentially fatal form of heart disease, according to new    Oxford University research.  <\/p>\n<p>    For us humans, it goes without saying that we reward others as    an indication of the gratitude we feel towards them. Scientists    from the Max Planck Institutes for Evolutionary Anthropology    and for Mathematics in the Sciences ...  <\/p>\n<p>    Researchers in China have developed a genetic engineering    approach capable of delivering many genes at once and used it    to make rice endospermseed tissue that provides nutrients to    the developing plant embryoproduce ...  <\/p>\n<p>    In the world of heavy metal poisoning, arsenic may have found a    sidekickand it's one that needs more research to understand    its influence on human health, according to Kansas State    University researchers.  <\/p>\n<p>    Recent increases in an unregulated ozone-depleting substance,    could delay recovery of Antarctic ozone levels by 5-30 years,    depending on emissions scenarios.  <\/p>\n<p>    A team of researchers has found a way to detect trace gases    down to concentrations at the parts-per-quadrillion level using    a new variation on the photoacoustic effect, a technique that    measures the sound generated when light ...  <\/p>\n<p>    In the fight against the viruses that invade everyday life,    seeing and understanding the battleground is essential.    Scientists at the Morgridge Institute for Research have, for    the first time, imaged molecular structures ...  <\/p>\n<p>    A warming climate is not just melting the Arctic's sea ice; it    is stirring the remaining ice faster, increasing the odds that    ice-rafted pollution will foul a neighboring country's waters,    says a new study.  <\/p>\n<p>    Researchers from the University of Zurich and the University    Hospital Zurich have discovered the protein that enables    natural embryonic stem cells to form all body cells. In the    case of embryonic stem cells maintained in ...  <\/p>\n<p>    Israel is subjected to sand and dust storms from several    directions: northeast from the Sahara, northwest from Saudi    Arabia and southwest from the desert regions of Syria. The    airborne dust carried in these storms affects ...  <\/p>\n<p>    Under anaerobic conditions, certain bacteria can produce    electricity. This behavior can be exploited in microbial fuel    cells, with a special focus on wastewater treatment schemes. A    weak point is the dissatisfactory power ...  <\/p>\n<p>    A team of three Dutch astronomers from the University of    Amsterdam and Leiden University found a new way to form two    black holes that orbit each other for quite a while and then    merge. Their publication with computer simulations ...  <\/p>\n<p>    Scientists have reconstructed in detail the collapse of the    Eurasian ice sheet at the end of the last ice age. The big melt    wreaked havoc across the European continent, driving home the    original Brexit 10,000 years ago.  <\/p>\n<p>    As NASA's Parker Solar Probe spacecraft begins its first    historic encounter with the sun's corona in late 2018flying    closer to our star than any other mission in historya    revolutionary cooling system will keep its solar ...  <\/p>\n<p>    A diagnostic technique that can detect tiny molecules    signalling the presence of cancer could be on the horizon.  <\/p>\n<p>    Having minority middle school students write a series of    self-affirmation exercises focusing on core values improved the    odds that the students would pursue college tracks in school,    according to Stanford scholars.  <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Read the original here: <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/physics-news\/quantum-physics\/\" title=\"Quantum Physics News - Phys.org - News and Articles on ...\">Quantum Physics News - Phys.org - News and Articles on ...<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Quantum states reveal themselves with measurable 'fingerprint' Researchers working in Singapore and the United States have discovered that all entangled states of two particles have a classical 'fingerprint'. 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