Frontiers

MARCH 22, 2022

Dr Gianluca Calcagni obtained his degree in physics in Italy at Padua University and, in 2005, his PhD at Parma University. As a member of the LISA and Einstein Telescope consortia, his research areas are gravitational waves, nonlocal quantum gravity, multifractal spacetimes, cosmologies beyond the standard model, and string theory.

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APRIL 11, 2022

This is why, if you’re on your phone or in your car and you switch off the GPS, your pin might hop to a random nearby street and you think ‘I’m definitely not there’.”. So in 2012, after a year and a half in the job, she left to do a PhD in quantum physics at University College London (UCL). Best of both worlds.

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JULY 10, 2021

And the book does claim to be an attack – with publicity material and a video trailer asking whether Hawking’s true talent was not physics, but self-promotion. One heart-rending story quotes Hawking as saying that, when his children were young, he “missed not being able to play with them physically”. 2021 Basic Books 400pp $30hb.

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JANUARY 12, 2022

The strategic focus on quantum science and engineering in the UK has over the last few years generated a vibrant community of start-up companies that are aiming to build the quantum computers of the future. Since the last in-person event of its kind in 2019, there has been a significant change in the landscape for quantum start-ups.

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Physics World

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Commercializing quantum Chris Erven, chief executive and co-founder of KETS Quantum Security. Courtesy: KETS Quantum Security). Academics, governments and the technology industry are all involved in a global race to build the first usable and scalable quantum computer. Erven also reveals his vision of our quantum future.

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Physics World

JUNE 3, 2021

The collaboration’s research, which combines aspects of two famous physics experiments from the past, reveals that the division of particle spins into two populations – as observed by Otto Stern and Walther Gerlach a century ago – involves pure quantum states. Interferometry advantage.

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Physics World

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The new proposal, which would create a standard based on the quantum anomalous Hall effect instead of the ordinary quantum Hall effect, would considerably simplify the experimental apparatus required to measure a single quantum of resistance. New definition of the kilogram comes into force. An important milestone.

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APRIL 4, 2022

They have provided foundational insights that led to the development of the quantum theory of solids. Courtesy: Google AI Quantum). All laws of physics are invariant with respect to forward or backward flow of time, or the choice of the origin of time for a given equation. Periodic oscillations are another ubiquitous phenomenon.

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MAY 26, 2022

Quantum computers have incredible potential, but world-changing applications are still n years away. For some value of n , everyone in the quantum community agrees with this statement. Today’s quantum computers are noisy, with gate fidelities generally below 99%. Peak quantum hype? Optimists and realists.

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MAY 23, 2021

Physicists in Germany say they have found definitive evidence for the existence of superfluidity in an extremely cold 2D gas of fermions. Macroscopic quantum phenomena such as Bose–Einstein condensation involve large numbers of bosons – particles with integer spin – co-existing in a single quantum state.

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JUNE 15, 2021

Physicists have been pursuing this quest almost continuously since the 1950s when they began building the theoretical edifice known as quantum electrodynamics (QED). The difference between g and 2 is an indication of whether QED is comprehensive enough – or whether there is physics “beyond” it. parts per million in the anomaly ( Phys.

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JANUARY 19, 2022

Interestingly, these concepts are deeply rooted in the physics of vibrations of macroscopic objects such as strings or membranes, and have evolved through the interaction of humans with physical objects. But the interaction of sound waves and other physical phenomena is also an engaging avenue of research ( iScience 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102873

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

Courtesy: Google Quantum AI). Researchers have proposed several physical systems that could host time crystals, including platforms like nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centres and trapped ions. Crystals all the way down: An artistic rendering of a time crystal. Phases of matter.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2022

My interest in physics started as a child after growing up with an older sister who suffered from Rett syndrome. In 2011 I therefore started an undergraduate degree in physics at a university in the UK, hoping afterwards to go into research. So to those of you taking the time to read these maddening lines of text, I appreciate it.

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DECEMBER 2, 2021

When the world’s “first quantum computer” hit the market in 2015, the response was decidedly mixed. But some accused the makers, the quantum-computing company D-Wave Systems from Burnaby in Canada, of hyping the abilities of its machine – which was not even unanimously agreed to be making use of quantum principles at all.

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

Research into quantum technologies has advanced so much over the past decade that the underlying science is rapidly being translated into real-world applications – be it quantum computers, materials or communications systems. Similarly, quantum technology has its own specific ethical challenges and dilemmas.

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OCTOBER 1, 2021

For me, one of the joys of working in physics is that it is a truly global affair. Many university physics departments, for example, have large numbers of people who were born abroad – from students to senior professors. After much deliberation we came up with our own definition, which I admit is not perfect and may raise some hackles.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 14, 2021

Republicans were swift to criticize the plan for its spending levels and broad definition of “infrastructure.” These investments would target those communities most vulnerable physically and financially to climate-driven disasters and would be used to “build back above existing codes and standards.”

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