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Quantum diamond sensor used to measure neuron activity in mouse tissue

12 September 2022

The activity of neurons has been measured in a slice of mouse tissue using a quantum diamond sensor – and it might one day enable a new type of non-invasive brain scanning

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Can we build a quantum clock that is entirely quantum?

5 August 2022

Quantum clocks are normally controlled by a classical control system, but to build things like tiny quantum drones that fly around delivering molecules we'll need a fully quantum approach

This image may not be used in educational posters Double-slit experiment Computer illustration showing a plane wave (bottom right) passing through a gap in a screen, and the resultant circular wave then passing through a screen with two gaps. The gaps act as new wave sources and the wavefronts bend to create two sets of circular waves radiating outwards. These two new waves create an interference pattern as they interact. At the point where a wave peak from one hits a wave peak from another, or a trough hits a trough, they reinforce each other; their magnitudes are summed. This is known as constructive interference. Where a trough hits a peak or vice versa and they cancel each other out. This is known as destructive interference.

Can particles really be in two places at the same time?

11 July 2022

When talking about quantum physics, people will often nonchalantly say that particles can be in two places at once. Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder explores what is actually going on

SALISBURY, ENGLAND - Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank during a training exercise on Salisbury Plain Training Area in Salisbury, England. 5 RIFLES Battlegroup prepares for deployment on Op CABRIT in Estonia as part of the NATO enhanced Forward Presence later this year. 5 RIFLES Battlegroup is trialing a new concept of training or Operational Readiness Model (ORM) on behalf of The Field Army to ensure they are mission ready. Additionally, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, training methods have been adjusted with innovative measures introduced to ensure that training isn't compromised and expectations and operational outputs lowered. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

UK military investigating quantum computers for battlefield tanks

10 June 2022

The UK's Ministry of Defence has bought a quantum computer that doesn't require bulky cooling equipment, meaning it could one day be installed on military hardware such as tanks

Strange state of matter made into a pancake-shape for first time

14 May 2022

A supersolid is an exotic state of matter that behaves like both a solid and a fluid. It was first predicted 60 years ago, but has only recently been created in the lab

Planet-sized telescopes could be possible using quantum technique

2 May 2022

Huge networks of interconnected telescopes may run into image-sharpening problems that classical physics can't handle. Accounting for the quantum properties of starlight could allow astronomers to get past these constraints

Quantum encryption could stop scammers from faking their locations

28 April 2022

A technique that uses quantum computers to verify a device's location can only be hacked with a quantum machine thousands of times larger than those currently in existence