Devices that can confine individual electrons are potential building blocks for quantum information systems. But the electrons must be protected from external disturbances. RIKEN researchers have now ...

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RIT and the University of Rochester to receive $2 million in federal funding to advance quantum communication network.

Scientists test Einstein’s quantum challenge with one atom, directly measuring when photon paths erase interference stripes.

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Scientists in Germany's Max Planck Institute (MPI) showed that metal surfaces can reshape what atomic motion looks like at ...

Precise measurements show that future quantum computers may need to correct for errors caused by interference between neighboring quantum dots.