Researchers in the US and Canada have detected an effect known as quantum Barkhausen noise for the first time. The effect, which comes about...

Purpose-Led Publishing is a coalition of three not-for-profit scientific publishers: IOP Publishing, AIP Publishing and the American Physical Society. The coalition launched earlier...

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A nuclear clock based on thorium-229 is one step closer now that researchers in Germany and Austria have shown that they can put nuclei...

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By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry posted 17 Apr 2024 Quantum News Briefs: April 17, 2024:  Rigetti and Oxford Instruments Announce the...

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Kuopio University Hospital (KUH) in Finland is using tangential VMAT to treat breast-cancer patients and, by extension, decrease the rate of disease recurrence and...

From building hybrid architectures to tackling complex fundamental questions, quantum physicist Mauro Paternostro outlines the vast potential on offer from the quantum technology landscape <a...

Researchers at the Dutch quantum institute QuTech in Delft have announced plans to build Europe’s first 100-quantum bit (qubit) quantum computer. When complete in...

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