Batteries could charge up by relying on a quantum effect known as indefinite causal order, whereby the laws of cause and effect are scrambled and power can move through the system quicker. When you ...

In physics, the classical "Hall effect," discovered in the late 19th century, describes how a transverse voltage is generated ...

Scientists have pulled off a feat long considered out of reach: getting light to mimic the famous quantum Hall effect. In ...

New evidence suggests a rare triplet superconductor may help quantum computers stay in sync by preserving electron spin ...

A research team has developed a new technique to rapidly and accurately determine the charge state of electrons confined in semiconductor quantum dots -- fundamental components of quantum computing ...

Trapped ion quantum computing represents one of the most promising approaches to realising scalable quantum processors. By confining electrically charged atoms using electromagnetic fields, ...

In many quantum materials—materials with unusual electrical and magnetic properties driven by quantum mechanical effects—electrons can organize themselves into Landau levels. Landau levels are ...

Researchers developed a fast, accurate method using Bayesian inference to identify electron charge states in quantum dots for quantum computing applications. (Nanowerk News) A research team at Tohoku ...