QUROPE Quantum Information Processing and Communication in Europe

Author(s): Emanuele Dalla Torre and Eran Sela

An electrical circuit simulates a quantum phase transition induced by the presence of an impurity in a one-dimensional conductor.

[Physics 11, 94] Published Wed Sep 19, 2018

A knotted loop of metal beads—mimicking a knotted molecule—organizes into a flat horizontal ring when drifting down through a viscous fluid.

[Physics] Published Tue Sep 18, 2018

Author(s): Howard E. Haber

Two CERN experiments have observed the most probable decay channel of the Higgs boson—a milestone in the pursuit to confirm whether this remarkable particle behaves as physicists expect.

[Physics 11, 91] Published Mon Sep 17, 2018

Author(s): Philip Ball

Nearly half of middle school students in a Norwegian study thought that planets are bigger than stars, even after astronomy instruction.

[Physics 11, 93] Published Fri Sep 14, 2018

Physicists gathered in the West Bank to discuss research trends, as well as ways to boost scientific collaboration in the region.

[Physics 11, 92] Published Thu Sep 13, 2018

Photoemission experiments challenge the long-held belief that the high-temperature superconductivity of certain bismuth oxides is of the unconventional type.

[Physics] Published Thu Sep 13, 2018

Author(s): Daniel Whiteson

A proposed machine-learning approach could speed up the analysis that underlies searches for new particles in high-energy collisions.

[Physics 11, 90] Published Wed Sep 12, 2018

A series of electric and magnetic pulses applied to an atom could cause one of its electrons to behave as if “bonded” to an empty point in space.

[Physics] Published Wed Sep 12, 2018

Ghost imaging—a sensitive imaging technique previously demonstrated with visible and x-ray light—has been extended to electrons.

[Physics] Published Tue Sep 11, 2018

Author(s): Emanuela Del Gado

Theorists are coming closer to a comprehensive description of the mechanics of solids with an amorphous structure, such as glass, cement, and compacted sand.

[Physics 11, 88] Published Mon Sep 10, 2018

Author(s): Mark Buchanan

A new structure concentrates water wave motion and could lead to improved techniques for harvesting this renewable energy resource.

[Physics 11, 89] Published Fri Sep 07, 2018

Using a nanowire with controllable width, researchers have created a type of Wigner crystal in which electrons form an ordered zigzag pattern.

[Physics] Published Thu Sep 06, 2018

An optical design called Maxwell’s fish eye lens could produce quantum entanglement between atoms separated by an arbitrary distance, new calculations show.

[Physics] Published Wed Sep 05, 2018

Temperatures on Earth’s surface exhibit “pink noise”—a finding that could explain the global warming hiatus in the first decade of this century.

[Physics] Published Tue Sep 04, 2018

Author(s): Jérôme Faure

By crossing an electron beam with a terahertz light pulse, researchers are able to generate a tilted electron bunch, which could provide improved temporal resolution to electron microscopy.

[Physics 11, 87] Published Wed Aug 29, 2018

Author(s): Anže Slosar

Analyzing its first year of data, the Dark Energy Survey has demonstrated that weak lensing can probe cosmological parameters with a precision comparable to cosmic microwave background observations.

[Physics 11, 85] Published Mon Aug 27, 2018

Author(s): David Ehrenstein

An improved imaging system for electrons confined to two dimensions allows the intrinsic properties of the 2D structure to be separated from the effects of the probe.

[Physics 11, 86] Published Fri Aug 24, 2018

Author(s): Balázs Dóra

Theoretical models of twisted graphene bilayers explain a recently detected superconducting phase, which might harbor topological states that are desired for quantum computing.

[Physics 11, 84] Published Thu Aug 23, 2018

Researchers demonstrate a method for ultracold cooling and imaging of a dense cloud of molecules.

[Physics] Published Thu Aug 23, 2018

Experiments provide evidence of 3D Dirac plasmons in a bulk material—quasiparticles that could enable novel electronic nanodevices.

[Physics] Published Wed Aug 22, 2018