An international team of physicists has uncovered a subtle but important twist in how “memory” works in quantum systems.

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An international group of researchers have investigated the role of memory in quantum systems and dynamics. Their findings ...

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Preserving quantum information is key to developing useful quantum computing systems. But interacting quantum systems are chaotic and follow laws of thermodynamics, eventually leading to information ...

Quantum computing has been in the works for several years now, with one generation of quantum computer after another surpassing its predecessors. Such technology promises to enable people to solve ...

Physicists have coaxed particles of light into undergoing opposite transformations simultaneously, like a human turning into a werewolf as the werewolf turns into a human. In carefully engineered ...

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Time feels steady and familiar in daily life, but at the quantum level it becomes slippery. That puzzle now has a fresh twist thanks to new research led by physicists at École Polytechnique Fédérale ...