Quantum

Scientists working at the University of Chicago and the Argonne National Laboratory claim to have entangled atomic nuclei at room temperature on a semiconductor chip, using the application of relatively small magnetic fields.

Before the Gregorian calendar keels over into 2016, let's take a wander through some of the year's most significant, salutary and attention grabbing examples of scientific achievement, technological innovation and human endeavor. ​

By altering the quantum interactions of the electrons in the atoms of a metal's atoms, scientists from the University of Leeds have generated magnetism in metals that aren’t normally magnetic. This move could one day reduce our reliance on rare or toxic metals in a range of fields,

IBM scientists have unveiled two crucial advances toward the creation of a practical quantum computer: an effective way to detect and correct quantum errors, and the design of a silicon chip that can scale up to house a large number of entangled quantum bits.

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have created a graphene-clad nanoscale biomicrorobot that promises to lay the foundations for future generations of bio-derived nanobots, biomicrorobotic-mechanisms, and micromechanical automatons for a wide range of applications.

With properties that seemingly defy normal physics, Helium-4 superfluid has long defied practical demonstrations of its theorized quasiparticle structure. Now physicists claim to have synthesized this structure in a laser latticed, super-cold superfluid by giving the whole thing a good shake.

A new micro-ring resonator has been developed that is claimed to produce copious numbers of entangled photons using miniscule amounts of energy and can fit onto an ordinary silicon chip. This advance promises to bring quantum computing, communication, and cryptography closer to a practical reality.

As can be expected from TV manufacturers across the board, LG has announced that it will unveil a new 4K UHD TV at CES 2015. What makes this (as yet nameless) model interesting is the fact that it will make use of quantum dot technology. In short, that means brighter, more colorful viewing.

Quantum technologies are becoming increasingly difficult to advance without memories able to appropriately store atomic-spin information. To help address this problem, scientists from the University of Warsaw claim to have developed a laser-driven atomic memory.

Physicists at the University of Geneva claim to have succeeded in passing information from light into matter using the teleportation of a photon via optical fiber cable to a receiving crystal located over 25 km (15 m) away

Scientists at Princeton University have developed a quantum system that locks individual photons together in such a way that they behave like a solid or liquid. The research impacts on our understandings of quantum mechanics, and it may lead to the creation of room-temperature superconductors.

A new device is set to make unbreakable, quantum-based cryptographic security available for everyone for the very first time. To do this, the device incorporates the quantum mechanics of random photon polarization to generate random numbers and create cryptographic keys.