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Researchers at the University of Oxford say they've achieved quantum teleportation using a powerful quantum supercomputer.
Quantum Physics

Oxford Scientists Say They’ve Achieved Quantum Teleportation

By Victor Tangermann

We now have a new idea of what photons look like from a model that predicts how these particles of light interact with their environment.
Quantum Physics

Scientists Say They’ve Discovered the Shape of Individual Photons

By Frank Landymore

Researchers have built a quantum gate incorporating qudits as opposed to qubits — and it could help usher in the era of quantum computing.
Quantum Physics

Forget Qubits — Scientists Just Built a Quantum Gate With Qudits

By Kristin Houser

The Tibet Air Shower Array has detected extremely high-energy photons from the Crab Nebula, which is some 6,500 light-years away from Earth.
Energy

Crab Nebula Has Hit Earth with Highest-Energy Light Ever Recorded

By Kristin Houser

Researchers believe the strange behavior of galaxies could be caused by the combined mass of untold zillions of photons and not dark matter.
Physics

New Theory: Mass of Photons Could Explain Effects of Dark Matter

By Jon Christian

Physicists Have Made the Second-Ever Observation of Interacting Photons
Physics

Physicists Have Made the Second-Ever Observation of Interacting Photons

By Chelsea Gohd

How Einstein’s “Spooky Action” Could Help Secure Quantum Networks
Physics

How Einstein’s “Spooky Action” Could Help Secure Quantum Networks

By Chelsea Gohd

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Future Society

“Twisted Light” Could Create an Ultra-Fast Internet and Make Fiber Optics Obsolete

By Dom Galeon

New Microchips Convert Data Stored as Light Waves into Sound Waves
Science & Energy

New Microchips Convert Data Stored as Light Waves into Sound Waves

By Kyree Leary

A New Computer Chip Can Store Quantum Information in the Form of Light
Quantum Computing

A New Computer Chip Can Store Quantum Information in the Form of Light

By Kyree Leary

Researchers Develop New Method of Tracking Endoscopes Inside the Body
Health & Medicine

Researchers Develop New Method of Tracking Endoscopes Inside the Body

By Brad Jones

Physicists Have Made Exotic Quantum States From Light
Quantum Physics

Physicists Have Made Exotic Quantum States From Light

By Kyree Leary

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Quantum Physics

Scientists Just Created a Key Component For a Quantum Internet

By Jelor Gallego

A New Quantum Age: Scientists Now Have a Reliable Way to Create Single Photons
Physics

A New Quantum Age: Scientists Now Have a Reliable Way to Create Single Photons

By Jelor Gallego

Putting Light in a Box: Haroche and His Nobel Prize Winning Idea
From Quarks to Quasars

Putting Light in a Box: Haroche and His Nobel Prize Winning Idea

By Dom Galeon

Twisting Light: New Measurements Could Revolutionize How We Use Light
Evolution

Twisting Light: New Measurements Could Revolutionize How We Use Light

By Dom Galeon