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    (Photo credit: LightSolver)
    Ruti Ben-Shlomi, CEO and cofounder of LightSolver.
    Ruti Ben-Shlomi, CEO and cofounder of LightSolver, a startup that developed a quantum-inspired laser-based processing unit, talks to us about their disruptive computing paradigm...
    May 31, 2024
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    Now is the time to invest in quantum technologies.
    May 30, 2024
    (Reproduced from J. Hu et al., Sci. Adv., 10, 12 [Mar. 20, 2024]; https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adk6369. Distributed under CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
    FIGURE 1. Electrical control matters for scaling.
    Researchers unveil a method to create electrically defined quantum dots on two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors, a milestone in exciton-related research that opens new avenues ...
    May 28, 2024
    (Image credit: Can Knaut via OpenStreetMap)
    The team’s two-node quantum network is a 35-km loop that runs through Cambridge, Somerville, Watertown, and Boston, Massachusetts.
    In this Q&A, Harvard University’s Can Knaut, a doctoral researcher working with Mikhail Lukin, a professor of physics, shares details about their team’s recent demo sending information...
    May 21, 2024
    (Photo credit: Besim Mazhiqi, PHoQS, Paderborn University)
    Maximillian Protte working on the group’s setup.
    Researchers develop a technique to measure the quantum mechanical properties of electromagnetic fields at the single-photon level.
    May 6, 2024
    (Image credit: Stefano Bonetti)
    Close-up of part of the experimental setup, where strong terahertz radiation is generated and steered.
    Researchers discover a large class of materials can be made magnetic via laser light—at room temperature—and it opens a new pathway to designing materials with light.
    May 1, 2024