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Now, scientists have found a way to achieve high-fidelity quantum teleportation using logical qubits. The study was led by researchers from Quantinuum, a quantum computing company based in Colorado, USA.

Interesting Engineering (IE) spoke to one of the co-authors of the study, David Hayes, Director of Computation Theory and Design at Quantinuum.

“Quantum teleportation is an important technique that allows quantum information to be moved quickly, enabling fast processing in quantum computation. It’s also used as a benchmark for general progress since it requires several complex operations to work together,” Hayes explained to IE.

Extra dimensions—beyond length, width, height—seem like the stuff of science fiction. What would extra dimensions be like? Is time the fourth dimension? Does string theory require ten or eleven dimensions? Could deep reality be so strange? And, anyway, why would we care?

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Lawrence Maxwell Krauss is a Canadian-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist who taught at Arizona State University, Yale University, and Case Western Reserve University. He founded ASU’s Origins Project in 2008 to investigate fundamental questions about the universe and served as the project’s director.

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Once the detection mechanism is refined, the next milestone would be to interface that optical signal with a small experimental crystal. The choice of crystal is not arbitrary. Labs might experiment with rare-earth-ion-doped crystals like praseodymium-doped yttrium silicate, known for their capacity to store quantum information for microseconds to milliseconds, or possibly even seconds, under specialized conditions. At an early stage, the device would not store large swaths of complex data but might capture discrete bursts of neural activity corresponding to short-term memory formation. By demonstrating that these bursts can be reliably “written” into the crystal and subsequently “read” out at a later time, researchers would confirm the fundamental principle behind Hippocampus Sync-Banks: that ephemeral neural codes can be transcribed into a stable external medium.

Of course, storing a fleeting pattern is just one half of the puzzle. To realize the Sync-Bank concept fully, the same pattern must be reintroduced into the brain in a way that the hippocampus recognizes. Here, scientists would leverage neural stimulation techniques. In theory, the crystal would “release” the stored patterns in the form of carefully modulated optical or electrical signals. Specialized interfaces near or within the hippocampus—perhaps using microLED arrays or sophisticated electrode grids—would then convert those signals back into the language of the neurons. If the signals are replayed with the correct timing and intensity, the hippocampus might treat them as though they are its own native memory patterns, thereby reactivating the memory. Experimental validation could involve training an animal to associate a particular stimulus with a reward, capturing the neural trace, and then seeing if artificially stimulating that trace at a later time recalls the memory even in the absence of the original stimulus.

Such experiments would inevitably confront thorny technical issues. Neurons and synapses adapt or “rewire” themselves as learning progresses, and the hippocampus is far from static. Overlapping memory traces often share neurons, meaning that reintroducing one memory trace might partially interfere with or activate another. To address this, scientists would need real-time feedback loops that track how the hippocampus responds to artificial signals. Machine learning algorithms might adjust the reintroduced signal to better fit the updated neural state, ensuring that the stored pattern does not clash with changes in the memory landscape. In other words, a second or third generation of prototypes could incorporate adaptive feedback, not just a one-way feed of recorded data. This type of refinement would be crucial to the user’s experience, because we do not simply recall memories as static snapshots; each time we remember something, our brains incorporate subtle new contexts and associations.

Experiments conducted at Montana State University in collaboration with Columbia University and the Honda Research Institute have resulted in the emission of single photons of light in a new type of quantum material—a feat that could lead to the development of controllable light sources for use in quantum technologies.

A comprehensive article about the breakthrough was published in the journal Nature Communications. It describes ultra small, two-dimensional, ribbon-shaped materials measuring one atom thick and tens of atoms wide—about a thousand times narrower than the width of a human hair.

The nanoribbons were grown by the Honda Research Institute, stretched over specialized surfaces developed by Columbia to stimulate , then manipulated and tested by the MSU team, which analyzed and described the nanoribbons’ characteristics, including their ability to emit single photons.

Researchers at Northwestern have found a way to keep quantum networks functioning despite the inherent instability of quantum links.

By strategically adding links, they demonstrated that networks can be maintained with far fewer new connections than expected, offering a more efficient model for quantum communications.

Quantum Networks and Entangled Photons.

Explore the latest breakthroughs in science! Learn how Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are changing chemical processes and how naked singularities could unlock the secrets of the universe. Discover how these advancements reshape technology and our understanding of physics. Watch now!
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00:00 Introduction.
00:39 Advancements in Molecular Diffusion within Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
03:32 The Enigmatic Nature of Naked Singularities in Cosmology.
07:14 The Intersection of Molecular Diffusion and Cosmological Singularities.
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In a landmark achievement, an international team of researchers has successfully engineered the world’s first ideal Weyl semimetal, a quantum crystal that exhibits exotic electromagnetic properties. This innovative material, synthesized from a topological semiconductor, hosts a single pair of Weyl fermions without any irrelevant electronic states, paving the way for potential applications in terahertz devices, high-performance sensors, and low-power electronics.

The discovery, published in Nature, marks a major milestone in the decade-long pursuit of quantum materials, where researchers have been hindered by the presence of undesired electrons that obscure the unique properties of Weyl fermions. By revisiting a theoretically proposed strategy from 2011, the team has created a semimetal with a vanishing energy gap, enabling it to absorb low-frequency light and unlocking new possibilities for optoelectronics and quantum technology.

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Could you travel back in time through a wormhole? Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate Kip Thorne to reflect on discovering gravitational waves with LIGO, the science in the movie Interstellar, black holes, and many more mysteries still yet to be answered.

Discover the origin story of the movie Interstellar on its 10th anniversary. Kip explains how science, not fiction, shaped the film’s narrative—from the colossal waves on Miller’s planet to the physics behind black hole time dilation. Discover the recipe for how to create a wormhole and how turning on a time machine could cause it to self-destruct. Plus, learn about the Casimir effect, exotic particles, and how LIGO manipulated vacuum fluctuations to bypass the uncertainty principle.

Neil and Kip dig into the origins of gravitational wave detection, tracing its roots to Joe Weber’s early experiments and Ray Weiss’s unpublished paper. Kip reflects on the decades of work required to make LIGO a success, the challenges of measuring distortions a fraction of a proton’s width, and the historic detection of gravitational waves in 2016 that confirmed Einstein’s predictions.

Why don’t quantum physics and the theory of relativity mix? We discuss the mysteries of quantum gravity, the paradox of black hole information loss, and Kip’s legendary bet with Stephen Hawking and John Preskell. Kip explains why backward time travel may be possible, Hawking Radiation, and theories for why information can be lost. As they explore the intersection of science and art, Kip discusses his passion for storytelling and some of his future projects, from his poetry-art collaborations to documenting the history of LIGO.

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