Ultracold matter Research update Quantum-limited heat conduction smashes long-distance record Ultra-efficient heat transfer could keep quantum computers cool Read article: Quantum-limited heat conduction smashes long-distance record
Quantum optics Research update Double quantum-teleportation milestone is Physics World 2015 Breakthrough of the Year Jian-Wei Pan and Chaoyang Lu of the University of Science and Technology of China bag this year's award Read article: Double quantum-teleportation milestone is Physics World 2015 Breakthrough of the Year
Ultrafast science Research update Physicists entangle qubits in a semiconductor at room temperature In addition to quantum-computing applications, the system could be used as an in vivo biological sensor Read article: Physicists entangle qubits in a semiconductor at room temperature
Transport properties Research update Quantum fingerprint is impossible to replicate Manufacturing shortcoming is turned into a security opportunity Read article: Quantum fingerprint is impossible to replicate
Quantum mechanics Research update Revealing the hidden connection between pi and Bohr’s hydrogen model Pre-Newtonian derivation of pi found while calculating hydrogen atom's energy levels Read article: Revealing the hidden connection between pi and Bohr’s hydrogen model
Quantum optics Video What is Shor’s factoring algorithm? Peter Shor introduces his eponymous mathematical concept Read article: What is Shor’s factoring algorithm?
Soft matter and liquids Research update Could ‘Schrödinger’s bacterium’ be placed in a quantum superposition? Physicists explain how to bring a famous thought experiment to life Read article: Could ‘Schrödinger’s bacterium’ be placed in a quantum superposition?
Transport properties Research update World’s thinnest diffraction gratings made from graphene Ultrathin nano-gratings produce high-contrast interference patterns of massive molecules Read article: World’s thinnest diffraction gratings made from graphene
Ultrafast science Research update Single photons see the light Photon–photon interactions pave the way to all-optical quantum computers Read article: Single photons see the light
Quantum mechanics News Joint quantum-computing venture is a first for China Online retail giant Alibaba and the Chinese Academy of Sciences open lab in Shanghai Read article: Joint quantum-computing venture is a first for China
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