Quantum optics Research update ‘Boson sampling’ offers shortcut to quantum computing Optical device could outstrip classical computers Read article: ‘Boson sampling’ offers shortcut to quantum computing
Telescopes and space missions News Our favourite pictures of 2012 From bio-engineered jellyfish and levitating drops to lunar landscapes Read article: Our favourite pictures of 2012
Quantum optics Research update Table-top test targets quantum foam Single photons could shed light on quantum gravity Read article: Table-top test targets quantum foam
Quantum optics Research update Toshiba sends quantum keys long distances on busy fibres Precise timing makes quantum communications possible on ordinary telecom networks Read article: Toshiba sends quantum keys long distances on busy fibres
Transport properties Research update Quantum dots entangled with single photons Breakthrough could boost quantum communication Read article: Quantum dots entangled with single photons
Quantum optics Video The world’s quietest building – a video tour Physics World visits the Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information in Bristol Read article: The world’s quietest building – a video tour
Quantum optics Research update Spooky action with twisted beams New research brings macroscopic entanglement a step closer Read article: Spooky action with twisted beams
Quantum optics Research update Physicists entangle 100,000 photons Squeezed-vacuum states could boost quantum cryptography Read article: Physicists entangle 100,000 photons
Quantum optics Research update Does noise improve a bird’s spin-based compass? More insights into how birds use quantum mechanics to navigate Read article: Does noise improve a bird’s spin-based compass?
Quantum optics Research update Frog photoreceptor counts photons Rod cells show promise for quantum optics Read article: Frog photoreceptor counts photons