Quantum optics Research update Single photons to soak up data New technique could lead to super-efficient quantum communication
Semiconductors and electronics Research update Quantum dots count microwave photons Single-photon detector could boost fundamental research and new technologies
Quantum optics Research update Tantalizing evidence for molecular condensation Physicists claim to have made a Bose-Einstein condensate of molecules
Quantum optics Research update Condensates get longer lives Perpetual Bose-Einstein condensates could make 'continuous’ atom lasers Read article: Condensates get longer lives
Quantum optics Research update Photons get the quantum cloning treatment Physicists make good copies of individual quantum systems for the first time
Structure and dynamics Research update Cold atoms carry light pulses Physicists transport and modify trapped light pulses for the first time
Semiconductors and electronics Research update Nuclei put a new spin on quantum computing Electrical technique could allow quantum states of nuclei to store information
Quantum optics Research update Crystal catches light pulses The first solid to trap laser pulses could lead to super-efficient information storage
Quantum optics Research update Single-photon machine gears up A semiconductor device that emits one photon at a time could pave the way for quantum encryption Read article: Single-photon machine gears up
Transport properties Research update Condensate control could lead to ‘atom circuits’ Chips that move clouds of atoms with magnetic fields could be used in quantum computers