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Calculations with 14 quantum bits
— 2 Apr 2011 11:01 | PhysicsThe term entanglement was introduced by the Austrian Nobel laureate Erwin Schroedinger in 1935, and it describes a quantum mechanical phenomenon that while it can clearly be demonstrated…
An icy gaze into the Big Bang
— 19 Mar 2011 14:29 | PhysicsScientists of the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in Innsbruck, Austria, have reached a milestone in the exploration of quantum gas mixtures. In an international…
Quantum simulator becomes accessible to the world
— 24 Feb 2011 18:53 | PhysicsExperimental physicists have put a lot of effort in isolating sensitive measurements from the disruptive influences of the environment. In an international first, Austrian quantum physicists…
International first: Gas-phase carbonic acid isolated
— 11 Jan 2011 17:56 | ChemistryA team of chemists headed by Thomas Loerting from the University of Innsbruck and Hinrich Grothe from the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) in Austria have prepared and isolated…
Climate change: Water reservoir glacier
— 9 Nov 2010 11:55 | EnvironmentGlaciers of large mountain regions contribute, to some extent considerably, to the water supply of certain populated areas. However, in a recent study conducted by Innsbruck glaciologists…
Quantum physics: Flavours of entanglement
— 27 Sep 2010 13:08 | PhysicsThe entanglement of quantum objects can take surprising forms. Quantum physicists at the University of Innsbruck have investigated several flavours of entanglement in four trapped ions…
Flying high with cold quantum matter
— 12 Sep 2010 10:28 | PhysicsIn Pardorama, situated 2600 m above sea level, in Ischgl/Tyrol, European researchers in the field of quantum matter will meet to discuss the newest findings in one of the most exciting…
Pinning atoms into order
— 29 Jul 2010 11:46 | PhysicsIn an international first, physicists of the University of Innsbruck, Austria have experimentally observed a quantum phenomenon, where an arbitrarily weak perturbation causes atoms…
Quantum mechanics not in jeopardy
— 23 Jul 2010 10:23 | PhysicsWhen waves - regardless of whether light or sound - collide, they overlap creating interferences. Austrian and Canadian quantum physicists have now been able to rule out the existence…
Mysterious ball lightning: Illusion or reality?
— 18 May 2010 20:00 | PhysicsBall lightnings are circular light phenomena occurring during thunderstorms and there are a large class of reports by eyewitnesses having experienced such events. Scientists have been…