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From left to right: Prof. Hugues de Riedmatten, Alberto Rodríguez Moldes and Jonathan Hänni at their lab at ICFO. Credit: ICFO. We are continuously sending information to each other, transmitting zeros and ones through a giant network of connected computers and devices. Scientists are now trying to extend this familiar concept of the internet to the quantum realm, looking for an efficient way to exchange quantum rather than classical information, qubits instead of bits. The m

Overview of the workflow for constructing the theoretical twistable material database. It begins with the 2D topological material database. A filtering score is then applied to identify materials that are theoretically twistable, yielding a curated database of thousands of candidates. These candidates are subsequently classified based on their Bravais lattice, valley splitting, and spin splitting for detailed study. Credit: Image courtesy of Hanqi Pi, DIPC Twistronics has bec

Overview of the workflow for constructing the theoretical twistable material database. It begins with the 2D topological material database. A filtering score is then applied to identify materials that are theoretically twistable, yielding a curated database of thousands of candidates. These candidates are subsequently classified based on their Bravais lattice, valley splitting, and spin splitting for detailed study. Twistronics has become a new alchemy of materials. By choosi

image: Researchers have observed string-breaking dynamics on a quantum simulator that could help probe questions related to the Big Bang. This is an artistic rendering of string-breaking. Credit: Emily Edwards, Duke University A research team led by faculty at the Duke Quantum Center (DQC) has observed string-breaking dynamics related to particle-antiparticle formation on a quantum simulator, one of the first in the quantum-physics field. This approach, described in the journ

Fig.1 Device illustration. Conceptual illustration of an integrated quantum photonic circuit in which diamond nanobeams containing quantum emitters and spins are embedded within integrated photonic devices. Credit: Shuo Sun et al. Quantum photonic chips could one day help power quantum networks and quantum computers, but building them has faced a stubborn materials problem. The best materials for hosting quantum emitters are often not the same materials that are best for maki

An international research partnership uniting leading institutions from Germany, Korea and Switzerland to advance the frontiers of quantum spintronics KOMQUEST launch: The Max Planck-Korea-PSI Center for Quantum Emergent Spintronics (KOMQUEST) is an international research center dedicated to the development of new technologies in quantum spintronics, founded by leading institutes from Germany, Korea and Switzerland. Key research areas: KOMQUEST focuses on superconducting, chi