Tag: atoms

  • Science & Tech

    Researchers create quantum calculator

    Researchers have developed a special type of quantum computer, known as a quantum simulator, that is programmed by capturing super-cooled rubidium atoms with lasers and arranging them in a specific order, then allowing quantum mechanics to do the necessary calculations.

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  • Science & Tech

    Curves alter crystallization, study finds

    A new study has uncovered a previously unseen phenomenon — that curved surfaces can dramatically alter the shape of crystals as they form.

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  • Science & Tech

    Elegant entanglement

    Harvard scientists have taken a critical step toward building a quantum computer — a device that could someday harness subatomic particles such as electrons to perform calculations far faster than the most powerful supercomputers.

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  • Campus & Community

    Three named MacArthur Fellows

    Three Harvard faculty members — Roland Fryer Jr., Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics; Markus Greiner, associate professor of physics; and Matthew K. Nock, professor of psychology — are among the recipients of this year’s MacArthur Foundation fellowships, also know as “genius” grants.

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  • Science & Tech

    Learning from toys

    Using magnetic toys as inspiration, researchers tease out structures that echo self-assembled clusters of atoms and molecules.

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  • Science & Tech

    Prof. Lene Hau: Light matters

    In 2007, Professor Hau expanded upon her ’05 light-stopping breakthrough by transforming light into matter, and then back again.

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  • Science & Tech

    Prof. Lene Hau: Stopping light cold

    In 2005, Professor Lene Hau did something that Einstein theorized was impossible. Hau stopped light cold using atoms and lasers in her Harvard lab.

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