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13 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: September 14, 2026.
A photon emitted by a qubit is loud at first and fades like a struck bell, which is exactly the wrong shape for the next qubit to absorb. Engineering the waveguide's dispersion reverses the pulse and pushes the absorption probability to 100% in theory.
Light passing through rubidium gas emerged earlier than it entered, by a measurable amount. A second, completely independent measurement of the atoms themselves gave the same negative number.
The breakthrough quantum system operates without extreme cooling by using twisted photons to entangle light and electrons, potentially enabling smaller and cheaper quantum technologies.
A Max Planck and University of Ottawa team violated Bell's inequality and reconstructed a hidden image using only sunlight focused on a nonlinear crystal — overturning a textbook assumption about coherence and quantum optics.
Japanese researchers develop revolutionary method to identify complex quantum entangled states in single measurements, advancing quantum computing and teleportation.
International team achieves first-ever quantum teleportation between separate quantum dots, marking crucial milestone toward quantum internet development.
Scientists achieve quantum teleportation between separate devices over open-air link, marking crucial step toward practical quantum internet.
International research team achieves first-ever quantum teleportation between separate quantum dots over open-air link, marking key step toward quantum internet.
International team successfully teleports polarization state across open-air link in breakthrough for quantum communication networks. Achievement marks crucial step toward quantum internet.
Breakthrough demonstrates photon state transfer between independent quantum dots, marking crucial step toward quantum internet infrastructure.
Photons drifting sideways in quantized steps through engineered optical resonator arrays have reproduced one of physics' most celebrated phenomena, opening new pathways in topological photonics and quantum computing.
An international team achieved what once seemed impossible: photons drifting sideways in perfectly defined, quantized steps just like electrons in the quantum Hall effect — a potential new gold standard for precision measurement.
Researchers in South Africa and China found that entangled photons carry over 17,000 distinct topological signatures across 48 dimensions — a free resource sitting in standard quantum optics setups.