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Mathematical graphs, which capture the connections between abstract nodes, are being used in a new way to represent and study quantum error correcting codes. (Credit: A. Kollár/JQI)

Graphs May Prove Key in Search for Holy Grail of Quantum Error Correction

24 Oct 22

UMD Astronomers on Team Selected by NASA for Moon Exploration Mission

22 Jun 22

Current quantum computers, utilizing technologies like the trapped ion device on the left, are beginning to tackle problems theoretical physicists care about, like simulating particle physics models. More than 60 years ago, the physicist Julian Schwinger laid the foundation for describing the relativistic and quantum mechanical behaviors of subatomic particles and the forces among them, and now his namesake model is serving as an early challenge for quantum computers.

Quantum Computers Are Starting to Simulate the World of Subatomic Particles

24 May 22

A curved and stretched sheet of graphene laying over another curved sheet creates a new pattern that impacts how electricity moves through the sheets. A new model suggests that similar physics might emerge if two adjacent universes are able to interact. (Credit: Alireza Parhizkar, JQI)

Bilayer Graphene Inspires Two-Universe Cosmological Model

05 May 22

Nicole Yunger Halpern Ponders Quantum Mechanics, Thermodynamics, and Everything Else

23 Mar 22

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