Technological devices are getting ever smaller, but as they approach the scale at which quantum physics matters, our understanding of how they interact with their environment evaporates. James Millen ...

A thermal transistor representing noise from baths and the fluctuating energy flows due to continuous monitoring of baths. Credit: Physical Review B (2023). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.108.235421 ...

A new leap in quantum technology is changing how scientists keep qubits—quantum computing’s building blocks—ready for work. Researchers have created a tiny refrigerator that can cool qubits to lower ...

Almost exactly 200 years ago, French physicist Sadi Carnot determined the maximum efficiency of heat engines. The Carnot ...

The new quantum refrigerator – the square object in the centre of the qubit in the image – is based on superconducting circuits and powered by heat from the environment. It can autonomously cool ...

PsiQuantum Inc., a well-funded quantum computing startup, said today it has raised $1 billion in late-stage funding to accelerate its efforts to build a large-scale, reliable quantum computer with ...

For two centuries, students have learned that heat flows and engines work according to rigid limits that no machine can beat.

Quantum Machines Ltd., a startup that supplies equipment for quantum computer developers, has raised $170 million in fresh funding. Announced today, the Series C investment was led by PSG Equity with ...

Researchers are actively engaged in the dynamic manipulation of quantum systems and materials to realize significant energy management and conservation breakthroughs. This endeavor has catalyzed the ...