New stability rules distinguish quantum phases of matter that an older method wrongly groups together

Two cartoon characters appear on a screen. One belongs to a group of three, and the other to a group of two. Which character would you rather play with?

Physicists in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford have used a hybrid quantum computer, made up of qubits and quantum oscillators, to observe…

Two cartoon characters appear on a screen. One belongs to a group of three, and the other to a group of two. Which character would you rather play with?

Physicists in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford have used a hybrid quantum computer, made up of qubits and quantum oscillators, to observe…

Seventy-three years ago, Tenzing Norgay stood on top of Everest, known as Chomolungma in Tibetan, which roughly translates as "Goddess Mother of the World. "