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Caltech-led team confirms quantum theory predictions for the first time

An international team of physicists has used a quantum simulator to directly observe energy spectra predicted by conformal field theory for the first time, confirming decades-old theoretical predictions about how quantum systems behave at critical points between order and disorder.…

Caltech-Google study finds low clouds accelerate warming

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology and Google Alphabet Inc. have published findings showing that low-level clouds over the tropical Pacific are thinning in response to rising carbon dioxide concentrations and warming sea surface temperatures, creating a feedback loop…

Scientists create cold radioactive molecules for first time

For the first time, researchers have created chilled molecules containing the radioactive element radium, bringing them into a state suitable for laser-based quantum precision measurements. The achievement, published in the journal Science on July 16, opens a new path for…

Quantum startup Oratomic emerges with $300M to build fault-tolerant computer

Oratomic, a Pasadena-based neutral-atom quantum computing startup, has emerged from stealth with $300 million in Series A funding and a bold claim: a useful, fault-tolerant quantum computer could be operational by the end of the decade.