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Mistakes happen. Especially when it comes to the replication of vast sequences of DNA inside our cells. It's a good thing too. If not for the errors in our genes we refer to as mutations, natural selection would be a no-go, and life would be dead in the water.  As crucial as mutations are to everything from disease to biodiversity, we know shockingly little about the physics of the process.Findings from the University of Surrey in the UK have revived speculations that a primary trigger behind the chemical sleight-of-hand…

Scientists report the formation of matter-wave polaritons in an optical lattice, an experimental discovery that enables studies of a central quantum science and technology paradigm through direct quantum simulation using ultracold atoms.Discovery of Matter-Wave Polaritons Sheds New Light on Photonic Quantum TechnologiesResearch published in the journal Nature Physics provides a novel platform for the ‘second quantum revolution.’The development of experimental platforms that advance the field of quantum science and…

Visual representation of how quantum computing will improve Hyundai Motor's future mobility systemsNew Delhi: Hyundai Motor Company and IonQ, a quantum computing company have today announced a new project designed to apply quantum machine learning to image classification and 3D object detection for future mobilities.With this collaboration, IonQ and Hyundai will improve computational functionality through more efficient machine learning on quantum computers, as they can process enormous amounts of data faster and more…

DNA is known to mutate regularly, for better or worse, driving both evolution and disease. Researchers at the University of Surrey have now found evidence that some of these spontaneous mutations could be caused by the spooky realm of quantum mechanics.DNA gets its famous double helix shape from molecules called bases that pair up through hydrogen bonds. These bases, denoted by the letters A,C, T and G, usually follow strict rules about how they link up – A bonds to T and C bonds to G. But sometimes these hydrogen bonds…

One of the ways we can fully realize the potential of quantum computers is by basing them on both light and matter – this way, information can be stored and processed, but also travel at the speed of light.  Scientists have just taken a step closer to this goal, by successfully producing the largest hybrid particles of light and matter ever created.These quasiparticles, known as Rydberg polaritons, were made with the help of a piece of stone containing cuprous oxide (Cu2O) crystals from an ancient deposit in Namibia, one…

Does time exist? The answer to this question may seem obvious: Of course it does! Just look at a calendar or a clock.But developments in physics suggest the non-existence of time is an open possibility, and one that we should take seriously.  How can that be, and what would it mean? It'll take a little while to explain, but don't worry: Even if time doesn't exist, our lives will go on as usual.A crisis in physicsPhysics is in crisis. For the past century or so, we have explained the Universe with two wildly successful…

The U.S. is looking to accelerate its quantum computing and post-quantum security push as it works to remain resilient in the face of the breakneck speed of research in the field. President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed two directives relating to the quantum push - an Executive Order creating the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee, as well as a memorandum. Both aim to outline the U.S. priorities' in quantum computing leadership and the hardening of its information systems against quantum-based attacks on its…

A new qubit platform: Electrons from a heated light filament (top) land on solid neon (red block), where a single electron (represented as a wave function in blue) is trapped and manipulated by a superconducting quantum circuit (bottom patterned chip). Credit: Courtesy of Dafei Jin/Argonne National LaboratoryA new qubit platform could transform quantum information science and technology.You are no doubt viewing this article on a digital device whose basic unit of information is the bit, either 0 or 1. Scientists around…

Using sophisticated computer modeling, a team of physicists and chemists has shown that errors in DNA replication can arise due to the strange rules of the quantum world.The molecules of life, <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>DNA</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is a molecule composed of two long strands of nucleotides that coil around each other to form a double helix. It is the…