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The concepts of a quantum vacuum and quantum vacuum fluctuations are still not accepted by everyone. However, a group of researchers including Christopher Wilson of the Institute for Quantum Computing have found further evidence that the two concepts are a reality. Through experiments conducted at Chalmers University of Technology, the researchers were able to probe the quantum vacuum fluctuations and not only measure their strength, but also map out their shape them.

An experiment by a team of researchers led from the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) shows, for the first time, that a wave property of neutrons, Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM), can be controlled.

This newfound control of neutron OAM states means that researchers can now use neutron OAM beams to see inside materials that optical, x-ray or electron OAM beams can’t penetrate.

This control can help measure the magnetism, for example, in magnetic materials, as well as deeper probes of superconducting and chiral materials.

Scientific American, Nature, and Tor Books announce the launch of the 2015 Quantum Shorts competition. The contest encourages readers to create quantum-themed “flash fiction”: a short story of no more than 1,000 words that is inspired by quantum physics.

Researchers develop first source of on-demand time-bin entangled photon pairs using quantum dot

Researchers show that classical observations of quantum systems are a fundamental part of quantum mechanics – no assumptions necessary.

William Slofstra returns to the University of Waterloo campus where he completed his BMath in the Departments of Pure Mathematics and Combinatorics & Optimization.

FQXi announced this morning that Canada Research Chair in Optical Quantum Technologies, Kevin Resch and IQC Affiliate Robert Spekkens will be awarded nearly $100,000 over two years to experimentally test quantum causal relations.

As Vern Paulsen joins the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) and the Department of Pure Mathematics as Professor, the Institute for Quantum Computing now collaborates with a seventh department at the University of Waterloo.

A former QCSYS student was awarded the CAP Physics Prize and Excellence Award – Senior Silver Medal at the Canada-Wide Science Fair 2015 in Fredericton, New Brunswick for a project that he did with IQC researchers.