Stefanie Barz received the LAUDIMAXIMA prize 2011

The prize is awarded to young researchers by the University of Vienna for outstanding scientific work in the fields of natural sciences and mathematics.

One clock with two times: when quantum mechanics meets general relativity

The unification of quantum mechanics and Einstein's general relativity is one of the most exciting and still open questions in modern physics. General relativity, the joint theory of gravity, space and time gives predictions that become clearly…

Quantum Physics at the Ars Electronica Festival 2011

Origin – How it all begins” The Vienna Doctoral Program on Complex Quantum Systems (CoQuS) –cooperation partner to this year's Ars Electronica festival "Origin - how it all begins"– was represented in Linz by students of the Quantum Optics, Quantum…

A new scheme for photonic quantum computing

The concepts of quantum technology promise to achieve more powerful information processing than is possible with even the best possible classical computers. To actually build efficient quantum computers remains a significant challenge in practice. A…

"Von einigen Größen in der kleinen Welt der Quanten"

In der vergangenen Woche publizierten gleich mehrere heimische Quantenphysiker in internationalen Fachjournalen. Kein außergewöhnlicher Fall, wie ein Blick auf die Community zeigt.

Science Magazine reports: Quantum Mechanics Braces for the Ultimate Test

Most accept that the quantum world is a bizarre place, but this has yet to be proved beyond all doubt. Quantum cryptography is now providing the incentive for reality's toughest test.

Best of NJP 2010: "Logical independence and quantum randomness"

The article 'Logical independence and quantum randomness' has been selected to appear in the New Journal of Physics (NJP) ‘Best of 2010’ collection. This collection is a special showcase of papers that have been selected to represent the breadth and…

NewScientist Cover story: Quantum Loopholes

Reality check. Does quantum weirdness really exist, or is it just a cover for something deeper? The cover story of NewScientist reports on experiments run by Anton Zeilinger, Rupert Ursin et.al. that might help to close quantum loopholes... …

Quantensimulation mit Licht: Frustration bei der Paarbildung

Quantensysteme werden als frustriert bezeichnet, wenn konkurrierende Wechselwirkungen nicht gleichzeitig befriedigt werden können. Einem Forschungsteam der Universität Wien und des Instituts für Quantenoptik und Quanteninformation der ÖAW um Philip…

Einsteins spukhafte Fernwirkung besteht ihren bisher strengsten Test

In der aktuellen Ausgabe des renommierten Magazins PNAS berichtet die Quantengruppe rund um Rupert Ursin und Anton Zeilinger darüber, wie experimentell jedwede "verborgene Kommunikation" in der quantenmechanischen Verschränkung ausgeschlossen werden…