The best quantum thermometer hits the press

Our paper on quantum thermometry published in Physical Review Letters, jointly with the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, was highlighted in the following news outlets (June 2015):

1. APS Physics Focus: Recipe for a Quantum Thermometer
2. University of Nottingham News
3. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona News 
4. Nottingham Post
5. La Vanguardia
6. Ansa.it
7. Physics World
8. Phys.Org
9. Nanowerk
10. Nanotechnology Now
11. Engineering & Technology Magazine
12. Tech Times
13. CrazyEngineers
14. ScienceBlog
15. Science Daily
16. Science 2.0
17. Science Recorder
18. EurekAlert
19. Sputnik International
20. Benchmark Reporter
21. The Statesman
22. Speakezee
23. The Times of India
24. Delhi Daily News
25. Xinhua News
26. Uncover California
27. Northern Californian
28. American LiveWire
29. Yibada
30. AlphaGalileo
31. Europa Press Ciencia+
32. Tecnonews
33. Gizmodo
34. El Comercio
35. El Correo
36. InfoNews
37. Diario La Provincia
38. UnoCero
39. Corriere.it
40. Tiscali
41. Virgilio
42. Ecoseven
43. InMeteo
44. Impronta unika
45. Cosmico
46. AstroPT
47. …

Quantum control: How weird do you want it?

The 13 September 2014 issue of New Scientist includes a feature article by Michael Brooks on quantum discord, covering its history and our recent progresses at Nottingham on its applications for quantum technologies. 

Full article:  Download here (PDF)

Accompanying video:  Youtube

Physicists show ‘quantum freezing phenomenon’ is universal

Our joint works in Nature Scientific Reports and PRL on the mathematical description and the physical interpretation of frozen quantum correlations and coherence in the dynamics of open quantum systems were featured as a story in Phys.org (April 2015)

Quantum correlations make you never fail a test again

Our work in PRL (Editors’ Suggestion) on quantum discord as the interferometric power of quantum states for metrology (May 2014) was featured in:

• Phys.org
• Nature Physics “Quantum Technology: The Golden Apple” (access here)
• I F*cking Love Science
  
• Brazilian Physical Society
• School of Mathematical Sciences homepage, Nottingham
• Twitter by PRL Editor Robert Garisto

Quantum engineering pushes refrigerator beyond classical efficiency limits

Feature article in Phys.org about our work on quantum-enhanced absorption refrigerators (February 2014)

Study reveals counter-intuitive effect in quantum correlations

Feature article from the Brazilian Physical Society about our work in PRL (Editors’ Suggestion) on double sudden transitions in quantum discord dynamics (January 2014)

• Quanta Rei: our group blog
• FQXi about our contribution at the Physics of Information conference (January 2014)
• Quantum Rio about our talk in Paraty (August 2013)
• Quantum Rio about our lectures in Paraty (August 2013)

• • Number 42.  See also the press release in The Guardian