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Graphic illustration of the papers’ findings. A knob labelled with an alpha can be dialed between 0 and 1, showing how it affects the symmetry of two particles during an exchange operation, shown as two psis inside mathematical bracket notation.

Research Update

A new class of strange one-dimensional particles

For the first time, researchers describe the properties of one-dimensional anyons and provide the recipe for observing these particles with present-day setups.

03 February 2026

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Research Update

Quantum batteries could supercharge the future of quantum computing

A new quantum-battery‑powered architecture could make future quantum computers faster, more efficient and easier to scale.

29 January 2026

A 3D rendering of a pair of hands holding glowing bands of energy like a cat’s cradle. One of the bands fold inwards, reminiscent of the Mexican-hat-like momentum dispersion indicative of Floquet effects. The glowing orbs above the hands, one dark and the other light, represent the electron and hole that together form an exciton.

Research Update

Quantum ‘alchemy’ made feasible with excitons

Researchers demonstrate a powerful new approach to Floquet engineering, which for decades has sought to imbue ‘trivial’ materials with exotic quantum properties.

19 January 2026

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Institutional News

Two OIST professors elected as 2026 SPIE fellows

Professors Bill Munro and Síle Nic Chormaic recognized for their pioneering optics and photonics research

09 January 2026

Diamond defects coupled to microwave cavities emit powerful microwave pulses in breakthrough for quantum technologies

Research Update

Superradiant spins show teamwork at the quantum scale

Powerful self-driven microwave signals open new possibilities in quantum sensing and communication.

02 January 2026

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