My husband and I visited the Library of Congress on the final day of winter break this year. In a corner, we found a facsimile of a hand-drawn map: the world as viewed by sixteenth-century Europeans. North America looked like it had been dieting, having shed landmass relative to the bulk we knew. Australia didn’t…

Quantum Frontiers is a platform dedicated to exploring the frontiers of quantum science and technology. Readers can find articles, interviews, and discussions on topics such as quantum physics, quantum computing, and quantum information theory. Additionally, they can learn about quantum experiments, quantum communication, and interdisciplinary research in quantum science.

Quantum Frontiers

A quantum thermodynamics researcher reflects on contributing to a comprehensive 24-chapter roadmap review paper published in Quantum Science and Technology. The review, featuring 69 coauthors, maps the current state of quantum thermodynamics and reveals two major trends: the field's shift from theory-dominated to experiment-heavy research, and increasing convergence between quantum thermodynamics and many-body physics communities. Despite initial doubts about publishing another review just seven years after a similar book, the roadmap received approximately 30 citations within nine months, demonstrating the field's rapid evolution.

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