Mayank Shreshtha
@shreshthamayank.bsky.social
Scientific writer @ Cambridge | Science illustrator | I write about quiet corners of physics | Substack: https://substack.com/@appreciatingtheordinary
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"Illustrating the unseen. Writing the overlooked."
Portfolio: https://mayankshreshthai.myportfolio.com/
"Illustrating the unseen. Writing the overlooked."
4/ In some quantum processes, the order isn’t fixed. Operations can be in a superposition of “A then B” and “B then A.” That’s indefinite causal order—the essence of a quantum switch.
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September 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
4/ In some quantum processes, the order isn’t fixed. Operations can be in a superposition of “A then B” and “B then A.” That’s indefinite causal order—the essence of a quantum switch.
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1/ Kitchen thought experiment (v1): Alice drops a glass → the crash startles Bob → he knocks bowls onto his toe → yelp.
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Kitchen thought experiment (v2): Bob knocks bowls onto his toe → the yelp startles Alice → she drops a glass. Which happened first?
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Kitchen thought experiment (v2): Bob knocks bowls onto his toe → the yelp startles Alice → she drops a glass. Which happened first?
September 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
1/ Kitchen thought experiment (v1): Alice drops a glass → the crash startles Bob → he knocks bowls onto his toe → yelp.
2/
Kitchen thought experiment (v2): Bob knocks bowls onto his toe → the yelp startles Alice → she drops a glass. Which happened first?
2/
Kitchen thought experiment (v2): Bob knocks bowls onto his toe → the yelp startles Alice → she drops a glass. Which happened first?
... sometimes obscure work quietly laying the groundwork for revolutions that will infiltrate some of the most essential aspects of our lives 50 years from now."
September 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
... sometimes obscure work quietly laying the groundwork for revolutions that will infiltrate some of the most essential aspects of our lives 50 years from now."
@natcomms.nature.com could you please fix the quality of the illustration? It should look like the pdf version of the paper.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Fig. 1: Illustration of the quantum transport problem. | Nature Communications
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September 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
@natcomms.nature.com could you please fix the quality of the illustration? It should look like the pdf version of the paper.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
PDF article: rdcu.be/eCuKq
Quantum transport protected by acceleration from nonadiabaticity and dissipation
Nature Communications - The authors introduce a novel method (AC-QUDIT) for achieving high-fidelity transport of quantum wavepackets in the presence of dissipation and leakage to the continuum....
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August 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
PDF article: rdcu.be/eCuKq
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How to carry a glass of quantum “drink” through a rowdy crowd without spilling it?
We propose a method for fast transport of a quantum particle in a shallow vessel (trap) that ensures faithful delivery of the particle even if it has to cross a randomly fluctuating medium on it...
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August 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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My main job was to model Chaplin's (fast-and-slow) gait based on the given brief. The other two subfigures contain technical details; subfigure (C) has some artwork (pink wave packets) given by Dr Arnab Chakrabarti. This work was done more than two years ago, and finally it's here!
August 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
My main job was to model Chaplin's (fast-and-slow) gait based on the given brief. The other two subfigures contain technical details; subfigure (C) has some artwork (pink wave packets) given by Dr Arnab Chakrabarti. This work was done more than two years ago, and finally it's here!
Apparently, a similar strategy was adopted by Arnab Chakrabarti, Biswarup Ash, Igor Mazets, Xi Chen and Gershon Kurizki to model how to transport fragile quantum matter before it leaks out of its shallow trap. This study was published last week in @natcomms.nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Apparently, a similar strategy was adopted by Arnab Chakrabarti, Biswarup Ash, Igor Mazets, Xi Chen and Gershon Kurizki to model how to transport fragile quantum matter before it leaks out of its shallow trap. This study was published last week in @natcomms.nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com
Unknowingly, especially when we are in a hurry, a general strategy that we all generally follow is to vary our pace: fast, slow, fast, slow . . . destination. This peculiar choreography, quick steps, then slowing down, then quick again, cancels the impending slosh.
August 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Unknowingly, especially when we are in a hurry, a general strategy that we all generally follow is to vary our pace: fast, slow, fast, slow . . . destination. This peculiar choreography, quick steps, then slowing down, then quick again, cancels the impending slosh.
The study reveals the secrets of a mysterious state of matter, the pseudogap, where electrons blur into a diffuse, entangled soup before the material locks into a Mott insulator.
arXiv link: arxiv.org/pdf/2507.17201
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arXiv link: arxiv.org/pdf/2507.17201
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July 30, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The study reveals the secrets of a mysterious state of matter, the pseudogap, where electrons blur into a diffuse, entangled soup before the material locks into a Mott insulator.
arXiv link: arxiv.org/pdf/2507.17201
#CondMatt #QuantumMaterials #MetalInsulatorTransition #MottInsulator #ArXiv
arXiv link: arxiv.org/pdf/2507.17201
#CondMatt #QuantumMaterials #MetalInsulatorTransition #MottInsulator #ArXiv
Cover story by Iulia Georgescu for @physicsworld.bsky.social :
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#IYQ2025 #Quantum #Cats
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Curiouser and curiouser: delving into quantum Cheshire cats – Physics World
Iulia Georgescu tumbles down the rabbit-hole to explore the curiosity that is a quantum Cheshire cat
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June 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Cover story by Iulia Georgescu for @physicsworld.bsky.social :
physicsworld.com/a/curiouser-...
#IYQ2025 #Quantum #Cats
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#IYQ2025 #Quantum #Cats
The free-to-read Physics World Quantum Briefing on display on the island of Helgoland, just metres from where Werner Heisenberg did his seminal work on quantum mechanics 100 years ago. It includes a great article on quantum Cheshire cats from Iulia Georgescu.
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June 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
This issue features all three of my illustration projects compiled in 'Quantum Mystery' section.
Quantum Briefing Link: [2/3]
shorturl.at/bDPLq
Quantum Briefing Link: [2/3]
shorturl.at/bDPLq
Physics World Quantum Briefing 2025 – Physics World
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June 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
This issue features all three of my illustration projects compiled in 'Quantum Mystery' section.
Quantum Briefing Link: [2/3]
shorturl.at/bDPLq
Quantum Briefing Link: [2/3]
shorturl.at/bDPLq