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NSF Announces Five-Year, $35 Million Grant for IceCube Neutrino Detector

Smaller than an atom and hurtling through space at near the speed of light, neutrinos are high-energy particles that pass right through just about anything in their way — yourself included — at a pace of billions per second.

31 Mar 2016

Rice University Scientists Determine 2D Boron is Natural Low-Temperature Superconductor

Rice University scientists have determined that two-dimensional boron is a natural low-temperature superconductor. In fact, it may be the only 2-D material with such potential.

31 Mar 2016

New Research Determines Likely Trigger for Most Recent Supernova in Milky Way

Scientists have used data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the NSF's Jansky Very Large Array to determine the likely trigger for the most recent supernova in the Milky Way. They applied a new technique that could have implications for understanding other Type Ia supernovas, a class of stellar explosions that scientists use to determine the expansion rate of the Universe.

31 Mar 2016

Study Findings Help Explore Magnetic Phase Transitions in Neutral Atoms

The swirling field of a magnet—rendered visible by a sprinkling of iron filings—emerges from the microscopic behavior of atoms and their electrons. In permanent magnets, neighboring atoms align and lock into place to create inseparable north and south poles. For other materials, magnetism can be induced by a field strong enough to coax atoms into alignment.

31 Mar 2016

NSF Renews Cooperative Agreement with UW—Madison to Operate IceCube Neutrino Telescope

The National Science Foundation today announced that it has renewed a cooperative agreement with the University of Wisconsin—Madison to operate IceCube, a massive neutrino telescope buried deep in the ice beneath the South Pole.

31 Mar 2016

Chip-Based Atomic Physics Shows Promise to Make Second Quantum Revolution

A University of Oklahoma-led team of physicists believes chip-based atomic physics holds promise to make the second quantum revolution—the engineering of quantum matter with arbitrary precision—a reality. With recent technological advances in fabrication and trapping, hybrid quantum systems are emerging as ideal platforms for a diverse range of studies in quantum control, quantum simulation and computing.

31 Mar 2016

Penn State-Led Research Group to Build Cutting-Edge Instrument to Detect Exoplanets

A Penn State-led research group has been selected by NASA's Astrophysics Division to build a $10-million, cutting-edge instrument to detect planets orbiting stars outside our solar system.

30 Mar 2016

High-Resolution Virtual Radio Telescope Provides New Insights into Quasars

Astronomers using an orbiting radio telescope in conjunction with four ground-based radio telescopes have achieved the highest resolution, or ability to discern fine detail, of any astronomical observation ever made. Their achievement produced a pair of scientific surprises that promise to advance the understanding of quasars, supermassive black holes at the cores of galaxies.

30 Mar 2016

Researchers Hunt for Exact Location of Origin of Future Gravitational Waves

In February, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration announced it had detected gravitational waves for the first time, confirming the last prediction of Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity.

30 Mar 2016

MIPT Researchers Create Superconducting Two-Qubit Feedback-Controlled Circuit

A research group from MIPT’s Artificial Quantum System Lab and Collective Use Center developed and tested Russia’s first superconducting two-qubit feedback-controlled circuit, an upgrade to qubit — the main component of future quantum computers — that was developed by MIPT’s scientists in 2015.

30 Mar 2016

Quantum Physics News

NSF Announces Five-Year, $35 Million Grant for IceCube Neutrino Detector

Rice University Scientists Determine 2D Boron is Natural Low-Temperature Superconductor

New Research Determines Likely Trigger for Most Recent Supernova in Milky Way

Study Findings Help Explore Magnetic Phase Transitions in Neutral Atoms

NSF Renews Cooperative Agreement with UW—Madison to Operate IceCube Neutrino Telescope

Chip-Based Atomic Physics Shows Promise to Make Second Quantum Revolution

Penn State-Led Research Group to Build Cutting-Edge Instrument to Detect Exoplanets

High-Resolution Virtual Radio Telescope Provides New Insights into Quasars

Researchers Hunt for Exact Location of Origin of Future Gravitational Waves

MIPT Researchers Create Superconducting Two-Qubit Feedback-Controlled Circuit

Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

LabOne Q: An Intuitive Software Framework for Scalable Quantum Computing

ORCA-Quest qCMOS Camera by Hamamatsu

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Application of Electro-Optic Phase Modulator in Pound-Drever Hall Technique for Laser Frequency Stabilization

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Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

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