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Physicists Explore an Interacting Fermion System with Spin Population Imbalance

Fermions are ubiquitous elementary particles. They span from electrons in metals, to protons and neutrons in nuclei and to quarks at the sub-nuclear level.

13 Apr 2017

First Composite Image of a Dark Matter Bridge Connecting Galaxies Together

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have been able to capture the first composite image of a dark matter bridge that connects galaxies together.

13 Apr 2017

Study on the Improvements in Quantum Image Processing

A comprehensive review on quantum image processing entitled, "Quantum image processing: A review of advances in its security technologies", has been published in World-Scientific-International Journal of Quantum Information by Dr. Fei Yan, a young researcher in Changchun University of Science and Technology.

12 Apr 2017

Study Results Explore Similarities and Differences with Typical Quantum Dots for Decoherence Mechanisms

To really take off, advanced quantum information processing will require getting a better (experimental) grasp of an essential phenomenon called "indistinguishable photons."

12 Apr 2017

Quantum Dots That Emit Infrared Light Enable Highly Detailed Biological Imaging of Internal Body Structures

A majority of biological tissues are virtually as transparent as glass when exposed to certain frequencies of short-wave infrared light. Recently, researchers have created minute particles that can be injected into the body, where they release those penetrating frequencies.

11 Apr 2017

UbiQD Announces Cadmium-Free Quantum Dot Efficiency Milestone

UbiQD, LLC, a quantum dot manufacturer based at New Mexico, recently announced its achievement of more than 80% quantum yield, or optical efficiency, for its quantum dots over a broad spectrum from the visible to the near infra-red (550 nm to 1000 nm peak emission).

11 Apr 2017

TU Wien Researchers Succeed in Coupling Atomic Defects in Diamonds Using Quantum Physics

Diamonds with very little flaws are capable of playing a vital role in the future of quantum technology. The quantum properties of such diamonds were studied by researchers at TU Wien for some time.

11 Apr 2017

Astronomers Spot Distant Galaxy Using the Gravity of a Massive Galaxy Cluster as Lens

Astronomers led by a graduate student at the University of California, Davis, have discovered one of the most distant galaxies in the universe, and it’s nothing out of the ordinary.

11 Apr 2017

Rice University Physicists Provide New Insight into Quark-Gluon Plasma

Rice University physicists probe exotic state of nuclear matter at Europe’s LHC

11 Apr 2017

Astrophysicists Begin Installing Dark Matter Detector at Royal Holloway's Egham Campus

Dark matter influences the stars and galaxies around us, but despite being everywhere you can’t actually see it. The existence of dark matter is inferred from its gravitational interactions, but it has never been directly detected in a terrestrial laboratory.

10 Apr 2017

Scientists and Engineers Participate in Fourth Annual Bristol Quantum Information Technologies Workshop

Quantum scientists and engineers from across the world have been in the city this week for the fourth annual Bristol Quantum Information Technologies Workshop.

10 Apr 2017

KIT Professor Receives ERC Advanced Grant for Molecular Quantum Opto-Spintronics Project

Experimental physicist Professor Wolfgang Wernsdorfer of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) was selected by the European Research Council for funding with an ERC Advanced Grant for his project “Molecular Quantum Opto-Spintronics” (MoQuOS). MoQuOS covers optical manipulation and characterization of molecular quantum bits.

10 Apr 2017

Astronomers Explore Firework-Like Debris from Birth of a Group of Massive Stars

Stellar explosions are most often associated with supernovae, the spectacular deaths of stars. But new ALMA observations provide insights into explosions at the other end of the stellar life cycle, star birth.

10 Apr 2017

New Model System Enhances the Understanding of Processes in a Quantum-Physical Experiment

A model system that improves the understanding of processes in a quantum-physical experiment with ultracold atoms has been developed by two researchers at Heidelberg University. Prof. Dr Sandro Wimberger and David Fischer from the Institute for Theoretical Physics used computer-assisted methods to discover physical laws that point to this system’s universal properties.

10 Apr 2017

PPPL Physicists Study Effect of Different Wall Materials and Structures on Secondary Electron Emission

Everyone knows that the game of billiards involves balls careening off the sides of a pool table -- but few people may know that the same principle applies to fusion reactions.

7 Apr 2017

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Physicists Explore an Interacting Fermion System with Spin Population Imbalance

First Composite Image of a Dark Matter Bridge Connecting Galaxies Together

Study on the Improvements in Quantum Image Processing

Study Results Explore Similarities and Differences with Typical Quantum Dots for Decoherence Mechanisms

Quantum Dots That Emit Infrared Light Enable Highly Detailed Biological Imaging of Internal Body Structures

UbiQD Announces Cadmium-Free Quantum Dot Efficiency Milestone

TU Wien Researchers Succeed in Coupling Atomic Defects in Diamonds Using Quantum Physics

Astronomers Spot Distant Galaxy Using the Gravity of a Massive Galaxy Cluster as Lens

Rice University Physicists Provide New Insight into Quark-Gluon Plasma

Astrophysicists Begin Installing Dark Matter Detector at Royal Holloway's Egham Campus

Scientists and Engineers Participate in Fourth Annual Bristol Quantum Information Technologies Workshop

KIT Professor Receives ERC Advanced Grant for Molecular Quantum Opto-Spintronics Project

Astronomers Explore Firework-Like Debris from Birth of a Group of Massive Stars

New Model System Enhances the Understanding of Processes in a Quantum-Physical Experiment

PPPL Physicists Study Effect of Different Wall Materials and Structures on Secondary Electron Emission

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