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New Superconductive Wire Could Make Long-Distance Energy Transmission More Affordable

The energy landscape in Europe is changing rapidly and the percentage of renewables is steadily increasing. For example, in Germany solar and wind power provided an average of 33% of the total electricity production in 2015.

21 Sep 2016

EPFL Scientists Discover New Material Capable of Providing Stable Spintronics

Skyrmions are electromagnetic vortices that can be used for spintronics. A team of scientists from EPFL have recently discovered a material that has the potential to develop stable skyrmions in varied temperatures, showing the potential to be suitable for building devices.

21 Sep 2016

Institute for Quantum Computing Sets World Record for Creating Nano-Scale Canadian Flag

The Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo set a world record for creating a Canadian flag measuring about one one-hundredth the width of a human hair.

20 Sep 2016

Researchers Tightly Squeeze Electrons and Observe Quantum Effects

Quantum effects have been observed in electrons by researchers who squeezed the electrons into one-dimensional ‘quantum wires’ and then observed the interactions existing between them. The results could be used to help in the progress of quantum technologies, including quantum computing.

19 Sep 2016

Centre for Quantum Technologies Announces Launch of International Short Film Festival, Quantum Shorts 2016

The Centre for Quantum Technologies is pleased to announce the launch of Quantum Shorts 2016, a festival for short films that draw inspiration from quantum physics. We are accepting submissions via shorts.quantumlah.org until 23:59:59 GMT on 1 December 2016.

19 Sep 2016

Researchers Levitate Tiny Nanodiamond Particle to Detect, Measure Torsional Vibration

Researchers have levitated a tiny nanodiamond particle with a laser in a vacuum chamber, using the technique for the first time to detect and measure its "torsional vibration," an advance that could bring new types of sensors and studies in quantum mechanics.

19 Sep 2016

Researchers Detect Black Holes to be Concealed Within its own Exhaust

Supermassive black holes are found at the center of galaxies. These holes are millions to billions of times the mass of the Sun, and they are considered to be galactic behemoths hidden inside a thick doughnut-shape ring of gas and dust called a torus.

16 Sep 2016

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Captures Most Detailed Observations of Comet Breaking Apart

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured one of the sharpest, most detailed observations of a comet breaking apart, which occurred 67 million miles from Earth.

16 Sep 2016

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Captures Most Detailed Observations of Comet Breaking Apart

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured one of the sharpest, most detailed observations of a comet breaking apart, which occurred 67 million miles from Earth. In a series of images taken over a three-day sp...

16 Sep 2016

SSRL Scientist Receives Farrel W. Lytle Award for Research on High-Temperature Superconductors

Makoto Hashimoto, a staff scientist at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), has received the Farrel W. Lytle Award for his technical and scientific contributions to a research program that has produced new insights about high-temperature superconductors – materials that conduct electricity perfectly with no resistance at temperatures significantly higher than conventional superconductors.

16 Sep 2016

NASA's Swift X-Ray Telescope Locates Slowest Spinning Neutron Star

Clues detected by NASA's Swift space observatory have led to the discovery of a new record-holder for the slowest spinning neutron star. The science and flight operations in the observatory are monitored by Penn State from the University Park campus.

15 Sep 2016

$Researchers Use Laser Light Diffraction to Manipulate Strong Electrostatic Fields Responsible for Ion Acceleration$

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New Superconductive Wire Could Make Long-Distance Energy Transmission More Affordable

EPFL Scientists Discover New Material Capable of Providing Stable Spintronics

Institute for Quantum Computing Sets World Record for Creating Nano-Scale Canadian Flag

Researchers Tightly Squeeze Electrons and Observe Quantum Effects

Centre for Quantum Technologies Announces Launch of International Short Film Festival, Quantum Shorts 2016

Researchers Levitate Tiny Nanodiamond Particle to Detect, Measure Torsional Vibration

Researchers Detect Black Holes to be Concealed Within its own Exhaust

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Captures Most Detailed Observations of Comet Breaking Apart

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Captures Most Detailed Observations of Comet Breaking Apart

SSRL Scientist Receives Farrel W. Lytle Award for Research on High-Temperature Superconductors

NASA's Swift X-Ray Telescope Locates Slowest Spinning Neutron Star

Researchers Use Laser Light Diffraction to Manipulate Strong Electrostatic Fields Responsible for Ion Acceleration

University of Liverpool-Led EU Project to Conduct Interdisciplinary Antimatter Research, Training

NSF Approves Funds to Expand HERA Experiment to Study Impact of Cosmic Dawn

Astronomers Find Signs of Growing Planet Around TW Hydra Using ALMA

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

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ORCA-Quest qCMOS Camera by Hamamatsu

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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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