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Mysterious Features of Fast Radio Bursts Uncovered

The mysterious nature of deep-space electromagnetic radio wave pulses has baffled scientists for more than 15 years, and a recently published study has added to this intregue.

22 Sep 2022

SES, ESA and European Commission Partnering to Deliver Satellite Quantum Cryptography System for European Cybersecurity

An SES-led consortium of 20 European companies, with the European Space Agency (ESA) and European Commission support, will design, develop, launch and operate the EAGLE-1 satellite-based end-to-end system for secure Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), enabling in-orbit validation and demonstration of next-generation cyber-security across Europe.

22 Sep 2022

Super-Resolved Coherent Raman Spectroscopy Paves the Way to QFRS

Of late, entangled photons, as a prevalent quantum light source, have been extensively employed in quantum communication, quantum imaging, quantum computing, optical interferometry, and other domains.

21 Sep 2022

The Biography of Stars is Shaped by Their Early Stages

Thomas Steindl of the University of Innsbruck’s Department of Astro- and Particle Physics has shown for the first time that the early stage of stars affects their biography.

20 Sep 2022

New Spin Waves Created in Nanometer Scale

For the first time, physicists from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have successfully managed to use powerful alternating magnetic fields to produce a new kind of spin wave that was formerly only theoretically projected.

16 Sep 2022

New Quantum Algorithm Improves Ability to Calculate the Potential Energy Surface in Reacting Molecules

A team of researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University have devised a new quantum algorithm to compute the lowest energies of molecules at specific configurations during chemical reactions, including when their chemical bonds are broken.

16 Sep 2022

Scientists Use Purified Liquid Xenon to Detect Dark Matter

Sitting a mile below ground in an abandoned gold mine in South Dakota is a gigantic cylinder holding 10 tons of purified liquid xenon closely watched by more than 250 scientists around the world.

16 Sep 2022

Rensselaer Researcher Receives $285,000 Grant to Prove Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

It is believed to be exceedingly rare and slow, but if it actually exists, it would redefine the laws of physics: it's called neutrinoless double beta decay (NDBD).

15 Sep 2022

The “Odd” Nature of Dark Matter Halos of Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies

Physicists at UC Riverside (UCR) and UC Irvine (UCI) co-led a study in which they discovered that dark matter halos of ultra-diffuse galaxies are very strange, raising queries concerning the researchers’ comprehension of the formation of the galaxy and the universe’s structure.

13 Sep 2022