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Quantum Technology One Step Closer to Moving into the Palm of Your Hand

Quantum technology is one step closer to moving out of specialist laboratories and into the palm of your hand.

29 Jun 2017

Scientists to Shed New Light on the Universe’s Unseen Dark Matter

A global hunt for the universe’s missing matter is underway, and this autumn everyone is invited to join in.

29 Jun 2017

New Breakthrough Achieved for Photonic Quantum Information Science

With leading corporations now investing in highly expensive and complex infrastructures to unleash the power of quantum technologies, INRS researchers have achieved a breakthrough in a light-weight photonic system created using on-chip devices and off-the-shelf telecommunications components.

29 Jun 2017

UNM Astronomers Observe, Measure Orbital Motion Between Two Supermassive Black Holes

For the first time ever, astronomers at The University of New Mexico say they've been able to observe and measure the orbital motion between two supermassive black holes hundreds of millions of light years from Earth - a discovery more than a decade in the making.

28 Jun 2017

Sensors Expo 2017: SecureRF to Showcase Quantum-Resistant Asymmetric Cryptography for Low-Resource IoT Devices

SecureRF Corporation will showcase its quantum-resistant asymmetric cryptography for low-resource Internet of Things devices at Sensors Expo 2017

27 Jun 2017

Radioactive Elements in a Gaseous Supernova Remnant Provide Glimpses into Explosion of Massive Stars

Radioactive elements in gaseous supernova remnant Cassiopeia A provide glimpses into the explosion of massive stars

27 Jun 2017

Optomechanical Silicon Nitride Beams can be Used as Quantum Thermometers

Integrating the fields of mechanics and optics, Physicists have developed microscopic structural beams having a range of influential applications when irradiated by light.

23 Jun 2017

Quantum Coding Source May Allow Transport of Entangled Photons from Satellites

Due to the rapidly growing processing power of computers, conventional encryption of data is becoming increasingly insecure. One solution is coding with entangled photons.

22 Jun 2017

Astronomers Discover Massive Disk-Shaped Dead Galaxy

By combining the power of a "natural lens" in space with the capability of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers made a surprising discovery—the first example of a compact yet massive, fast-spinning, disk-shaped galaxy that stopped making stars only a few billion years after the big bang.

22 Jun 2017

Physicists Move One Step Closer to Functional Fusion Reactor

Fusion power has the potential to provide clean and safe energy that is free from carbon dioxide emissions. However, imitating the solar energy process is a difficult task to achieve.

22 Jun 2017