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Researchers Create Multidimensional Quantum Entanglement of Single Photon and Trillion of Hot Rubidium Atoms

New light is shed on the famous paradox of Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen after 80 years.

2 Mar 2017

Scientists Create Highest-Resolution Map of Dark Matter

A Yale-led team has produced one of the highest-resolution maps of dark matter ever created, offering a detailed case for the existence of cold dark matter -- sluggish particles that comprise the bulk of matter in the universe.

2 Mar 2017

Scientists Make First-Ever Measurement of Temperature Swings of Black Hole Winds

Gas outflows are common features of active supermassive black holes that reside in the center of large galaxies.

2 Mar 2017

Recent Cosmic Census Offers Unprecedented View into the Nature and Evolution of Galaxies

The universe has come into sharper focus with the release this week of new images from the one of the largest telescopes in the world. A multinational collaboration led by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan that includes Princeton University scientists has published a "cosmic census" of a large swath of the night sky containing roughly 100 million stars and galaxies, including some of the most distant objects in the universe.

2 Mar 2017

Physicists Develop New Computer-Based Simulation to Shed Light on Supercooled Water

There are few things more central to life on earth than water. It dominates the physical landscape, covering much of the planet as oceans. It's also a major component of the human body, comprising, for example, more than 70% of the mass of a newborn baby.

1 Mar 2017

SFU Professor Develops and Constructs New Facility to Detect Particle Physics

A new particle physics detector lab—where SFU researchers involved in ATLAS, the world’s largest physics experiment, can carry out research—and a specialized sensor to improve airborne monitoring for security, wildfires and other disasters, are among new tools that will help grow world-class research at SFU.

1 Mar 2017