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Researchers Make Strides in Development of New Quantum Storage Concepts

Conventional memories used in today's computers only differentiate between the bit values 0 and 1. In quantum physics, however, arbitrary superpositions of these two states are possible.

24 Nov 2016

Symposium on Quantum Engineering Aims to Foster Greater Synergy between France and Singapore

The Quantum Engineering Science and Technologies Symposium (QuESTS) held 14–18 November was in tune with a global trend: research into quantum technologies is expanding into engineering, as scientists' increasing control over quantum systems requires ever more sophisticated tools.

24 Nov 2016

Physicists Present Detailed Theory for Rapid Magnetic Reconnection

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Princeton University have proposed a groundbreaking solution to a mystery that has puzzled physicists for decades.

23 Nov 2016

Astrophysicists Aims to Unravel Driving Forces Behind Mass Loss in Massive Stars

It’s an intricate process through which massive stars lose their gas as they evolve. And a more complete understanding could be just calculations away, if only those calculations didn’t take several millennia to run on normal computers.

23 Nov 2016

New Compact Converter Could Modify Quantum Properties of Individual Photons

A Polish-British team of physicists has constructed and tested a compact, efficient converter capable of modifying the quantum properties of individual photons.

23 Nov 2016

Astronomers Capture Snapshot of Stellar Life Cycle

A snapshot of the stellar life cycle has been captured in a new portrait from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Smithsonian's Submillimeter Array (SMA).

23 Nov 2016

Researchers Confirm Pseudogap as Distinct Phase of Matter

One of the greatest mysteries of experimental physics is how so-called high-temperature superconducting materials work. Despite their name, high-temperature superconductors -- materials that carry electrical current with no resistance -- operate at chilly temperatures less than minus 135 degrees Celsius.

22 Nov 2016

Astronomers Discover Large Number of Dwarf Galaxies in the Early Universe

A team of researchers, led by University of California, Riverside astronomers, found for the first time a large population of distant dwarf galaxies that could reveal important details about a productive period of star formation in the universe billions of years ago.

22 Nov 2016

New Technique Could Move Information Around in Future Quantum Computers

Researchers at CQT and their international collaborators present a scheme that could move groups of quantum particles about in future quantum computers

21 Nov 2016

New Multi-Million Pound International Project to Contribute to Upgrade of LHC at CERN

A new multi-million pound international project led by the University of Manchester and Lancaster University, who are both part of the Cockcroft Institute, has been launched to contribute to the upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva.

21 Nov 2016