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Astrophysicists Detect Abrupt Decrease of X-ray Pulsar Luminosity Following Giant Outbursts

An international team of astrophysicists including Russian scientists from the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), MIPT, and Pulkovo Observatory of RAS has detected an abrupt decrease of pulsar luminosity following giant outbursts.

18 Nov 2016

Researchers Derive a Formula to Track Flow of Quantum Information

If objects in motion are like rainwater flowing through a gutter and landing in a puddle, then quantum objects in motion are like rainwater that might end up in a bunch of puddles, all at once. Figuring out where quantum objects actually go has frustrated scientists for years.

18 Nov 2016

Fast Radio Bursts Could Help Astronomers Understand Cosmic Web

Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are mysterious flashes of radio waves originating outside our Milky Way galaxy. A team of scientists, jointly led by Caltech postdoctoral scholar Vikram Ravi and Curtin University research fellow Ryan Shannon, has now observed the most luminous FRB to date, called FRB 150807.

18 Nov 2016

Ultrafast Quantum Simulator Simulates Quantum Mechanical Dynamics of Atoms

Kenji Ohmori from the Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan, has teamed up with Matthias Weidemüller from the University of Heidelberg, Guido Pupillo from the University of Strasbourg, Claudiu Genes from the University of Innsbruck and their collaborators to create the world’s fastest simulator that has the ability to simulate quantum mechanical dynamics of a wide variety of particles that interact with one another in less than one billionth of a second.

17 Nov 2016

Researchers Demonstrate Synchronization of Nine Nano-Constriction Based Spin Hall Nano-Oscillators

What do fire flies, Huygens's wall clocks, and even the heart of choir singers, have in common? They can all synchronize their respective individual signals into one single unison tone or rhythm.

17 Nov 2016

Bristol Scientists Present Latest Demonstrations at 2016 Quantum Showcase

Members of Bristol’s Centre for Quantum Photonics presented their latest demonstrations to industry leaders, funding bodies and government representatives at this year’s Quantum Showcase in London.

17 Nov 2016

Researchers Measure Oblateness of Slowly Rotating Star with Unprecedented Precision

Stars are not perfect spheres. While they rotate, they become flat due to the centrifugal force. A team of researchers around Laurent Gizon from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research and the University of Göttingen has now succeeded in measuring the oblateness of a slowly rotating star with unprecedented precision.

17 Nov 2016