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Study Reveals Magnetic Field Plays Key Role in Making Planets Conducive to Life

Nearly four billion years ago, life arose on Earth. Life appeared because our planet had a rocky surface, liquid water, and a blanketing atmosphere. But life thrived thanks to another necessary ingredient: the presence of a protective magnetic field. A new study of the young, Sun-like star Kappa Ceti shows that a magnetic field plays a key role in making a planet conducive to life.

17 Mar 2016

Researchers Develop Fundamentally New Type of Memory Cell Based on Superconductors

A group of scientists from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and from the Moscow State University has developed a fundamentally new type of memory cell based on superconductors - this type of memory will be able to work hundreds of times faster than the types of memory devices commonly used today, according to an article published in the journal Applied Physics Letters.

17 Mar 2016

Tomsk Polytechnic University Research Team Enters RD51 Collaboration of CERN

A scientific group from Tomsk Polytechnic University entered the RD51 collaboration of the European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva last week. The RD51 collaboration is an “entry point” to exchange knowledge on a global scale. It is engaged in the technological development of microstructure for gas detectors, software and electronics development necessary for their operation, and contributes to the expansion of detector use in the industry.

17 Mar 2016

New Paradigm for Inertial Technique of Producing Fusion Energy

Physicists have long regarded plasma turbulence as unruly behavior that can limit the performance of fusion experiments. But new findings by researchers associated with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and the Department of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University indicate that turbulent swirls of plasma could benefit one of the two major branches of such research.

16 Mar 2016

Researchers Explore Unusual States of Matter Called Spin Liquids

Post-doctoral researchers, Karim Essafi, Owen Benton and Ludovic Jaubert in the Theory of Quantum Matter Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) are on a quest to find out as much as they can about unusual states of matter called spin liquids and if these spin liquids could generate advances in the field of physics. The results could lead to the development of quantum computing, which require an exploration of new materials to become a reality.

16 Mar 2016

NIST Physicists Develop Novel Quantum Thermometer

Better thermometers might be possible as a result of a discovery at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where physicists have found a way to calibrate temperature measurements by monitoring the tiny motions of a nanomechanical system that are governed by the often counterintuitive rules of quantum mechanics.

16 Mar 2016

New Research Finds Organising Principle for Superconducting Phase Diagram

The challenge of high temperature superconductivity in the cuprates triggers innovative scientific investigations. A key question remains the complexity of the phase diagram. As temperature and doping change, these materials switch between superconducting, metallic, and insulating phases, as well as other more exotic phases, such as the elusive pseudogap.

16 Mar 2016

Scientists Demonstrate Experimental Simulation of Unruh Effect Using NMR Quantum Simulator

The two major pillars of modern physics are relativity theory and quantum mechanics, and several new phenomena have been discovered with their combination. For example, a major outcome of the quantum field theory is the Unruh effect, which acts as a critical tool to study a number of phenomena, including particles that are thermally emitted from cosmological horizons and black holes.

15 Mar 2016

Illinois Tech Professor to Deliver Presentation on Superconductivity in Accelerator and Particle Physics

John Zasadzinski, a professor of physics at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), will present “Superconductivity in accelerator and particle physics” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, in Moulton Hall, room 214. The talk is part of the Spring 2016 Physics Colloquium.

15 Mar 2016

New Understanding of How Disorder in Quantum Material Induces Exotic Quantum State

Using some of the largest supercomputers available, physics researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have produced one of the largest simulations ever to help explain one of physics most daunting problems.

15 Mar 2016

Quantum Physics News

Study Reveals Magnetic Field Plays Key Role in Making Planets Conducive to Life

Researchers Develop Fundamentally New Type of Memory Cell Based on Superconductors

Tomsk Polytechnic University Research Team Enters RD51 Collaboration of CERN

New Paradigm for Inertial Technique of Producing Fusion Energy

Researchers Explore Unusual States of Matter Called Spin Liquids

NIST Physicists Develop Novel Quantum Thermometer

New Research Finds Organising Principle for Superconducting Phase Diagram

Scientists Demonstrate Experimental Simulation of Unruh Effect Using NMR Quantum Simulator

Illinois Tech Professor to Deliver Presentation on Superconductivity in Accelerator and Particle Physics

New Understanding of How Disorder in Quantum Material Induces Exotic Quantum State

Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

LabOne Q: An Intuitive Software Framework for Scalable Quantum Computing

ORCA-Quest qCMOS Camera by Hamamatsu

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Repeat-Until-Success Algorithm for Quantum Gate Decomposition

Researchers Exploit the Color Centers in Diamond to Enhance Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Processes for NMR Applications

Application of Electro-Optic Phase Modulator in Pound-Drever Hall Technique for Laser Frequency Stabilization

Quantum Physics News

Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

1XRISM Unveils Elemental Composition Near Supermassive Black Hole

2New Device Enables Fine-Tuning of Information Flow in Qubits

3Circular Rydberg Atoms Extend Qubit Lifetime

4Deep Underground Detectors Push Limits of Dark Matter Particle Mass

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