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A New Strategy for Modeling Quantum Friction

Princeton University’s theoretical chemists have initiated a technique for modeling quantum friction, or how the environment of a particle drags on it, an annoying problem in quantum mechanics ever since the start of the field. This research has been reported in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.

17 May 2016

Scientists Take Another Step Toward Quantum Computing

Quantum computers could allow biochemists to simulate new molecular properties to create novel drugs in ways that would take the fastest existing computers decades.

16 May 2016

Researchers Propose a Physical Layout for Using Aharonov-Casher Effect

Quantum computers hold great potential, but they remain hard to build because their basic components—individual quantum systems like atoms, electrons or photons—are fragile. A relentless and noisy background constantly bombards the computer’s data.

11 May 2016

Scientists Efficiently Simulate Quantum Walk on New Design for Primitive Quantum Computer

Scientists and engineers from the Universities of Bristol and Western Australia have developed how to efficiently simulate a “quantum walk” on a new design for a primitive quantum computer.

11 May 2016

LHC Expected to Produce Roughly 2 Quadrillion High-Quality Proton Collisions this Year

After months of winter hibernation, the Large Hadron Collider is once again smashing protons and taking data. The LHC will run around the clock for the next six months and produce roughly 2 quadrillion high-quality proton collisions, six times more than in 2015 and just shy of the total number of collisions recorded during the nearly three years of the collider’s first run.

10 May 2016

Researchers Study Pairing Mechanism in Iron-Based Superconductors

The superconducting transition temperature is a point above which a material exhibiting superconductivity becomes a normal conductor. Researchers are striving to raise the superconducting transition temperature so practical applications can be realized.

9 May 2016

Researchers Achieve Robust Quantum Anomalous Hall State in Topological Insulators

Laptop computer users operating their devices on their laps will be familiar with the heat they generate, which comes from electrical resistance converting waste energy to heat. Scientists dream of creating electronic devices with little or no resistance to the flow of electricity, in order to reduce heat output, save energy, and extend device capabilities.

9 May 2016

Quantum Chemical Computations Reveal Causes of Liver Toxicity

Balasubramanian and Basak have recently reported quantum chemical computations that enhance our understanding of mechanisms for the causes of liver toxicity. Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the most common forms of cancer, and the primary cause has been attributed to liver fibrosis by chemical toxins, which is followed by liver cirrhosis.

9 May 2016

Researchers Measure Mass of Supermassive Black Hole with Unprecedented Accuracy

The mass of a supermassive black hole sitting at the heart of a galaxy called NGC 1332 has been measured with unprecedented accuracy by a group of international researchers that includes Andrew J. Baker, an associate professor at Rutgers University.

9 May 2016

Swinburne Astronomers Discover Unusually Shaped Structure in Two Nearby Galaxies

An abnormally shaped structure has been discovered in two nearby disc galaxies by a group of astronomers from the Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, using new imaging software developed by them.

6 May 2016