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20th Anniversary of First Discovery of Exoplanets

October 6 marks the 20th anniversary of the first discovery of a planet orbiting a sun-like, or "normal," star beyond our solar system. The planet, called 51 Pegasi b, belongs to a class of planets now known as exoplanets. Since that momentous discovery, thousands more exoplanets have been found in our galaxy.

8 Oct 2015

UBC Members Contribute to Nobel Prize in Neutrino Research

UBC physicist and Sudbury Neutrino Observatory researcher Chris Waltham on the SNO’s quest, a colleague’s Nobel Prize, and UBC’s footprint in international neutrino research.

8 Oct 2015

Artificial Plasma Cloud Generated in Upper-Atmosphere to Validate 'Dressed Particle Scattering' Theory

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), in collaboration with numerous universities and government laboratories studying the effects of dusty plasmas -- charged dust particles that can occur naturally in the mesosphere -- generated an artificial plasma cloud in the upper-atmosphere to validate the theory of 'dressed particle scattering' caused by this phenomenon.

8 Oct 2015

India Becomes Full Member of Square Kilometre Array Project

India is now formally a part of the international project to build the largest radio telescope in the world, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), to be co-located in Africa and Australia.

7 Oct 2015

Nobel Physics Laureate McDonald Began Developing the Neutrino Experiment at Princeton

Arthur B. McDonald, one of the two recipients of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics, was a professor of physics at Princeton University from 1982 to 1989 when he began developing the experiment for which he received worldwide recognition Oct. 6.

7 Oct 2015

Skyrmions Found to Exist in Ultrathin Magnetic Layers and Multilayers

At present, tiny magnetic whirls – so called skyrmions – are discussed as promising candidates for bits in future robust and compact data storage devices. At the University of Hamburg these exotic magnetic structures were recently found to exist in ultrathin magnetic layers and multilayers, similar to the ones used in current hard-disk drives and magnetic sensors.

7 Oct 2015

Festo Demonstrates Future Concept with Superconductor Technology at Motek 2015

Superconductors are opening up possibilities for entirely new, previously unthinkable applications in automation technology.

7 Oct 2015

Heat, Instead of Light, Can Help Better Study Electron Spin

The quest to control and understand the intrinsic spin of electrons to advance nanoscale electronics is hampered by how hard it is to measure tiny, fast magnetic devices.

7 Oct 2015

UTA Physicist Honored with APS Award for Lifelong Contributions in Particle Physics

UTA Physicist David Nygren, a member of the National Academy of Science, has been honored as one of two recipients of a new American Physical Society's instrumentation award for his widespread and lifelong contributions in the field of particle physics.

7 Oct 2015

Astronomers Create "Habitability Index for Transiting Planets"

Astronomers with the University of Washington's Virtual Planetary Laboratory have created a way to compare and rank exoplanets to help prioritize which of the thousands discovered warrant close inspection in the search for life beyond Earth.

6 Oct 2015

Quantum Physics News

20th Anniversary of First Discovery of Exoplanets

UBC Members Contribute to Nobel Prize in Neutrino Research

Artificial Plasma Cloud Generated in Upper-Atmosphere to Validate 'Dressed Particle Scattering' Theory

India Becomes Full Member of Square Kilometre Array Project

Nobel Physics Laureate McDonald Began Developing the Neutrino Experiment at Princeton

Skyrmions Found to Exist in Ultrathin Magnetic Layers and Multilayers

Festo Demonstrates Future Concept with Superconductor Technology at Motek 2015

Heat, Instead of Light, Can Help Better Study Electron Spin

UTA Physicist Honored with APS Award for Lifelong Contributions in Particle Physics

Astronomers Create "Habitability Index for Transiting Planets"

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

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