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Breakthrough Quantum Signal Transmission Achieved with No Downtime

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory joined forces with EPB of Chattanooga and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to demonstrate the first transmission of an entangled quantum signal using multiple wavelength channels and automatic polarization stabilization over a commercial network with no downtime.

14 Feb 2025

Physicists Narrow Down the Proton's Spin Origins

Researchers have been working for decades to understand the architecture of the subatomic world. One of the knottier questions has been where the proton gets its intrinsic angular momentum, otherwise referred to as its spin.

13 Feb 2025

Euclid Telescope Detects Unusual Cosmic Phenomenon

Euclid's early findings include a stunning Einstein ring in NGC 6505, showcasing its capability to enhance our understanding of the dark Universe.

12 Feb 2025

New Joint Project to Investigate Quantum Repeaters Designed to Provide for Secure Quantum Communication Networks of the Future

There are reports of IT sabotage, cyber espionage, and other acts of hybrid warfare almost every day. Communication networks based on quantum physics could help eliminate threats of this kind.

11 Feb 2025

Flat Rotation Curves in Distant Galaxies Reveal High Dark Matter Content

In a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal, a team of scientists from the University of Tokyo, Peking University, and the University of Texas discovered that dark matter predominates in the halos of two supermassive black holes in galaxies located about 13 billion light years away.

10 Feb 2025

Exploring the Thermodynamic Limits of Quantum Technologies

Researchers from the Nagoya University and Slovak Academy of Sciences have made a ground-breaking discovery that sheds new light on how quantum theory and thermodynamics interact.

10 Feb 2025

Coventry University Researcher Shows How Time Crystals Could be Used to Make Quantum Batteries

Time crystals may sound like something from a science fiction film, but for physicists the phrase has a very specific meaning.

7 Feb 2025

Hubble Finds Record Nine Rings in Distant Galaxy

In a study that was published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, astronomers used Hubble to find eight observable rings—more than any other observatory has ever seen in any galaxy—and used data from Hawaii's W. M. Keck Observatory to confirm a ninth.

5 Feb 2025

Quantum Light Doubles Sensitivity of Infrared Spectroscopy

According to a study published in Science Advances, an international collaboration of engineers and physicists has developed a method to enhance the capabilities of advanced spectroscopy using quantum light.

5 Feb 2025

By Studying Neutron ‘starquakes’, Scientists Hope to Transform their Understanding of Nuclear Matter

The study of ‘starquakes’ (like earthquakes, but in stars) promises to give us important new insights into the properties of neutron stars (the collapsed remnants of massive stars), according to new research led by the University of Bath.

5 Feb 2025