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South Pole Telescope Searches the Skies to Map Cosmic Microwave Background

Down at the South Pole, where temperatures drop below negative 100 degrees Fahrenheit and darkness blankets the land for six months at a time, the South Pole Telescope (SPT) searches the skies for answers to the mysteries of our universe.

24 Mar 2015

USPTO Awards Whitewood Patent for Secure Multi-Party Communication Compatible with Quantum Key Distribution

Whitewood Encryption Systems, Inc., a builder of next-generation systems of data encryption that leverage advanced cryptography technologies emerging from U.S. centers of research excellence, announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent No. 8,929,554, with claims covering methods and systems for secure multi-party communication that are compatible with various key distribution protocols, including quantum key distribution (QKD).

24 Mar 2015

Researchers Demonstrate Very High Speed Quantum Switch with Silicon

The team demonstrated a quantum on/off switching time of about a millionth of a millionth of a second - the fastest-ever quantum switch to be achieved with silicon and over a thousand times faster than previous attempts.

23 Mar 2015

High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory to Gather Highest-Energy Gamma Rays

High on a sleeping Mexican volcano, a new particle astrophysics observatory is about to blink to life, commencing an all-sky search for very high-energy gamma rays — a search that could greatly expand the catalog of known gamma ray sources and chip away at the mystery of the cosmic rays that constantly bombard our planet.

23 Mar 2015

Self-Consistent Theory of Quantum Gravity Explains the Dark Sector

Ask any theoretical physicist on what are the most profound mysteries in physics and you will be surprised if she mentions anything other than Quantum Gravity and the Dark Sector.

23 Mar 2015

Astronomers Study Effects of Black Holes on Emergent Galaxies at JAXA’s New X-Ray Astronomy Observatory

University of Waterloo Professor Brian McNamara along with two Canadian astronomers will be part of the science working group directing ASTRO-H, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA's) newest flagship x-ray astronomy observatory.

23 Mar 2015

Construction Complete on 300th Detector Tank at High Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma-Ray Observatory

Supernovae, neutron star collisions and active galactic nuclei are among the most energetic phenomena in the known universe. These violent explosions produce high-energy gamma rays and cosmic rays, which can easily travel large distances--making it possible to see objects and events far outside our own galaxy.

23 Mar 2015

CQP Researchers Publish Paper on Active Temporal Multiplexing of Photons in arXiv

A paper co-authored by researchers including Gabriel Mendoza, Raffaele Santagati, Jack Munns, Lizzy Hemsley, Mateusz Piekarek, Enrique Martin-Lopez, Graham Marshall, Damien Bonneau, Mark Thompson and Jeremy O'Brien from the Centre for Quantum Photonics has been published in arXiv this month.

23 Mar 2015

New Fundamental Insights Help Hone Search for Room Temperature Superconductivity

The Canadian research community on high-temperature superconductivity continues to lead this exciting scientific field with groundbreaking results coming hot on the heels of big theoretical questions.

20 Mar 2015

Interstellar Dust Cloud Produced By Supernova Explosion Contains Enough Dust to Make 7,000 Earths

Using NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), an international scientific team discovered that supernovae are capable of producing a substantial amount of the material from which planets like Earth can form.

20 Mar 2015

Quantum Physics News

South Pole Telescope Searches the Skies to Map Cosmic Microwave Background

USPTO Awards Whitewood Patent for Secure Multi-Party Communication Compatible with Quantum Key Distribution

Researchers Demonstrate Very High Speed Quantum Switch with Silicon

High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory to Gather Highest-Energy Gamma Rays

Self-Consistent Theory of Quantum Gravity Explains the Dark Sector

Astronomers Study Effects of Black Holes on Emergent Galaxies at JAXA’s New X-Ray Astronomy Observatory

Construction Complete on 300th Detector Tank at High Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma-Ray Observatory

CQP Researchers Publish Paper on Active Temporal Multiplexing of Photons in arXiv

New Fundamental Insights Help Hone Search for Room Temperature Superconductivity

Interstellar Dust Cloud Produced By Supernova Explosion Contains Enough Dust to Make 7,000 Earths

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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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

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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

1First High-Res Map of Massive Explosion in NGC 4383

2Researchers Achieve Major Advancement in Quantum Technology

3Enhancing Quantum Error Correction Effectiveness

4Quantum Challenge to Be Solved One Mile Underground

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