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Quantum Mechanics Harnessed to Create Fraud-Proof Credit Cards

Credit card fraud and identify theft are serious problems for consumers and industries. Though corporations and individuals work to improve safeguards, it has become increasingly difficult to protect financial data and personal information from criminal activity. Fortunately, new insights into quantum physics may soon offer a solution.

16 Dec 2014

Most Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes Also Generate Strong Bursts of Radio Waves

Each day, thunderstorms around the world produce about a thousand quick bursts of gamma rays, some of the highest-energy light naturally found on Earth. By merging records of events seen by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope with data from ground-based radar and lightning detectors, scientists have completed the most detailed analysis to date of the types of thunderstorms involved.

16 Dec 2014

Historic Landing of Philae Probe onto Comet 67P Named Physics World Breakthrough of the Year

The first ever landing of a man-made probe onto a comet has been named Physics World Breakthrough of the Year for 2014.

15 Dec 2014

Large Hadron Collider Gears up for Second Three-Year Run at CERN

CERN announced today at the 174th session of the CERN Council that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is gearing up for its second three-year run. The LHC is the largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world and the whole 27-kilometre superconducting machine is now almost cooled to its nominal operating temperature of 1.9 degrees above absolute zero.

15 Dec 2014

Three New Experiments with More Sensitive Detectors May Help Glimpse Dark Matter

Scientists have long known that dark matter is out there, silently orchestrating the universe’s movement and structure. But what exactly is dark matter made of? And what does a dark matter particle look like? That remains a mystery, with experiment after experiment coming up empty handed in the quest to detect these elusive particles.

15 Dec 2014

Data from Astronomical Surveys used to Measure Large Distances in the Universe

For the first time researchers have measured large distances in the Universe using data, rather than calculations related to general relativity.

15 Dec 2014

Attosecond XUV Spectroscopy Helps Measure Mobile Electrons in Semiconductors

The entire semiconductor industry, not to mention Silicon Valley, is built on the propensity of electrons in silicon to get kicked out of their atomic shells and become free. These mobile electrons are routed and switched though transistors, carrying the digital information that characterizes our age.

15 Dec 2014

Quantum Physics News

Quantum Mechanics Harnessed to Create Fraud-Proof Credit Cards

Most Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes Also Generate Strong Bursts of Radio Waves

Historic Landing of Philae Probe onto Comet 67P Named Physics World Breakthrough of the Year

Large Hadron Collider Gears up for Second Three-Year Run at CERN

Three New Experiments with More Sensitive Detectors May Help Glimpse Dark Matter

Data from Astronomical Surveys used to Measure Large Distances in the Universe

Attosecond XUV Spectroscopy Helps Measure Mobile Electrons in Semiconductors

Pair of Spiral Galaxies Caught in Grazing Encounter

Sir Michael Berry Awarded Lorentz Medal for Development of Geometric Phase Theory

Supercomputer Simulations Help Solve Interstellar Mystery of Star Formation

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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