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Study Results Provide Key Insights into Mysterious Environment Around Supermassive Black Holes

A research team observed M77 by ALMA and discovered that organic molecules are concentrated in a region surrounding a supermassive black hole at its center.

27 Feb 2015

ESO's MUSE Instrument Provides Astronomers Best Ever 3D View of Deep Universe

The MUSE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope has given astronomers the best ever three-dimensional view of the deep Universe. After staring at the Hubble Deep Field South region for only 27 hours, the new observations reveal the distances, motions and other properties of far more galaxies than ever before in this tiny piece of the sky. They also go beyond Hubble and reveal previously invisible objects.

27 Feb 2015

Researchers Develop Prototype Quantum Radar Capable of Detecting Objects of Low Reflectivity

A prototype quantum radar that has the potential to detect objects which are invisible to conventional systems has been developed by an international research team led by a quantum information scientist at the University of York.

27 Feb 2015

New Research Provides Revelations About Black Hole Collisions

New research by a UT Dallas astrophysicist provides revelations about the most energetic event in the universe — the merging of two spinning, orbiting black holes into a much larger black hole.

26 Feb 2015

Bristol Quantum Information Technologies Workshop 2015 to be Held from 15 to 17 April

The Centre for Quantum Photonics is pleased to announce the return of the Bristol Quantum Information Technologies Workshop from the 15th - 17th April 2015.

26 Feb 2015

JQI Researchers Demonstrate Modular Entanglement Between Two Atomic Systems

JQI researchers, under the direction of Christopher Monroe have demonstrated modular entanglement between two atomic systems, separated by one meter. Here, photons are the long distance information carriers entangling multiple qubit modules. Inside of a single module, quantized collective vibrations called phonons connect individual qubits.

26 Feb 2015

University of Virginia Theoretical Astrophysicist Named Sloan Research Fellow for 2015

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has named University of Virginia astronomer Shane Davis as a Sloan Research Fellow for 2015. Davis, an assistant professor of astronomy, is a theoretical astrophysicist who is an expert on using large computer simulations to model complex systems in the universe.

26 Feb 2015

Newly Discovered Cosmic Object May Help Understand Black Holes Better

A newly discovered cosmic object may help provide answers to some long-standing questions about how black holes evolve and influence their surroundings, according to a new study using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.

26 Feb 2015

Breakthrough Technique Holds Potential for Particle Accelerator Applications

An international team of researchers working at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has demonstrated that a bent silicon crystal can bend the paths of focused, very energetic electron beams much more than magnets used today. The method could be of interest for particle accelerator applications such as next-generation X-ray lasers that will help scientists unravel atomic structures and motions in unprecedented detail.

26 Feb 2015

RUB Engineers Optimize Spin Lasers for Rapid Data Transfer

RUB engineers have developed a new concept for accelerating data transfer in server farms. To this end, the team at the Chair of Photonics and Terahertz Technology applies a quantum-mechanical variable, i.e. the spin. RUBIN, the science magazine published by the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, reports on how researchers optimise so-called spin lasers for data transfer.

26 Feb 2015