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Scientists Directly Measure Movement of Electrons as They Leap

Many chemical reactions – such as those at work in batteries and photosynthesis – rely on electrons moving from one atom or molecule to another.

18 Jul 2014

American Astronautical Society Honors Voyager Project Scientist with Lifetime Achievement Award

Ed Stone, project scientist of NASA's Voyager mission since 1972, and former director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, was honored with a lifetime achievement award on Wednesday from the American Astronautical Society.

18 Jul 2014

Multiverse Hypothesis in the Realm of Testable Science

Never mind the big bang; in the beginning was the vacuum. The vacuum simmered with energy (variously called dark energy, vacuum energy, the inflation field, or the Higgs field). Like water in a pot, this high energy began to evaporate – bubbles formed.

18 Jul 2014

Comet ISON May Have Run Out of Steam Before Perihelion

On November 28th of last year, thousands of people worldwide watched comet ISON’s fiery ride past the Sun. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) have now reconstructed the comet’s activity during its final hours. Their conclusion: already hours before its perhelion passage, ISON stopped emitting dust and gas into space.

17 Jul 2014

Antimatter Streams Through SLAC Linear Accelerator

Following an absence of six years, beams of positrons – the antimatter twins of electrons – are once more streaming through the linear accelerator to waiting experiments at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

17 Jul 2014

Pancakes' of Ultracold Atoms Trapped Between Mirrors Investigate Dicke Model of Atom-Light Interaction

With atoms and light, CQT researchers have built a 'simulator' of atom-light interactions. As circular as it sounds, the approach creates a promising new playground for testing theoretical ideas.

17 Jul 2014

Asteroid Vesta Data from Dawn Mission Questions Contemporary Models of Rocky Planet Formation

EPFL researchers have a better understanding of the asteroid Vesta and its internal structure, thanks to numerical simulations and data from the space mission Dawn. Their findings, published today in Nature, question contemporary models of rocky planet formation, including that of Earth.

17 Jul 2014

DFT Helps Describe Quantum Mechanical Processes Unfolding in Monolayer Materials Under Stress

Interested in an ultra-fast, unbreakable, and flexible smart phone that recharges in a matter of seconds? Monolayer materials may make it possible. These atom-thin sheets—including the famed super material graphene—feature exceptional and untapped mechanical and electronic properties. But to fully exploit these atomically tailored wonder materials, scientists must pry free the secrets of how and why they bend and break under stress.

17 Jul 2014

DOE and NSF Endorse Generation 2 Dark Matter Experiments

Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science and the National Science Foundation announced support for a suite of upcoming experiments to search for dark matter that will be many times more sensitive than those currently deployed.

17 Jul 2014

Ordered Water Monolayer May Not Completely Wet Water at Room Temperature

The molecular scale behavior of water at a solid/liquid interface holds fundamental significance in a diverse set of technical and scientific contexts, ranging from the efficiency of oil mining to the activity of biological molecules.

17 Jul 2014

Quantum Physics News

Scientists Directly Measure Movement of Electrons as They Leap

American Astronautical Society Honors Voyager Project Scientist with Lifetime Achievement Award

Multiverse Hypothesis in the Realm of Testable Science

Comet ISON May Have Run Out of Steam Before Perihelion

Antimatter Streams Through SLAC Linear Accelerator

Pancakes' of Ultracold Atoms Trapped Between Mirrors Investigate Dicke Model of Atom-Light Interaction

Asteroid Vesta Data from Dawn Mission Questions Contemporary Models of Rocky Planet Formation

DFT Helps Describe Quantum Mechanical Processes Unfolding in Monolayer Materials Under Stress

DOE and NSF Endorse Generation 2 Dark Matter Experiments

Ordered Water Monolayer May Not Completely Wet Water at Room Temperature

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

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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

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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