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Planet-Size Storms Present in Most Brown Dwarfs

Swirling, stormy clouds may be ever-present on cool celestial orbs called brown dwarfs. New observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope suggest that most brown dwarfs are roiling with one or more planet-size storms akin to Jupiter's "Great Red Spot."

8 Jan 2014

Study Reveals Universal Existence of ‘Charge-Density-Waves’

UBC researchers have discovered a universal electronic state that controls the behavior of high-temperature superconducting copper-oxide ceramics.

8 Jan 2014

First-Ever Gamma-Ray Measurements of Gravitational Lens

An international team of astronomers, using NASA's Fermi observatory, has made the first-ever gamma-ray measurements of a gravitational lens, a kind of natural telescope formed when a rare cosmic alignment allows the gravity of a massive object to bend and amplify light from a more distant source.

7 Jan 2014

Scientists Develop Tabletop Magnetic Pulse Generator

Rice University scientists have pioneered a tabletop magnetic pulse generator that does the work of a room-sized machine – and more.

7 Jan 2014

White Dwarf Stars and Superdense Pulsar System Provide a Natural Cosmic Laboratory

A newly discovered system of two white dwarf stars and a superdense pulsar--all packed within a space smaller than the Earth's orbit around the sun -- is enabling astronomers to probe a range of cosmic mysteries, including the very nature of gravity itself.

7 Jan 2014

ALMA Captures Remains of Supernova Brimming With Freshly Formed Dust

Galaxies can be remarkably dusty places and supernovas are thought to be a primary source of that dust, especially in the early Universe. Direct evidence of a supernova's dust-making capabilities, however, has been slim and cannot account for the copious amount of dust detected in young, distant galaxies.

7 Jan 2014

Astronomers Discover First Earth-Mass Planet That Transits Host Star

An international team of astronomers has discovered the first Earth-mass planet that transits, or crosses in front of, its host star. KOI-314c is the lightest planet to have both its mass and physical size measured. Surprisingly, although the planet weighs the same as Earth, it is 60 percent larger in diameter, meaning that it must have a very thick, gaseous atmosphere.

7 Jan 2014

Free CQT Course on Inherent Randomness in Quantum Theory

More than 42,000 students today begin the course "Unpredictable? Randomness, Chance and Free Will" by CQT Principal Investigator Valerio Scarani. The eight-week course is being offered online for free on Coursera.org.

7 Jan 2014

Unique Stellar System with Two White Dwarf Stars and a Superdense Neutron Star Discovered

Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope (GBT) have discovered a unique stellar system of two white dwarf stars and a superdense neutron star, all packed within a space smaller than Earth's orbit around the Sun. The closeness of the stars, combined with their nature, has allowed the scientists to make the best measurements yet of the complex gravitational interactions in such a system.

6 Jan 2014

Physicist Explores Quantum Effects That Take Place in Atoms at Very Low Temperature

The UPV/EHU physicist Eneko Malatsetxebarria has explored, on a theoretical level, some quantum effects that take place in atoms at a very low temperature. Firstly, he has discovered that boson-type atoms and fermion-type ones can be mixed in a specific way. So he has made the necessary conditions for carrying out these experiments available to experimental physicists. Secondly, he has deduced how fermions would influence bosons in this case.

6 Jan 2014

Quantum Physics News

Planet-Size Storms Present in Most Brown Dwarfs

Study Reveals Universal Existence of ‘Charge-Density-Waves’

First-Ever Gamma-Ray Measurements of Gravitational Lens

Scientists Develop Tabletop Magnetic Pulse Generator

White Dwarf Stars and Superdense Pulsar System Provide a Natural Cosmic Laboratory

ALMA Captures Remains of Supernova Brimming With Freshly Formed Dust

Astronomers Discover First Earth-Mass Planet That Transits Host Star

Free CQT Course on Inherent Randomness in Quantum Theory

Unique Stellar System with Two White Dwarf Stars and a Superdense Neutron Star Discovered

Physicist Explores Quantum Effects That Take Place in Atoms at Very Low 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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Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

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