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Hubble Space Telescope Helps Solve 40-Year-Old Origin Mystery of Magellanic Stream

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have solved the 40-year-old mystery of the origin of the Magellanic Stream, a long ribbon of gas stretching nearly halfway around the Milky Way. New Hubble observations reveal that most of this stream was stripped from the Small Magellanic Cloud some two billion years ago, with a smaller portion originating more recently from its larger neighbour.

12 Aug 2013

Gemini’s FLAMINGOS-2 Reveals Magnificent Near-Infrared Images of Swan Nebula

Gemini Observatory’s latest instrument, a powerful infrared camera and spectrograph at Gemini South, reveals its potential in a series of striking on-sky commissioning images released today.

12 Aug 2013

Novel Compact Miniature Spectrometer to Measure Terahertz Waves

The chair for RF engineering at Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden) and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) recently embarked on a new joint effort with the goal of developing improved diagnostic tools for use in accelerators. Using a novel compact miniature spectrometer, the researchers are planning on measuring terahertz waves at ELBE, the HZDR’s electron accelerator.

12 Aug 2013

Higgs Boson May Help Explain Attributes of Enigmatic Dark Energy

One of the biggest mysteries in contemporary particle physics and cosmology is why dark energy, which is observed to dominate energy density of the universe, has a remarkably small (but not zero) value. This value is so small, it is perhaps 120 orders of magnitude less than would be expected based on fundamental physics.

12 Aug 2013

Atomic Clock Used as Quantum Simulator

Researchers at JILA have for the first time used an atomic clock as a quantum simulator, mimicking the behavior of a different, more complex quantum system.

9 Aug 2013

Mystery of Magellanic Stream Solved by Hubble Space Telescope

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have solved a 40-year mystery on the origin of the Magellanic Stream, a long ribbon of gas stretching nearly halfway around our Milky Way galaxy.

9 Aug 2013

Miniature Silicon System Produces Light With Fewer Quantum Fluctuations

One of the many counterintuitive and bizarre insights of quantum mechanics is that even in a vacuum—what many of us think of as an empty void—all is not completely still. Low levels of noise, known as quantum fluctuations, are always present. Always, that is, unless you can pull off a quantum trick. And that's just what a team led by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has done.

9 Aug 2013

Endeavor to Improve EPFL Simulation Software Targeting Supernovae in Dwarf Galaxies

Summer Series. Supernovas, the explosions of stars at the end of life, contain valuable information about the origin of the universe. Master’s student Alexis Arnaudon seeks to improve parameters of their simulation to lift the veil on some of the many remaining questions about them.

9 Aug 2013

Manipulating 'Spin' of Electrons Can Improve Performance of Solar Cells

Organic solar cells, a new class of solar cell that mimics the natural process of plant photosynthesis, could revolutionise renewable energy - but currently lack the efficiency to compete with the more costly commercial silicon cells.

8 Aug 2013

Quasar Observed With Many Light Reflections

Quasars are active black holes – primarily from the early universe. Using a special method where you observe light that has been bent by gravity on its way through the universe, a group of physics students from the Niels Bohr Institute have observed a quasar whose light has been deflected and reflected in six separate images. This is the first time a quasar has been observed with so many light reflections. The results are published in the scientific journal, Astrophysical Journal.

8 Aug 2013

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Hubble Space Telescope Helps Solve 40-Year-Old Origin Mystery of Magellanic Stream

Gemini’s FLAMINGOS-2 Reveals Magnificent Near-Infrared Images of Swan Nebula

Novel Compact Miniature Spectrometer to Measure Terahertz Waves

Higgs Boson May Help Explain Attributes of Enigmatic Dark Energy

Atomic Clock Used as Quantum Simulator

Mystery of Magellanic Stream Solved by Hubble Space Telescope

Miniature Silicon System Produces Light With Fewer Quantum Fluctuations

Endeavor to Improve EPFL Simulation Software Targeting Supernovae in Dwarf Galaxies

Manipulating 'Spin' of Electrons Can Improve Performance of Solar Cells

Quasar Observed With Many Light Reflections

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

1New Discovery Links ORC Formation to Merging Galaxy Clusters

2Enhancing Quantum Error Correction Effectiveness

3New Device Enables Fine-Tuning of Information Flow in Qubits

4AIST Selects QuEra’s Neutral-Atom Quantum Computer to Be Installed Alongside NVIDIA-Powered ABCI-Q Supercomputer

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