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Scientists Demonstrate Viability of Engineering Atomic-Scale Quantum States on Surface of Silicon

By introducing individual silicon atom ‘defects’ using a scanning tunnelling microscope, scientists at the London Centre for Nanotechnology have coupled single atoms to form quantum states.

4 Apr 2013

Researchers Utilize Terahertz Flashes to Investigate Light Tsunamis in a Superconductor

In their latest experiment, Prof. Andrea Cavalleri from the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter at the Hamburg-based Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) and Dr. Michael Gensch from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) investigated together with other colleagues from the HZDR, the United Kingdom, and Japan if and how superconductivity can be systematically controlled.

4 Apr 2013

Stellar Spiral Arms in Disk Galaxies Not Transient, but Self-Perpetuating, Persistent and Long Lived

As the shapes of galaxies go, the spiral disk — with its characteristic pinwheel profile — is by far the most pedestrian.

4 Apr 2013

NASA Seeks Advances in Optics Technologies to Characterize Galaxy Evolution and Exoplanets

NASA is seeking innovative, early-stage space technology proposals from accredited U.S. universities that will enable NASA's future missions and America's leadership in space.

3 Apr 2013

L'OREAL-UNESCO for Women in Science Program Honors Laureate for Study in Ultracold Gases of Fermions

The L'OREAL-UNESCO For Women in Science program awarded five exceptional women scientists from around the world with the 2013 L'OREAL-UNESCO Awards in the Physical Sciences.

3 Apr 2013

Hilldale Honors Leader in Neutrino Astrophysics

Hilldale Awards, which honor contributions to teaching, research and service each year, are based on UW-Madison's four divisions: biological sciences, physical sciences, social studies, and arts and humanities.

3 Apr 2013

Fundamental Laws of Quantum-Mechanical Physics look the same if Direction of Time is Reversed

Why can’t time run backwards? In a lecture of that title that he gave here last week, Nobel laureate Sir Anthony J. Leggett explored some of the scientific, philosophical and even theological ramifications of the question.

2 Apr 2013

Scientists Synthesize the First Magnetic Superatoms

Sounding like something out of a comic book, superatoms are not only an enticing idea, but experiments have confirmed they exist. Scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University have collaborated with scientists from Johns Hopkins University to synthesize the first magnetic superatoms.

2 Apr 2013

ICRAR Astronomers Observe Death Throws of Giant Star

A team of astronomers led by the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have succeeded in observing the death throws of a giant star in unprecedented detail.

2 Apr 2013

Matter-Antimatter Laser Propulsion System for Interstellar Travel

Humans may step on the interstellar gas pedal some day and "Boom!" goes the engine. On Tuesday, April 2, at NASA's Langley Research Center, theoretical physicist Friedwardt Winterberg will present, "To Mars in Weeks by Thermonuclear Micro-Bomb Propulsion," at 2 p.m. in the Reid Conference Center here.

2 Apr 2013

Quantum Physics News

Scientists Demonstrate Viability of Engineering Atomic-Scale Quantum States on Surface of Silicon

Researchers Utilize Terahertz Flashes to Investigate Light Tsunamis in a Superconductor

Stellar Spiral Arms in Disk Galaxies Not Transient, but Self-Perpetuating, Persistent and Long Lived

NASA Seeks Advances in Optics Technologies to Characterize Galaxy Evolution and Exoplanets

L'OREAL-UNESCO for Women in Science Program Honors Laureate for Study in Ultracold Gases of Fermions

Hilldale Honors Leader in Neutrino Astrophysics

Fundamental Laws of Quantum-Mechanical Physics look the same if Direction of Time is Reversed

Scientists Synthesize the First Magnetic Superatoms

ICRAR Astronomers Observe Death Throws of Giant Star

Matter-Antimatter Laser Propulsion System for Interstellar Travel

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