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Exotic Emergent Phenomena in Two-Dimensional Electron Liquids

Truly two-dimensional objects are rare. Even a thin piece of paper is trillions of atoms thick. When physicists do succeed in producing 2D systems, quantum interactions can lead to new phenomena and Nobel prizes.

10 Sep 2014

UH Researchers Build New Equipment to Make Superconductivity, Thermoelectricity More Viable

Paul Chu, T.L.L. Temple Chair of Science and founding director of the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston, will lead a group of investigators as they build a one-of-a-kind piece of equipment designed to further their research and ultimately help make superconductivity and thermoelectricity more commercially viable.

5 Sep 2014

Scientists Reveal Spin-Exchanging Interaction between Ytterbium Atoms in Different Electron Orbital States

LMU/MPQ scientists succeed in revealing a highly symmetric exchange of spins between ytterbium atoms in different electronic orbital states

4 Sep 2014

Quantum Photonics Researchers Develop Single-Photon Cannon

Electronic circuits are based on electrons, but one of the most promising technologies for future quantum circuits are photonic circuits, i.e. circuits based on light (photons) instead of electrons.

1 Sep 2014

Innovative Quantum Technique Generates Images with Undetected Photons

Researchers from the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI), the Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ), and the University of Vienna have developed a fundamentally new quantum imaging technique with strikingly counterintuitive features.

1 Sep 2014

Photon Science Speedway Addresses Emerging Challenges in Massive Data Analysis

A series of experiments conducted by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC) researchers is shedding new light on the photosynthetic process.

27 Aug 2014

DOE Grant to Qubitekk to Accelerate Development of Unhackable Quantum Encryption Technology

San Diego startup Qubitekk will benefit from a $3M Department of Energy grant to speed the development of unhackable quantum encryption technology that will protect the country's power grid from cyber attack.

27 Aug 2014

Understanding of Quantum Laws Reaffirmed

Decades of experiments have verified the quirky laws of quantum theory again and again. So when scientists in Germany announced in 2012 an apparent violation of a fundamental law of quantum mechanics, a physicist at the University of Rochester was determined to find an explanation.

27 Aug 2014

New Study Reveals the Classic Signature of a Galaxy Merger

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), and many other telescopes on the ground and in space, an international team of astronomers has obtained the best view yet of a collision that took place between two galaxies when the Universe was only half its current age.

27 Aug 2014

Fermilab’s Holometer Experiment Explores Whether the Universe is a 2-D Hologram

A unique experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory called the Holometer has started collecting data that will answer some mind-bending questions about our universe – including whether we live in a hologram.

27 Aug 2014