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Mars has Invisible Magnetic Tail, Finds NASA's MAVEN Mission

Mars has an invisible magnetic “tail” that is twisted by interaction with the solar wind, according to new research using data from NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft.

20 Oct 2017

Collision of Neutron Stars Proves General Relativity Prediction of Einstein

A global scientific project has finally observed the collision of neutron stars, directly, for the first time, with great significance for cracking enduring challenges in astrophysics around gravitational waves and gamma ray bursts.

20 Oct 2017

NASA Scientists Identify Lethal Ice Cloud on Saturn’s Moon Titan

Scientists with NASA’s Cassini mission discovered evidence of a deadly hybrid ice in a wispy cloud high over the south pole of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan.

19 Oct 2017

Neturon Star Collision Produces Gravitational Waves Detected by LIGO

Physicists have detected gravitational waves, for the very first time, from the collision of two neutron stars. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) made this observation. LIGO is a collaborative project with more than one thousand researchers from over 20 countries, including the University of Minnesota.

19 Oct 2017

Collision Between Two Massive Neutron Stars Seen for First Time

For the first time in history, astronomers have come up with direct detection of gravitational waves as well as light from a single cosmic event—a collision of two huge neutron stars.

19 Oct 2017

Research Uses New Quantum Computing Technique to Solve Physics Problem

Scientists from Caltech and the University of Southern California (USC) have given an account of the first use of quantum computing to solve a physics problem. They used quantum-compatible machine learning methods to devise a technique for acquiring an uncommon Higgs boson signal from extensive amounts of noise data.

19 Oct 2017

Hubble Space Telescope Detects Gravitational Waves from a Neutron Star Collision

Weak ripples in the fabric of space-time called gravitational waves washed over Earth on Aug. 17, 2017. Unlike earlier detected gravitational waves, these were escorted by light, permitting astronomers to pinpoint the source.

19 Oct 2017

Doctored Quantum Dots Discharge Laser Light More Efficiently

One of the keys to making miniature laser devices such as ophthalmic surgery scalpels function even more efficiently is the use of miniature semiconductor particles, known as quantum dots.

18 Oct 2017

Research on the Possible Detection of Gravitational Waves from the Merger of Two Neutron Stars

The Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), two months ago, notified astronomers all over the world of the potential detection of gravitational waves from the merger of two neutron stars.

18 Oct 2017

Detailed Study on the 2D Structure of Turbulence in Tokamaks

Fusion researchers experience a major hurdle while understanding turbulence, the ripples and eddies causing the superhot plasma that fuels fusion reactions to leak particles and heat and prevent fusion from taking place.

16 Oct 2017

New Cooling Technique for Observing Collisions Between Cold Molecules

At very low temperatures, how do chemical reactions proceed? An investigation of molecular samples that are cold, slow, and dense at the same time is needed in order to answer this question.

16 Oct 2017

HgTe Quantum Dot Defects can be used for Amplifying Near Infrared Light

As part of a multi-disciplinary effort, researchers from Ghent University (Belgium), Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands), VU Amsterdam (The Netherlands), and IEMN (France) have proved that defects in HgTe Quantum Dots (QDs) can be used for amplifying near infrared light.

16 Oct 2017

Researchers Use New Method to Observe Spin Behavior of Electrons in Quantum Material

A new technique that precisely measures the mysterious behavior and magnetic properties of electrons that flow across the surface of quantum materials could lead to next generation of electronics.

16 Oct 2017

Study Provides New Insight into How Planets Form

The quest to uncover the birth of planets found in the far reaches of the universe has taken a new, crucial twist.

16 Oct 2017

ISARA, Utimaco Announce Successful Testing of Quantum-Safe HSM Solution

ISARA Corporation, the leading provider of security solutions for the quantum computing age, and Utimaco Inc., a worldwide provider of cybersecurity solutions, announced today that they successfully ran quantum-safe hash, lattice and multivariate-based digital signature algorithms for a Hardware Security Module (HSM) in initial laboratory testing.

13 Oct 2017

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Mars has Invisible Magnetic Tail, Finds NASA's MAVEN Mission

Collision of Neutron Stars Proves General Relativity Prediction of Einstein

NASA Scientists Identify Lethal Ice Cloud on Saturn’s Moon Titan

Neturon Star Collision Produces Gravitational Waves Detected by LIGO

Collision Between Two Massive Neutron Stars Seen for First Time

Research Uses New Quantum Computing Technique to Solve Physics Problem

Hubble Space Telescope Detects Gravitational Waves from a Neutron Star Collision

Doctored Quantum Dots Discharge Laser Light More Efficiently

Research on the Possible Detection of Gravitational Waves from the Merger of Two Neutron Stars

Detailed Study on the 2D Structure of Turbulence in Tokamaks

New Cooling Technique for Observing Collisions Between Cold Molecules

HgTe Quantum Dot Defects can be used for Amplifying Near Infrared Light

Researchers Use New Method to Observe Spin Behavior of Electrons in Quantum Material

Study Provides New Insight into How Planets Form

ISARA, Utimaco Announce Successful Testing of Quantum-Safe HSM Solution

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1 Researchers Detect Unique Quantum Property of Majorana Fermion

2 Research Uses New Quantum Computing Technique to Solve Physics Problem

3 Doctored Quantum Dots Discharge Laser Light More Efficiently

4 Non-Abelian Anyon Observed in Bilayer Graphene

5 Collision of Neutron Stars Proves General Relativity Prediction of Einstein

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