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Study Investigates Quantum Effects that Play Role in Atom-Sized Machines

For the first time in the history of miniaturization of machines, researchers at CQT and their colleagues have demonstrated that a single atom can work as an engine or a fridge.

5 May 2020

Quantum Machine Learning Could Unlock New Capabilities in Drug Discovery

Quantum machine learning, an emerging field that combines machine learning and quantum physics, is the focus of research to discover possible treatments for COVID-19, according to Penn State researchers led by Swaroop Ghosh, the Joseph R. and Janice M. Monkowski Career Development Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering.

5 May 2020

Room-Temperature Quantum Computers may Become Reality

According to scientists from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, quantum computer circuits that will no longer require extremely cold temperatures to operate may soon become a reality, that is, in around 10 years.

4 May 2020

Instrument to Study Axion Could Explain Mystery of Dark Matter

Observation of the universe has enabled researchers to determine that nearly 80% of its mass seems to be “dark matter,” exerting a gravitational pull but without interacting with light.

4 May 2020

Gravitational Waves Could Provide Clear Evidence for Creation of Quark-Gluon Plasma

Neutron stars are among the densest objects in the universe. If our Sun, with its radius of 700,000 kilometres were a neutron star, its mass would be condensed into an almost perfect sphere with a radius of around 12 kilometers.

4 May 2020

NASA's Webb Telescope to Unravel Mystery of Bustling Stellar Nursery

A bustling stellar nursery in the picturesque Orion Nebula will be a subject of study for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled to launch in 2021.

4 May 2020

Machine Learning Speeds Up Tuning Operations of Particle Accelerator

Every year, the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC) at the Department of Energy is visited by scientists across the world to carry out scores of experiments in energy research, biology, materials science, and chemistry at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray laser.

30 Apr 2020

Rare Images Shed New Light on Formation of Planetary Systems

An international team of astronomers has captured fifteen images of the inner rims of planet-forming disks located hundreds of light years away.

30 Apr 2020

New Data Challenges Model of Cosmology on Universe’s Mass

Under the guidance of Professor Hendrik Hildebrandt, cosmologists from Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum (RUB) have gained a new understanding of the structure and density of matter in the Universe.

29 Apr 2020

Optimal Use of RF Waves can Help Control Fusion Reactions

A study performed by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Princeton University points toward better regulation of the vexing magnetic islands in ITER—the international tokamak being constructed in France—and also other forthcoming fusion facilities that cannot permit massive disruptions.

29 Apr 2020

Technique to Reduce Quantum Noise in Gravitational Detectors

A new technique for minimizing quantum noise in detectors has been developed by scientists from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ).

29 Apr 2020

Researchers Discover Nitrogen-Bearing Organic Molecules in Martian Meteorites

A research team including research scientist Atsuko Kobayashi from the Earth-Life Science Institute at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan and research scientist Mizuho Koike from the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, have found nitrogen-bearing organic material in carbonate minerals in a Martian meteorite.

29 Apr 2020