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Pulsar with Faint Gamma-Ray Glow Spanning Huge Part of Sky Discovered

A faint yet widespread glow of high-energy light surrounding a neighboring pulsar has been detected by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.

20 Dec 2019

Physicists Determine Entropy for the First Time in Complex Plasmas

From the end of the 19th century, physicists have been aware that energy transfer from one body to another is related to entropy. Soon it became evident that this entity is of primary significance.

19 Dec 2019

Study Offers Vital Data on Interaction Between Dark and Luminous Matter

Low-surface-brightness galaxies have helped in acquiring new data and reaching significant conclusions on dark matter, which is one of the biggest mysteries of the cosmos.

19 Dec 2019

New Topological Insulator Could Help Realize Qubit for Quantum Computing

New experiments conducted at BESSY II using magnetically doped topological insulators have unraveled prospective means of lossless signal transmission involving an astonishing self-organization phenomenon.

19 Dec 2019

Strange Quantum Interference Created Between Photons of Different Colors

At times, particles can behave like waves. This behavior is also applicable to photons, or particles of light.

18 Dec 2019

New Quantum Materials Could Help Quantum Computing Reach Full Potential

In the near future, quantum computing, an emerging technology, may be able to solve highly complex problems that cannot be solved by even the most powerful existing supercomputers.

18 Dec 2019

Leptons may be Created in Processes that Extend Beyond Standard Physics

During the LHCb experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, one of several products of collisions seen are electrons accompanied by their “colleagues”—other leptons.

17 Dec 2019

Snapshot of Comet 2I/Borisov Streaking Through the Solar System Captured

Once again, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a snapshot of comet 2I/Borisov flashing through the Solar System on its way back into interstellar space.

13 Dec 2019

Cea-Leti and Partners Demonstrate Potentially Scalable Readout System for Large Arrays of Quantum Dots

Leti, a technology research institute of CEA Tech, and its research partners have demonstrated a potentially scalable readout technique that could be fast enough for high-fidelity measurements in large arrays of quantum dots.

13 Dec 2019

Quantum-Based Study Shows Heat Energy can Travel Through Complete Vacuum

A vacuum-insulated thermos, which is generally used to keep the coffee hot, is an excellent insulator because heat energy cannot move easily through empty space.

12 Dec 2019

Prestigious European ERC Consolidator Grant Awarded to imec’s Clement Merckling for Developing Fault-tolerant Qubits

Imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, today announces that the European Research Council has awarded Clement Merckling, principal member of technical staff at imec, a Consolidator Grant for working out his project NOTICE.

From imec 12 Dec 2019

Ferromagnetic Nanowire Helps Detect Penetration Point of Abrikosov Vortices

A research team from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the Institute of Solid State Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Lomonosov Moscow State University has demonstrated that Abrikosov vortices that penetrate via a superconductor-ferromagnet interface could now be detected.

10 Dec 2019