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NASA to Help Fund AnalySwift, Purdue Technology Shown to Speed Design of Composite Deployable Structures

An innovation that helps speed the design of fishing rods, skis and cell phone electronics soon will help NASA do its work in space.

From AnalySwift 23 Jan 2020

Designing New Types of Semiconductor-Based Lasers Using Quantum Theory

Led by Germán J. de Valcárcel Gonzalvo, Professor of Optics at the University of Valencia, a research team including scientists from five countries has proposed a new theory—the coherent master equation.

21 Jan 2020

Quantum Thermodynamic Nano-Device Measures Tiniest Energies in Quantum Systems

Quantum physics has been making its way from the laboratory into the everyday lives of humans. Although quantum computers have hit the headline for solving problems that cannot be solved by classical computers, there are certain technical difficulties in bringing quantum physics into the real world.

20 Jan 2020

Study of Already Dying Massive Galaxy Could Reveal History of Universe

The farthest dying galaxy found out so far includes more than a trillion stars and is more massive compared to the Milky Way.

20 Jan 2020

Leading Australian Telescopes to Get Technology Upgrades

CSIRO’s iconic Parkes radio telescope – fondly known as ‘The Dish’ – will get a new receiver that will significantly increase the amount of sky it can see at any one time, enabling new science and supporting local innovation in the space sector.

20 Jan 2020

Scientists Observe Self-Organized Criticality in Quantum System

A team of researchers has experimentally visualized the concept of what is known as “self-organized criticality” in a quantum system, for the first time. The study holds implications to further develop quantum technology.

17 Jan 2020

Researchers Use AlphaZero Algorithm to Learn to Control a Quantum System

When the AlphaZero computer algorithm figured out how to beat the best chess programs developed through human expertise, after just four hours on its own, the chess world was astonished.

17 Jan 2020

New Colloidal Quantum Dot Photodetector can Detect Light in Long-Infrared Range

Optical sensing in the mid to long infrared (5 microns, or 5 µm) range has gained considerable significance in various fields, as it is a useful tool for gas sensing, environmental monitoring, food quality control, thermal imaging, in the pharmaceutical industry, etc.

17 Jan 2020

Discovery of Second Planet Orbiting the Star Closest to Our Solar System

Scientists have discovered what they believe to be a second planet orbiting the star closest to our Solar System, Proxima Centuri, which became famous in 2016 with the discovery of an ‘Earth-like’ planet in orbit, Proxima b.

17 Jan 2020

NASA Intern Discovers New Planet 6.9 Times Larger than Earth

A 17-year-old high school student has made a startling discovery a mere three days into their NASA internship: a new planet 6.9 times larger than Earth orbiting two stars. Image Credit: Allexxandar/Shutterstock.com ...

By David J. Cross 15 Jan 2020

Study Demonstrates Asteroseismology Potential of NASA’s TESS Satellite

In the constellation of Indus, a single bright star can be seen from the southern hemisphere, which has now offered innovative understanding about an ancient collision underwent by the Milky Way galaxy, early in its history, with another smaller galaxy known as Gaia-Enceladus.

14 Jan 2020

Mapping How Electron Energies Vary Between Regions in Specific Quantum State

The way energies of electrons differ from one region to another in a specific quantum state has now been mapped by a group of physicists with unmatched clarity.

14 Jan 2020

Oldest Material on Earth Found in Australia

Image Credit: Triff/Shutterstock.com Presolar grains of dust taken from a meteorite that crashed into the Australian landscape over 50 years ago are thought to be among the oldest materials on Earth. Researchers ana...

By David J. Cross 14 Jan 2020

Study Reveals Intermediate-Mass Stars Will Probably Explode, Not Collapse

A research team, including several scientists from the Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt) and GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung (GSI), has experimentally established the properties of nuclear processes in matter that is 25 times hotter and 10 million times denser than the core of the Sun.

13 Jan 2020

Novel Detector Precisely Determines Oscillation Profile of Light Waves

An innovative type of detector that allows accurate determination of the oscillation profile of light waves has been developed by physicists in the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics at LMU Munich and at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (MPQ).

13 Jan 2020

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NASA to Help Fund AnalySwift, Purdue Technology Shown to Speed Design of Composite Deployable Structures

Designing New Types of Semiconductor-Based Lasers Using Quantum Theory

Quantum Thermodynamic Nano-Device Measures Tiniest Energies in Quantum Systems

Study of Already Dying Massive Galaxy Could Reveal History of Universe

Leading Australian Telescopes to Get Technology Upgrades

Scientists Observe Self-Organized Criticality in Quantum System

Researchers Use AlphaZero Algorithm to Learn to Control a Quantum System

New Colloidal Quantum Dot Photodetector can Detect Light in Long-Infrared Range

Discovery of Second Planet Orbiting the Star Closest to Our Solar System

NASA Intern Discovers New Planet 6.9 Times Larger than Earth

Study Demonstrates Asteroseismology Potential of NASA’s TESS Satellite

Mapping How Electron Energies Vary Between Regions in Specific Quantum State

Oldest Material on Earth Found in Australia

Study Reveals Intermediate-Mass Stars Will Probably Explode, Not Collapse

Novel Detector Precisely Determines Oscillation Profile of Light Waves

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