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Researchers Discover Proto-Disk Around a Brown Dwarf for the First Time

Astronomers have found out what is called a proto-disk surrounding Mayrit, a proto-brown dwarf. This discovery allowed them to confirm, for the first time, that this celestial body was formed quite similar to sun-like stars.

21 May 2019

Fraunhofer Lighthouse Project QMag Launched to Develop Quantum Magnetometers for Industrial Applications

Fraunhofer scientists belonging to six institutions have joined hands to create quantum magnetometers for various industrial applications.

17 May 2019

Impressive Demonstration of Quantum Matter as a Brand New Material for Producing Art

Physicists at the University of Queensland have recreated the Mona Lisa, Van Gogh’s Starry Night, and a lot of other images on a quantum “canvas,” with the width of a strand of human hair.

17 May 2019

Hubble’s WFC3 Reveals Right Side of Irregular Galaxy NGC 4485 Blazing with Star Formation

NGC 4485, an irregular galaxy, has exhibited all evidence of having been involved in a hit-and-run collision with a galaxy that was circumnavigating. Instead of demolishing the galaxy, the coincidental encounter is giving rise to a new generation of stars, and supposedly planets.

17 May 2019

Physicists Create Prototype Superefficient Memory for Future Computers

Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and their colleagues from Germany and the Netherlands have achieved material magnetization switching on the shortest timescales, at a minimal energy cost.

17 May 2019

New Method for Surpassing Narrow Limits of Analog Simulation of Quantum Systems in Quantum Computers

At present, several researchers are striving to explore how quantum advantage can be made use of on already existing hardware.

16 May 2019

Researchers Offer First Direct Evidence for a Rare Nickel Nucleus

Scientists have come up with the first direct evidence for the existence of a rare type of atomic nucleus. The unique nickel nucleus (78Ni), which is an isotope of the normal nickel (58Ni), shares the same proton number but a different neutron number.

16 May 2019

Aurora Activity May Light up Skies in Southern Australia this Week

Sky gazers may be in for a treat this week, with increased solar activity bringing the potential for dramatic light displays to occur in skies over southern parts of the country.

16 May 2019

Generating High-Quality Single Photons for Quantum Computing

MIT researchers have designed a way to generate, at room temperature, more single photons for carrying quantum information. The design, they say, holds promise for the development of practical quantum computers.

16 May 2019

Physicists Show Digital Quantum Simulators can be More Robust and Stable than Previously Assumed

While solving quantum-physical problems in multi-body systems, for example, estimating material properties, traditional computers quickly reach the limits of their potential.

15 May 2019

Strong, Asteroid-Sized Planets Have Higher Chances of Surviving the Demise of their Stars

A new study led by the University of Warwick has discovered that small, hardy planets loaded with dense elements have a higher chance of avoiding being destroyed and gobbled up when their host star dies.

15 May 2019

Creating Atomic-Scale Crystal Defects to Speed Up Quantum Technologies

The unique phenomena of quantum entanglement and superposition are used by quantum technologies to encode and process information, with enormous advantages to an extensive range of information technologies from communications to computing and sensing.

15 May 2019

Accelerating Quantum Technologies with Materials Processing at the Atomic Scale

An emerging suite of information technologies based on fundamental quantum physics has been given a boost by researchers at the University of Oxford, who have invented a method to engineer single atomic defects in diamond using laser processing.

15 May 2019

Quantum World-First: Researchers can Now Tell How Accurate Two-Qubit Calculations in Silicon Really are

After being the first team to create a two-qubit gate in silicon in 2015, UNSW Sydney engineers are breaking new ground again: they have measured the accuracy of silicon two-qubit operations for the first time – and their results confirm the promise of silicon for quantum computing.

15 May 2019

Novel Technique for Producing High-Quality Single Photons at Room Temperature to Carry Quantum Information

A technique for producing more single photons at room temperature for transferring quantum information has been developed by researchers at MIT.

14 May 2019

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Researchers Discover Proto-Disk Around a Brown Dwarf for the First Time

Fraunhofer Lighthouse Project QMag Launched to Develop Quantum Magnetometers for Industrial Applications

Impressive Demonstration of Quantum Matter as a Brand New Material for Producing Art

Hubble’s WFC3 Reveals Right Side of Irregular Galaxy NGC 4485 Blazing with Star Formation

Physicists Create Prototype Superefficient Memory for Future Computers

New Method for Surpassing Narrow Limits of Analog Simulation of Quantum Systems in Quantum Computers

Researchers Offer First Direct Evidence for a Rare Nickel Nucleus

Aurora Activity May Light up Skies in Southern Australia this Week

Generating High-Quality Single Photons for Quantum Computing

Physicists Show Digital Quantum Simulators can be More Robust and Stable than Previously Assumed

Strong, Asteroid-Sized Planets Have Higher Chances of Surviving the Demise of their Stars

Creating Atomic-Scale Crystal Defects to Speed Up Quantum Technologies

Accelerating Quantum Technologies with Materials Processing at the Atomic Scale

Quantum World-First: Researchers can Now Tell How Accurate Two-Qubit Calculations in Silicon Really are

Novel Technique for Producing High-Quality Single Photons at Room Temperature to Carry Quantum Information

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