Quantum Science News

Researcher Finds that Symmetrical Bipolarons Form the Basis of High-Temperature Superconductivity

According to Viktor Lakhno, a Russian physicist from Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, RAS, symmetrical bipolarons form the basis of high-temperature superconductivity.

Laser-Induced Electron Diffraction Used to Observe Bending and Stretching of Carbon Disulfide Molecule

Advanced techniques and instruments are required to be able to observe how molecules stretch, bend, transform, or break during chemical reactions.

Astronomers Discover Heavy Metal Planetesimal that Endured the Death of its Star

Astronomers from the University of Warwick have discovered a fragment of a planet, which endured the death of its star, in a disk of debris formed from dead planets, where the debris is eventually gobbled by the star.

Study Shows Photosphere is the Origin of Photons Emitted by Long Gamma-Ray Bursts

Using simulations, researchers from the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research and their colleagues have shown that the origin of photons emitted by long gamma-ray bursts—one of the most energetic events to occur in the universe—is the photosphere, which the visible portion of the “relativistic jet” that exploding stars emit.

New Zero-Power Carbon Interconnect Could Tap Electron Spin to Power Up Battery-Based Devices

In order to satisfy the Air Force’s requirements to create tech devices that need the least charging in the field, researchers at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) are employing principles in quantum science and engineering to develop a graphene-based logic device.

Scientists Prove that Binary Stars Reflect Light from One Another

UNSW astronomers have shown that binary stars – two stars locked in orbit around each other – reflect light as well as radiating it, revealing new ways for their detection.

Astronomers Capture First-Ever Direct Image of Doughnut-Shaped Feature Surrounding a Supermassive Black Hole

The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) of the National Science Foundation was used by astronomers to capture the first direct image of a doughnut-shaped, dusty feature around the supermassive black hole located at the core of one of the most powerful radio galaxies in the Universe—a feature first proposed by theorists almost 40 years ago as a fundamental part of such objects.

Study Shows High-Energy Physics Concept of “Un-Naturalness” May be Relevant to Turbulences Theory

Ever since the discovery of Higgs Boson in 2012, no innovative elementary particles have been identified at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider to date—a fact that has disappointed a large number of researchers.

Observation of Gravitational Lensing Effects Proves Tiny Black Holes Do Not Constitute Dark Matter

An international research team has placed a theory proposed by the late Stephen Hawking to its toughest test until now. The test results have eliminated the possibility of dark matter being mostly formed of primordial black holes smaller than one-tenth of 1 mm.

Skyrmion Bags Could Allow More Denser Packing of Information in Skyrmion Systems

Using an emerging science known as skyrmionics, researchers from the Universities of Birmingham, Bristol, and Colorado Boulder have taken one step closer to creating futuristic data storage and processing devices.

Novel Theoretical Method for Producing More Robust Majorana Fermions

A certain amount of effort would be required to experimentally achieve the combination of various phases of water—liquid water, solid ice, and water vapor.

Researchers Closer to Realizing Distributed Quantum Computers

A research team from Waseda University, the Japan Science and Technology Agency, and the University of Auckland created an integrated, all-fiber coupled-cavities quantum electrodynamics (QED) system, wherein a meter-long portion of conventional optical fiber flawlessly and coherently links two nanofiber cavity-QED systems.

Researchers Develop a New Method for Quantum Optical Cooling of Levitated Nanoparticles

The laws of quantum physics begin to play an important role as soon as a particle is fully separated from its environment.

Quantum Physics-Based Paper Diagnostic Devices Could Soon be a Reality

Paper-based diagnostic tests are biodegradable, less expensive, and convenient. Still, their application is restricted by traditional dyes that are not sufficiently bright to reveal trace amounts of analyte, can be hazardous to the environment, and are prone to fading.

Messier 11 Makes it to the Hubble’s Messier Catalog

A portion of Messier 11 is shown in the star-studded image below. Messier 11 is an open star cluster in the southern constellation of Scutum—the Shield. It is also called the Wild Duck Cluster since its brightest stars form a “V” shape that resembles, to some extent, a flock of ducks in flight.