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Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer Instrument Helps Capture Images of Brand New Stars

This stunning region of newly-developing stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) was spotted by the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer instrument (MUSE) on ESO’s Very Large Telescope.

7 Feb 2019

Researchers Validate the Magnetorotational Instability Theory of Evolution of Heavenly Bodies

How did planets and stars evolve from the clouds of gas and dust that used to fill the cosmos earlier?

6 Feb 2019

Molecular Mystery May Be Resolved Using New Theoretical Model

Spintronics shows potential when it comes to the creation of low-power electronic gadgets. Spin is a quantum-mechanical property of electrons that can best be visualized as electrons spinning around their own axis, making them act like small compass needles.

6 Feb 2019

Researchers Visualize, for the First Time, Spatial Development of Earth’s Magnetosphere

The fact that there exist in the space around the Earth (the space up to the geostationary orbit altitude, known as Geospace) natural trapped charged particles, Van Allen belts, that might influence commercial satellite services (GPS, communication, meteorology, and others) is well known.

5 Feb 2019

The Milky Way is Warped

Astronomers from Macquarie University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have used 1339 ‘standard’ stars to map the real shape of our home galaxy in a paper published in Nature Astronomy today.

5 Feb 2019

Researchers Aim to Design Quantum Sensors to Facilitate Progress of Unmanned Vehicles

Researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) are developing quantum sensors that could transform navigation and communications in autonomous and unmanned vehicles.

4 Feb 2019

High-Performance Computing Enables Real-Time Observation of Atoms Interacting in Materials

Regardless of whether it is optimized energy storage, high-temperature superconductors, bendable metals, or fabrics that can completely wick liquids, materials scientists investigate and perceive the physics behind atoms that interact in solids to eventually find ways to enhance materials used in all aspects of the everyday life.

4 Feb 2019

TOCHA Project Aims to Harness Topological Concepts for Lossless Information Flow in Next-Generation Devices

A consortium of nine leading institutions from six European countries is being launched by the European Project “Dissipationless topological channels for information transfer and quantum metrology” (TOCHA).

1 Feb 2019

Astronomers Chart the Environment Around J1820, a Stellar-Mass Black Hole

The environment around a stellar-mass black hole, with a mass equal to 10 times that of the Sun, has been charted by astronomers, using NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) payload on board the International Space Station.

31 Jan 2019

Study Sheds Light on the Quantum Effects of Superconductivity

Latest discoveries are redefining the way people think about superconductivity. At TU Wien (Vienna), experiments underscore the unique role of immobile charge carriers that act as a “glue,” which, in turn, makes superconductivity feasible.

30 Jan 2019

Novel Testing Ground for Quantum Systems Could Pave the Way for Advancements in Spintronics

Scientists have formed an innovative testing ground for quantum systems, where specific particle interactions can be virtually turned on and off, prospectively opening the door for advancements in spintronics.

30 Jan 2019

Researchers Create Tiny Refrigerator Just Three Atoms in Size

Scientists in Singapore have developed a refrigerator with a size equivalent to just three atoms.

30 Jan 2019

Efforts to Develop Futuristic Quantum Internet

Scientists at the University of Toronto Engineering have shown proof-of-concept for a device that could act as the mainstay of a future quantum Internet.

29 Jan 2019

Dutch Scientists Develop the First Quantum Photonic Processor Based on Silicon Nitride Waveguides

Dutch scientists have developed the world’s first quantum photonic processor based on silicon nitride waveguides. The prominent research team includes Dr Jelmer Renema and Professors Willem Vos, Ad Lagendijk, Pepijn Pinkse, and Klaus Boller.

29 Jan 2019

Optimization of Quantum Key Distribution Could Improve Secure Encryption of Information

Although quantum key distribution (QKD) is the most sophisticated quantum technology, currently, the secure encryption of information units using this method is limited by the capacity of the channel to share or send secret bits.

29 Jan 2019

Quantum Science News

Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer Instrument Helps Capture Images of Brand New Stars

Researchers Validate the Magnetorotational Instability Theory of Evolution of Heavenly Bodies

Molecular Mystery May Be Resolved Using New Theoretical Model

Researchers Visualize, for the First Time, Spatial Development of Earth’s Magnetosphere

The Milky Way is Warped

Researchers Aim to Design Quantum Sensors to Facilitate Progress of Unmanned Vehicles

High-Performance Computing Enables Real-Time Observation of Atoms Interacting in Materials

TOCHA Project Aims to Harness Topological Concepts for Lossless Information Flow in Next-Generation Devices

Astronomers Chart the Environment Around J1820, a Stellar-Mass Black Hole

Study Sheds Light on the Quantum Effects of Superconductivity

Novel Testing Ground for Quantum Systems Could Pave the Way for Advancements in Spintronics

Researchers Create Tiny Refrigerator Just Three Atoms in Size

Efforts to Develop Futuristic Quantum Internet

Dutch Scientists Develop the First Quantum Photonic Processor Based on Silicon Nitride Waveguides

Optimization of Quantum Key Distribution Could Improve Secure Encryption of Information

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