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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

New Theory to Revolutionize Low-Temperature Physics Could Find Use in Emerging Quantum Technologies

A novel concept has been developed by researchers for recording the lowest temperatures ever determined, with the highest precision enabled by the laws of Nature.

28 Jan 2019

New Scalable, Cost-Effective Approach to Synthesize TMD Quantum Dots

Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) nanomaterials like molybdenite (MoS2), with a structure similar to graphene, have been accepted as futuristic materials for their broad array of potential applications in sensors, biomedicine, photodetectors, catalysts, and energy storage devices.

28 Jan 2019

Researchers Devise Novel Technique for Raising Transition Temperature of Superconducting Materials

Scientists at the University of Houston have come up with an innovative way to increase the transition temperature of superconducting materials, boosting the temperature at which the superconductors can function.

28 Jan 2019

Curtin Study Suggests Moon Rocks Sent There from Earth by Ancient Asteroid

Curtin University research into lunar rock samples retrieved by astronauts almost 50 years ago has found one of the samples may be originally from Earth, thrown into space when an asteroid struck our planet billions of years ago.

25 Jan 2019

New Prototype Device Developed for Rapid Control of Plasma Disruptions During Fusion Reactions in Tokamaks

Researchers who seek to capture and control the fusion energy—the process powering the stars and the sun—on Earth are faced with the risk of disruptions, that is, unexpected events that can interrupt fusion reactions and cause damage to the facilities known as tokamaks in which they are housed.

25 Jan 2019

Sky and Space Global Shortlisted for the Best Mobile Innovation for Emerging Markets MWC Award

UK based Sky and Space Global Ltd. has been nominated for the prestigious Global Mobile Awards 2019 (GLOMO Awards), with winners to be announced at the Mobile World Congress held annually in Barcelona.

From Sky and Space Global Ltd 25 Jan 2019

Laser Physicists Generate the First-Ever Dissipative Optical Solitons in Passive, Free-Space Resonators

For the first time, dissipative solitons have been produced in passive, free-space resonators by laser physicists from the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics run by the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics as well as the Ludwig-Maximilian University.

24 Jan 2019

Researchers Employ Split Images of Quasars to Create New Estimate of the Hubble Constant

For nearly a century, astronomers have always been puzzled by the way the universe is rapidly expanding. In this regard, numerous studies continue to emerge with different answers, causing some scientists to wonder whether they have overlooked an important mechanism in the machinery driving the cosmos.

23 Jan 2019

Novel Computational Method Used to Systematically Investigate Magnetic Quantum Effects in Solids

For the first time, an international team of researchers has successfully used an innovative computational technique to systematically investigate magnetic quantum effects in the renowned 3D pyrochlore Heisenberg model.

23 Jan 2019

First Experimental Proof of Strange XY-Type Magnetic-Behavior Transition in Magnetic Materials

The first-ever experimental observation of an XY-type antiferromagnetic material, the magnetic order of which turns unstable upon being reduced to a thickness of single atom, has been reported by scientists from the Center for Correlated Electron Systems, of the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea, in collaboration with Sogang University and Seoul National University.

22 Jan 2019

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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

New Theory to Revolutionize Low-Temperature Physics Could Find Use in Emerging Quantum Technologies

New Scalable, Cost-Effective Approach to Synthesize TMD Quantum Dots

Researchers Devise Novel Technique for Raising Transition Temperature of Superconducting Materials

Curtin Study Suggests Moon Rocks Sent There from Earth by Ancient Asteroid

New Prototype Device Developed for Rapid Control of Plasma Disruptions During Fusion Reactions in Tokamaks

Sky and Space Global Shortlisted for the Best Mobile Innovation for Emerging Markets MWC Award

Laser Physicists Generate the First-Ever Dissipative Optical Solitons in Passive, Free-Space Resonators

Researchers Employ Split Images of Quasars to Create New Estimate of the Hubble Constant

Novel Computational Method Used to Systematically Investigate Magnetic Quantum Effects in Solids

First Experimental Proof of Strange XY-Type Magnetic-Behavior Transition in Magnetic Materials

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