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Multi-Functional Silicon Chip Developed for Quantum Information Processing

Researchers have shown that light can be employed to implement a multi-functional quantum processor.

23 Aug 2018

Novel Technique for Diagnosing Quantum Computers

Researchers have put forward a technique for speeding up and simplifying the imposing challenge of diagnosing quantum computers.

23 Aug 2018

Light from Ancient Quasars Helps Confirm Quantum Entanglement

Last year, physicists at MIT, the University of Vienna, and elsewhere provided strong support for quantum entanglement, the seemingly far-out idea that two particles, no matter how distant from each other in space and time, can be inextricably linked, in a way that defies the rules of classical physics.

22 Aug 2018

Strem and UbiQD Sign Distribution Agreement for Cadmium-Free Quantum Dots

UbiQD, Inc., a nanotechnology company, has signed an agreement with Strem Chemicals, Inc. to allow distribution of their innovative quantum dot (QD) technology.

From UbiQD, Inc. 21 Aug 2018

Making Light Work of Quantum Computing

Light may be the missing ingredient in making usable quantum silicon computer chips, according to an international study featuring a University of Queensland researcher.

21 Aug 2018

Galactic Getaways: The Holiday Destinations that are Truly Out of This World

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to take a holiday to another planet? Well, now your imagination can run wild with Galactic Getaways, an interactive travel guide that allows you to envision your extraterrestrial escape.

20 Aug 2018

Sprawling Galaxy Cluster Found Hiding in Plain Sight

MIT scientists have uncovered a sprawling new galaxy cluster hiding in plain sight. The cluster, which sits a mere 2.4 billion light years from Earth, is made up of hundreds of individual galaxies and surrounds an extremely active supermassive black hole, or quasar.

20 Aug 2018

Quantum Leap for Einstein's Scientific Principle

How Einstein’s equivalence principle extends to the quantum world has been puzzling physicists for decades, but a team including a University of Queensland researcher has found the key to this question.

16 Aug 2018

Curtin Research Suggests Asteroid Strikes Created Earth’s Oldest Rocks

Curtin University researchers suggest Earth’s oldest known evolved rocks, which are four billion years old, were the result of asteroids slamming into the Earth’s crust and causing it to melt.

16 Aug 2018

NASA Awards UbiQD Contract to Develop Greenhouse Films for Space Missions

UbiQD, Inc., a New Mexico-based nanotechnology development company, announced today that it has been awarded a Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR) Phase I contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

16 Aug 2018