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Technique for 3D Imaging of Individual Nanoparticles in Different Orientations

A method involving a needle moving a nanoparticle into distinctive orientations to take 2D images, assisting in reconstructing a 3D picture.

1 Mar 2018

Quantum Physics–Inspired Machine Learning Approach for Reconstructing Complex Quantum Systems

Methods similar to those used to train self-driving cars and chess-playing computers are at present assisting physicists in investigating the complexities of the quantum realm.

27 Feb 2018

Study Discloses New High-Resolution Map of Galactic Center

A new research headed by Pat Roche, professor of astrophysics from The University of Oxford, and Chris Packham, associate professor of physics and astronomy from The University of Texas at San Antonio, has disclosed a fresh high-resolution map of the magnetic field lines in dust and gas circulating around the supermassive black hole located at the center of Earth’s galaxy.

26 Feb 2018

Astrophysicists Discover Supermassive Black Holes in Distant Galaxies

The data related to galaxies positioned nearly 3.5 billion light-years away from Earth have helped to observe what are probably the largest black holes.

21 Feb 2018

New Steps Towards Creating Quantum Computers

With their insensitivity to decoherence Majorana particles could become building blocks of quantum computers, but they only occur under special circumstances.

20 Feb 2018

Innovative Quantum Entanglement Verification Technique

Quantum information science aims to create quantum computers, a controllable device exploiting subatomic particles' quantum states for information storage.

19 Feb 2018

Growth of Supermassive Black Holes Outstripping that of Stars in Host Galaxies

The largest black holes in the universe are expanding very fast when compared to the rate of formation of stars in their galaxies.

19 Feb 2018

New Probable Method for Improving Quantum Information Processing

Researchers led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated a new technique for splitting light beams into their frequency modes. The team can then select the frequencies they prefer to work with and encode photons with quantum information. Their research could encourage progress in quantum information processing and distributed quantum computing.

19 Feb 2018

New Technique to Control Quantum States of Individual Atoms

A team of researchers at the Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS) has made a significant discovery in controlling the quantum properties of individual atoms.

19 Feb 2018

New Study Reveals Hidden Superconducting State Using High-Power Light

A concealed state of electronic order in a layered material possessing lanthanum, barium, copper, and oxygen (LBCO) has been detected by a team of researchers.

19 Feb 2018

Silicon Qubits Coupled with Light Amount to New Quantum Computing Capability

An experimental device reveals the potential to use light as a messenger to connect qubits that are not directly adjacent to each other.

16 Feb 2018

ALMA Reveals Dusty Gaseous Torus Around Black Hole

Astronomers utilized the high resolution of ALMA to observe rotating donut-like structures of dusty gas around an active supermassive black hole.

16 Feb 2018

Simulation of Supermassive Black Holes to Predict Light Signals Emitted Just Before Their Collision

A simulation of supermassive black holes adopts a realistic setting to estimate light signals emitted into surrounding gas prior to collision of the masses.

16 Feb 2018

Fluid Model of Turbulence Transport Shows Small-Scale Fluctuations

Researchers utilized a "reduced physics" fluid model of plasma turbulence to describe the unexpected properties of the density profile inside a tokamak.

16 Feb 2018