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New Method Can Make Quantum Cascade Lasers Easier to Manufacture

A team of UCF researchers has produced the most efficient quantum cascade laser ever designed - and done it in a way that makes the lasers easier to manufacture.

18 Oct 2016

International Research Team Breaks Rayleigh's Curse

The resolution of an optical system (like a telescope or a camera) is limited by the so-called Rayleigh criterion. An international team, led by Complutense University of Madrid, has broken this limit, showing that it is not a fundamental curse.

17 Oct 2016

Static Charge Stripes Coexist with Superconductivity in Cuprates, Scientists Reveal

Cuprates, or compounds made of copper and oxygen, can conduct electricity without resistance by being "doped" with other chemical elements and cooled to temperatures below minus 210 degrees Fahrenheit.

17 Oct 2016

Harvard Scientists Find New Way to Transmit Spin Information Through Superconducting Materials

Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have made a discovery that could lay the foundation for quantum superconducting devices.

17 Oct 2016

Sandia, Harvard Create Quantum Bridge to Link Computers Together

By forcefully embedding two silicon atoms in a diamond matrix, Sandia researchers have demonstrated for the first time on a single chip all the components needed to create a quantum bridge to link quantum computers together.

17 Oct 2016

AIP, APS Award Prestigious Prize to Quantum Physicist at Washington University

The American Institute of Physics (AIP) and the American Physical Society (APS) announced today, on behalf of the Heineman Foundation for Research, Educational, Charitable, and Scientific Purposes, that Carl M. Bender of Washington University in St. Louis is the recipient of the 2017 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, which is awarded annually to honor significant contributions to the field.

14 Oct 2016

Nuclear Energy Experts Trying to Make Fusion Energy a Reality

Pablo Rodriguez Fernandez is hunched over a computer in the control room of MIT’s fusion reactor, gathering data that will inform the design of a new one — a device that could solve the world’s energy problems.

14 Oct 2016

Alcator C-Mod Tokamak Nuclear Fusion Reactor Sets New World Record for Plasma Pressure

On Friday, Sept. 30, at 9:25 p.m. EDT, scientists and engineers at MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center made a leap forward in the pursuit of clean energy.

14 Oct 2016

New Findings Provide Important Insights on Growth of Supermassive Black Holes Over Cosmic Time

Supermassive black holes more than a million times the mass of our sun exist at the centers of many galaxies, but how they came to be is unclear.

14 Oct 2016

Astronomers Perform Accurate Census of Various Galaxies in the Universe

Astronomers using data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescopes and other telescopes have performed an accurate census of the number of galaxies in the Universe.

14 Oct 2016

Scientists Demonstrate Viability of Alternative Remagnetization Technique to Improve Computer Performance

Together with their colleagues from Germany and the Netherlands, scientists at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have found a way to significantly improve computer performance.

14 Oct 2016

New Approach to Carbon Atom Breakup Yields Clues Relevant to Fusion Reactions, Astrophysics Phenomena

Pursuing a detective's approach to carbon atom breakup yields clues relevant to fusion reactions and astrophysics phenomena

13 Oct 2016

Planets Revolving Around Two Suns May Surprisingly Survive Violent Late Stages of Stars’ Lives

Planets that revolve around two suns may surprisingly survive the violent late stages of the stars’ lives, according to new research out of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre and York University.

13 Oct 2016

Scientist Find a Dozen Ancient RR Lyrae Stars in the Centre of the Milky Way

A team led by Dante Minniti (Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile) and Rodrigo Contreras Ramos (Instituto Milenio de Astrofísica, Santiago, Chile) used observations from the VISTA infrared survey telescope, as part of the Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) ESO public survey, to carefully search the central part of the Milky Way.

13 Oct 2016

Researchers Record Interaction Between Light and Matter 10 Times Larger than Previously Seen

Researchers at the University of Waterloo's Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) recorded an interaction between light and matter 10 times larger than previously seen. The strength of the interaction between photons and a qubit was so large that it opens the door to a realm of physics and applications unattainable until now.

13 Oct 2016

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New Method Can Make Quantum Cascade Lasers Easier to Manufacture

International Research Team Breaks Rayleigh's Curse

Static Charge Stripes Coexist with Superconductivity in Cuprates, Scientists Reveal

Harvard Scientists Find New Way to Transmit Spin Information Through Superconducting Materials

Sandia, Harvard Create Quantum Bridge to Link Computers Together

AIP, APS Award Prestigious Prize to Quantum Physicist at Washington University

Nuclear Energy Experts Trying to Make Fusion Energy a Reality

Alcator C-Mod Tokamak Nuclear Fusion Reactor Sets New World Record for Plasma Pressure

New Findings Provide Important Insights on Growth of Supermassive Black Holes Over Cosmic Time

Astronomers Perform Accurate Census of Various Galaxies in the Universe

Scientists Demonstrate Viability of Alternative Remagnetization Technique to Improve Computer Performance

New Approach to Carbon Atom Breakup Yields Clues Relevant to Fusion Reactions, Astrophysics Phenomena

Planets Revolving Around Two Suns May Surprisingly Survive Violent Late Stages of Stars’ Lives

Scientist Find a Dozen Ancient RR Lyrae Stars in the Centre of the Milky Way

Researchers Record Interaction Between Light and Matter 10 Times Larger than Previously Seen

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