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New Quantum Sensors Made of Diamond Could Help Identify Defective Hard Drive Segments

Quantum mechanics is not only of high interest in fundamental research. The current progress in quantum technologies promises numerous innovations of industrial relevance, which will be transferred into the economy within the next five to ten years.

1 Jul 2016

Study Identifies Culprits behind Radio Emissions in Radio-Quiet Quasars

Mini-jets of material ejected from a central supermassive black hole appear to be the culprits behind faint radio wave emissions in ‘radio-quiet’ quasars. A study of gravitationally-lensed images of four radio-quiet quasars has revealed the structure of these distant galaxies in unprecedented detail.

1 Jul 2016

Nobel Laureates to Discuss Future Impacts of Quantum Technologies at 66th Lindau Meeting

Is quantum technology the future of the 21st century? On the occasion of the 66th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, this is the key question to be explored today in a panel discussion with the Nobel Laureates Serge Haroche, Gerardus 't Hooft, William Phillips and David Wineland.

1 Jul 2016

Scientists Devise New Method to Distinguish Black Holes from Compact Stellar Objects

Scientists from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, and the National Research University Higher School of Economics have devised a method of distinguishing black holes from compact massive objects that are externally indistinguishable from one another.

1 Jul 2016

RIT Professors Devise Method for Studying Black Holes Using Numerical Simulations

A faster and more precise method to evaluate gravitational wave signals and deduce the astronomical sources from which they were made has been developed by professors at Rochester Institute of Technology.

1 Jul 2016

Scientists Use State-of-the-Art EAGLE Simulations to Study Colours of Galaxies

An international team of scientists, led from Durham's Institute for Computational Cosmology (ICC), used new computer modelling of the Universe to investigate the colours that galaxies have and what those colours might tell us about how galaxies evolve.

30 Jun 2016

New Herschel Telescope Images Provide Insight into Births and Lives of Stars, Galaxies

The Universe is becoming gradually cleaner as more and more cosmic dust is being mopped up by the formation of stars within galaxies, an international team of astronomers has revealed.

30 Jun 2016

Scientists Discover Some Characteristics of Ring-Shaped Topological Insulator Surfaces

Topological insulators behave like insulators at their core and allow good conductivity on their surface. They owe their characteristics to a new quantum state within the material discovered in 2007 and 2009 for 2D and 3D materials, respectively.

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 30 Jun 2016

Researchers Demonstrate the Use of Personal Computers to Solve Complex Quantum Mechanics Equations More Rapidly than Supercomputers

Physicists from the Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, the Lomonosov Moscow State University, have learned to utilize personal computers for calculating complex quantum mechanics equations, which are usually solved only with the assistance of supercomputers. This PC could perform the job much more rapidly. These findings have been reported in the journal Computer Physics Communications.

29 Jun 2016

Collision of Two Black Holes Signals New Era in Gravitational Wave Astrophysics

The recent detection of gravitational waves from the collision of two black holes signals a new era in gravitational wave astrophysics that will allow probing of the Universe in never before known ways, writes a Montana State University physicist in a recent scholarly paper.

29 Jun 2016

Researchers Discover Exceptional New Quantum State within Superconducting Material

Researchers from the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM), the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Institute for Materials Science in Tsukuba (Japan) have discovered an exceptional new quantum state within a superconducting material.

29 Jun 2016

Scientists Discover Ring Structure of Complex Organic Molecules around Protostar

Researchers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered a rotating ring containing large organic molecules around a protostar. This observation definitively shows that organic materials formed in interstellar space are brought into the planet-forming region.

29 Jun 2016

New Image from Hubble Space Telescope Shows Rare Cosmic Tadpole

This new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a cosmic tadpole, with its bright head and elongated tail, wriggling through the inky black pool of space. Tadpole galaxies are rare and difficult to find in the local Universe. This striking example, named LEDA 36252, was explored as part of a Hubble study into their mysterious properties — with interesting results.

29 Jun 2016

Cloud Security Alliance Publishes New Research Brief on Quantum Random Number Generators

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the availability of a new research brief from the Quantum-Safe Security (QSS) Working Group titled Quantum Random Number Generators, a whitepaper that looks to detail the impact of randomness on security in an effort to develop the building blocks for effective encryption.

28 Jun 2016

Ongoing Planet-Hunting Survey Reports Distances of 134 Low Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs

Brown dwarfs are sometimes called failed stars. They're stars' dim, low-mass siblings and they fade in brightness over time.

28 Jun 2016

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New Quantum Sensors Made of Diamond Could Help Identify Defective Hard Drive Segments

Study Identifies Culprits behind Radio Emissions in Radio-Quiet Quasars

Nobel Laureates to Discuss Future Impacts of Quantum Technologies at 66th Lindau Meeting

Scientists Devise New Method to Distinguish Black Holes from Compact Stellar Objects

RIT Professors Devise Method for Studying Black Holes Using Numerical Simulations

Scientists Use State-of-the-Art EAGLE Simulations to Study Colours of Galaxies

New Herschel Telescope Images Provide Insight into Births and Lives of Stars, Galaxies

Scientists Discover Some Characteristics of Ring-Shaped Topological Insulator Surfaces

Researchers Demonstrate the Use of Personal Computers to Solve Complex Quantum Mechanics Equations More Rapidly than Supercomputers

Collision of Two Black Holes Signals New Era in Gravitational Wave Astrophysics

Researchers Discover Exceptional New Quantum State within Superconducting Material

Scientists Discover Ring Structure of Complex Organic Molecules around Protostar

New Image from Hubble Space Telescope Shows Rare Cosmic Tadpole

Cloud Security Alliance Publishes New Research Brief on Quantum Random Number Generators

Ongoing Planet-Hunting Survey Reports Distances of 134 Low Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs

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Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

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