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Physicists Conducting Research at LHC Present New Results at ICHEP 2016

Physicists conducting research at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)—the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, located on the border of France and Switzerland—presented more than 100 new results at the 38th International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP) in Chicago last week.

9 Aug 2016

Latest Results from Icy Particle Detector Find No Evidence of Sterile Neutrino

In an effort to fill in the blanks of the Standard Model of particle physics, science has been conducting a diligent search for a hypothesized particle known as the “sterile neutrino.”

9 Aug 2016

Ferroelectric Insulators Could Surpass Shockley-Queisser Limit

Designers of solar cells may soon be setting their sights higher, as a discovery by a team of researchers has revealed a class of materials that could be better at converting sunlight into energy than those currently being used in solar arrays.

9 Aug 2016

New Results Could Help Better Understand Behavior of Neutrinos

Scientists from the NOvA collaboration have announced an exciting new result that could improve our understanding of the behavior of neutrinos.

9 Aug 2016

MIT Researchers Discover Important Step Toward Practical Quantum Computers

Quantum computers are principally hypothetical devices capable of performing certain calculations much faster than any existing traditional computers.

9 Aug 2016

Diamond-Based Light Sources Could Lead to Technological Breakthrough in Quantum Communications

Dmitry Fedyanin from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and Mario Agio from the University of Siegen and LENS have predicted that artificial defects in the crystal lattice of diamond can be turned into ultrabright and extremely efficient electrically-driven quantum emitters.

8 Aug 2016

Scientists to Publish Catalog of Kepler Habitable Zone Exoplanet Candidates in Astrophysical Journal

Forget Rome. Ignore Madrid. Overlook tropical islands. Cash in your frequent flier miles and book a cruise to far-flung, exotic exoplanets.

8 Aug 2016

Particle Physicists Showcase Brand New Results from LHC Experiments at ICHEP 2016

Particle physicists are showcasing a wealth of brand new results from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments at CERN at the “ICHEP 2016” conference in Chicago.

8 Aug 2016

Researchers Develop Uniquely Structured Platinum-Based Superconducting Material

Superconductors are materials that, when cooled below a certain temperature, conduct free-flowing electricity without it being impeded by resistance.

8 Aug 2016

Scientists Design High-Precision Quantum Logic Gate to Build Quantum Computer

Researchers at the University of Oxford have achieved a quantum logic gate with record-breaking 99.9% precision, reaching the benchmark required theoretically to build a quantum computer.

8 Aug 2016

USC Researchers Discover Method to Reduce Heating in Quantum Computers

Quantum computing remains mysterious and elusive to many, but USC Viterbi School of Engineering researchers might have taken us one step closer to bring such super-powered devices to practical reality.

8 Aug 2016

Breakthrough Experiments Offer Unprecedented Control over Quantum State of Electrons in Graphene

Among the unusual properties of graphene, one of the most exciting and least understood is the additional degree of freedom experienced by electrons.

5 Aug 2016

Researchers Propose Alternative Route to Quantum Supremacy

Quantum computers are a new type of computing device that use the principles of quantum mechanics to do things that standard computers cannot do.

5 Aug 2016

New Study Elucidates Fusion Plasma Confinement Improvement Mechanism

In seeking the realization of the fusion reactor, research on confining high temperature and high density plasma in the magnetic field is being conducted around the world. One of the most important issues in realizing the power generation reactor is the problem that "turbulence," which is the turbulent flow of plasma, causes plasma confinement deterioration.

5 Aug 2016

Researchers Synthesize First-Ever Crystals with Magnetic Properties

Researchers at Hiroshima University, CNRS, and de Strasbourg synthesized crystals with magnetic properties that can change continuously and reversibly, a world first. The study was highlighted as a cover article of the journal “Inorganic Chemistry,” a publication of the American Chemical Society in March 2016.

4 Aug 2016

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Physicists Conducting Research at LHC Present New Results at ICHEP 2016

Latest Results from Icy Particle Detector Find No Evidence of Sterile Neutrino

Ferroelectric Insulators Could Surpass Shockley-Queisser Limit

New Results Could Help Better Understand Behavior of Neutrinos

MIT Researchers Discover Important Step Toward Practical Quantum Computers

Diamond-Based Light Sources Could Lead to Technological Breakthrough in Quantum Communications

Scientists to Publish Catalog of Kepler Habitable Zone Exoplanet Candidates in Astrophysical Journal

Particle Physicists Showcase Brand New Results from LHC Experiments at ICHEP 2016

Researchers Develop Uniquely Structured Platinum-Based Superconducting Material

Scientists Design High-Precision Quantum Logic Gate to Build Quantum Computer

USC Researchers Discover Method to Reduce Heating in Quantum Computers

Breakthrough Experiments Offer Unprecedented Control over Quantum State of Electrons in Graphene

Researchers Propose Alternative Route to Quantum Supremacy

New Study Elucidates Fusion Plasma Confinement Improvement Mechanism

Researchers Synthesize First-Ever Crystals with Magnetic Properties

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