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OIST Researchers Identify System that Can Store Quantum Information for Longer Times

Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have identified a system that could store quantum information for longer times, which is critical for the future of quantum computing. This study was recently published in Physical Review Letters.

3 Jul 2015

Helmholtz Senate Approves Association's Involvement in Helmholtz International Beamline

The Helmholtz Senate has given the green light for the Association's involvement in the Helmholtz International Beamline (HIB), a new kind of experimentation station at the X-ray laser European XFEL in Hamburg, Germany.

3 Jul 2015

Microwaves Freeze Single Atoms to Advance Quantum Technology Devices

Physicists at the University of Sussex have found a way of using everyday technology found in kitchen microwaves and mobile telephones to bring quantum physics closer to helping solve enormous scientific problems that the most powerful of today's supercomputers cannot even begin to embark upon.

3 Jul 2015

Young Giant Gas Planet Still Embedded in Gas and Dust Surrounding Parent Star

Observing time at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) on Paranal Mountain is a very precious commodity - and yet the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile spent an entire night with a high-resolution infrared camera pointed at a single object in the night sky.

3 Jul 2015

Researchers Successfully Develop NMR System with 1,020 MHz Magnetic Field

The research team of NIMS, RIKEN, Kobe Steel and JEOL RESONANCE successfully developed the NMR system equipped with world’s highest magnetic field, 1,020 MHz, supported by the JST-SENTAN program “Development of Systems and Technology for Advanced Measurement and Analysis”. This research result was published in Journal of Magnetic Resonance on 15 May 2015 (Kenjiro Hashi, Shinobu Ohki, Shinji Matsumoto, Gen Nishijima, Atsushi Goto, Kenzo Deguchi, Kazuhiko Yamada, Takashi Noguchi, Shuji Sakai, Masato Takahashi, Yoshinori Yanagisawa, Seiya Iguchi, Toshio Yamazaki, Hideaki Maeda, Ryoji Tanaka, Takahiro Nemoto, Hiroto Suematsu, Takashi Miki, Kazuyoshi Saito and Tadashi Shimizu, Title:”Achievement of 1,020 MHz NMR”, DOI:10.1016/j.jmr.2015.04.009).

2 Jul 2015

Irradiation of Superconductors Creates Nanometer-Sized Defects That Enable More Current to Flow

If we are to see the promised benefits of high-temperature superconductors, such as low-loss motors and generators or maglev trains, we will need superconductors that can carry very large currents.

2 Jul 2015

There May Be Far Fewer Galaxies Than Expected

There may be far fewer galaxies further out in the universe then might be expected, according to a new study led by Michigan State University.

2 Jul 2015

Researchers Define Function with Quartic Quantum Speed-Up

New work by computer scientists at the Centre for Quantum Technologies and collaborators at the University of Latvia is causing a stir in the community. Their results in query complexity have been hailed as a "breakthrough" on the widely-read blog Shtetl-Optimized by computer scientist Scott Aaronson at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

2 Jul 2015

Researchers Successfully Produce Pairs of Spin-Entangled Electrons

A team from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, along with collaborators from several Japanese institutions, have successfully produced pairs of spin-entangled electrons and demonstrated, for the first time, that these electrons remain entangled even when they are separated from one another on a chip.

2 Jul 2015

Big Bang Model Could Probably be the Wrong Model of Cosmology

According to the Pantheory Research Organization in their recent research study, entitled "Observations that Seem to Contradict the Big Bang Model...," they summarized problems associated with many present and past distant galaxy observations that seem to contradict the Big Bang model (BB).

2 Jul 2015

Philips Launches 55” 4K Quantum Dot TV with QD Vision Color IQ Optics

Philips has expanded its portfolio of quantum dot displays with the launch of a 55” 4K TV with QD Vision Color IQ™ optics. The superior color performance of Color IQ quantum dots, combined with Philips Ambilight technology, delivers premium picture quality and a truly immersive TV experience. QD Vision leads the industry with the largest number of manufacturers adopting its quantum dot solution for LCD displays.

2 Jul 2015

Scientists Study Spin Characteristics at Interface Between Ferromagnetic Material and Organic Semiconductor

Spintronics is an emerging field of electronics in which devices work by manipulating the quantum mechanical spin1 of electrons, in addition to their elementary electric charge. Just as conventional transistors have a source of electrons, a gate to control their movement, and a drain to carry off the charge signal, a spintronic circuit needs a well-controlled source of spin-polarized electrons that are injected into a transport channel material, a well-defined method of controlling the spin through the material, and a system to detect the spin signal. Additionally, it requires a transport channel material with long spin lifetimes because (polarized) spins fade away (i.e., become randomized) and lose their information during transport, unlike electric charges.

1 Jul 2015

NASA's Swift Satellite Detects Rising Tide of High-Energy X-rays from Constellation Cygnus

NASA's Swift satellite detected a rising tide of high-energy X-rays from the constellation Cygnus on June 15, just before 2:32 p.m. EDT. About 10 minutes later, the Japanese experiment on the International Space Station called the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) also picked up the flare.

1 Jul 2015

PPPL, DOE Researchers Develop Detailed Model of Source of ‘Density Limit’

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have developed a detailed model of the source of a puzzling limitation on fusion reactions. The findings, published this month in Physics of Plasmas, complete and confirm previous PPPL research and could lead to steps to overcome the barrier if the model proves consistent with experimental data. "We used to have correlation," said physicist David Gates, first author of the paper. "Now we believe we have causation." This work was supported by the DOE Office of Science.

1 Jul 2015

New Cosmic Stickiness Model Indicates "Big Rip" Universe Demise Theory

The universe can be a very sticky place, but just how sticky is a matter of debate.
That is because for decades cosmologists have had trouble reconciling the classic notion of viscosity based on the laws of thermodynamics with Einstein’s general theory of relativity. However, a team from Vanderbilt University has come up with a fundamentally new mathematical formulation of the problem that appears to bridge this long-standing gap.

1 Jul 2015

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OIST Researchers Identify System that Can Store Quantum Information for Longer Times

Helmholtz Senate Approves Association's Involvement in Helmholtz International Beamline

Microwaves Freeze Single Atoms to Advance Quantum Technology Devices

Young Giant Gas Planet Still Embedded in Gas and Dust Surrounding Parent Star

Researchers Successfully Develop NMR System with 1,020 MHz Magnetic Field

Irradiation of Superconductors Creates Nanometer-Sized Defects That Enable More Current to Flow

There May Be Far Fewer Galaxies Than Expected

Researchers Define Function with Quartic Quantum Speed-Up

Researchers Successfully Produce Pairs of Spin-Entangled Electrons

Big Bang Model Could Probably be the Wrong Model of Cosmology

Philips Launches 55” 4K Quantum Dot TV with QD Vision Color IQ Optics

Scientists Study Spin Characteristics at Interface Between Ferromagnetic Material and Organic Semiconductor

NASA's Swift Satellite Detects Rising Tide of High-Energy X-rays from Constellation Cygnus

PPPL, DOE Researchers Develop Detailed Model of Source of ‘Density Limit’

New Cosmic Stickiness Model Indicates "Big Rip" Universe Demise Theory

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