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Telescopic Data Sheds Light on Universe's Dark Matter and Dark Energy

Galaxy clusters are massive congregations of galaxies that host huge reservoirs of hot gas -- the temperatures are so high that X-rays are produced.

16 Dec 2015

VERITAS Detects Precise Location of Gamma-Ray Emission from Distant Galaxy

In April 2015, after traveling for about half the age of the universe, a flood of powerful gamma rays from a distant galaxy slammed into Earth's atmosphere. That torrent generated a cascade of light - a shower that fell onto the waiting mirrors of the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) in Arizona. The resulting data have given astronomers a unique look into that faraway galaxy and the black hole engine at its heart.

16 Dec 2015

Pitt Physicist Receives $1.42M Grant to Study Topological Phases of Quantum Atomic Matter

Pitt physicist Wensheng Vincent Liu has received a five-year $1.42 million grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to predict and understand topological phases of quantum atomic matter (i.e., a cold ensemble of interacting atoms) under novel conditions, well beyond the standard regimes. Liu is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy within the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences.

16 Dec 2015

New Class of Topological Insulators Shows Promise for Spintronics, Quantum Computing

Topological insulators are materials that let electric current flow across their surface while keeping it from passing it through their bulk. This exotic property makes topological insulators very promising for electricity with less energy loss, spintronics, and perhaps even quantum computing.

16 Dec 2015

Centre for Quantum Technologies Hosts Annual Scientific Symposium

Every year CQT marks its birthday with a scientific symposium. This year the Centre turned eight, and we celebrated with the help of Serge Massar from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium and Stanley Williams from Hewlett Packard Laboratories, USA. They gave talks on "Quantum randomness" and "Computing beyond the Age of Moore's Law", respectively.

16 Dec 2015

CQT Hosts ‘The Famous, the Bit & the Quantum’ Symposium to Mark its 8th Birthday

15 Dec 2015

Low Spin Found to be the Dominant Cause for Clumpy Galaxies

Australian researchers have discovered why some galaxies are “clumpy” rather than spiral in shape—and it appears low spin is to blame.

15 Dec 2015

Bristol Scientist Honored for Pioneering Work on Quantum-Oscillation Measurements of High-Temperature Superconductors

This year's European Magnetic Field Laboratories prize has been awarded to Dr Carsten Putzke of Bristol's Correlated Electron Systems group.

15 Dec 2015

ICFO Receives AXA Chair for Quantum Information Technology Project

The AXA Research Fund has awarded to ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences a Chair, which is both permanent and pioneering on a global scale, for a quantum information technology project that will focus on risks associated with data privacy. The Chair has a budget of EUR 1.7 million, bringing AXA's support to science in Spain to approximately EUR 10 million.

15 Dec 2015

Large Underground Xenon (LUX) Proves to be the Most Sensitive Detector for Dark Matter

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter experiment, which operates nearly a mile underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in the Black Hills of South Dakota, has already proven itself to be the most sensitive detector in the hunt for dark matter, the unseen stuff believed to account for most of the matter in the universe.

14 Dec 2015

MIT Professor Explains Google’s New Quantum-Computing Paper

In 2010, a Canadian company called D-Wave announced that it had begun production of what it called the world’s first commercial quantum computer, which was based on theoretical work done at MIT.

14 Dec 2015

Astronomers Recall Discovery of Geminids Meteor Shower Source

The beautiful Geminids meteor shower is due to light up the heavens this weekend, but the source of the enigmatic cosmic display had eluded stargazers for more than 120 years.

14 Dec 2015

Royal Holloway Particle Physics Researchers to Benefit from £72 Million STFC Funding

Physics researchers at Royal Holloway are among those to benefit from a major investment of £72 million over the next four years for experiments that will advance our understanding of the Universe.

14 Dec 2015

Professor Tony Carrington Gives Lecture on 'Superconductivity Near a Quantum Critical Point'

Pippard prizewinner Professor Tony Carrington gave a lecture on his recent research at the winter meeting of the Institute of Physics Superconductivity Group.

14 Dec 2015

Physicists Produce First Helium Plasma in the Wendelstein 7-X Fusion Device

The plasma researchers’ efforts and patience have paid off. On December 10th, a good ten years after the assembly of the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device began at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Greifswald, physicists produced the first helium plasma. After over a year of technical preparation and tests, experimental operation has now commenced according to plan. With the Wendelstein 7-X, the world’s largest stellarator-type fusion device, the researchers would like to prove that this type of device is suitable for use as a power station.

12 Dec 2015

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Telescopic Data Sheds Light on Universe's Dark Matter and Dark Energy

VERITAS Detects Precise Location of Gamma-Ray Emission from Distant Galaxy

Pitt Physicist Receives $1.42M Grant to Study Topological Phases of Quantum Atomic Matter

New Class of Topological Insulators Shows Promise for Spintronics, Quantum Computing

Centre for Quantum Technologies Hosts Annual Scientific Symposium

CQT Hosts ‘The Famous, the Bit & the Quantum’ Symposium to Mark its 8th Birthday

Low Spin Found to be the Dominant Cause for Clumpy Galaxies

Bristol Scientist Honored for Pioneering Work on Quantum-Oscillation Measurements of High-Temperature Superconductors

ICFO Receives AXA Chair for Quantum Information Technology Project

Large Underground Xenon (LUX) Proves to be the Most Sensitive Detector for Dark Matter

MIT Professor Explains Google’s New Quantum-Computing Paper

Astronomers Recall Discovery of Geminids Meteor Shower Source

Royal Holloway Particle Physics Researchers to Benefit from £72 Million STFC Funding

Professor Tony Carrington Gives Lecture on 'Superconductivity Near a Quantum Critical Point'

Physicists Produce First Helium Plasma in the Wendelstein 7-X Fusion Device

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