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More Precise Way to Control Desired Conducting Properties of Topological Insulators

The overheating of computer chips is a major obstacle to the development of faster and more efficient computers and mobile phones. One promising remedy for this problem could be a class of materials first discovered just a few years ago: topological insulators, which conduct electricity with less resistance and heat generation than conventional materials. Research on these materials is still in its early stages.

18 Nov 2015

Custom-Built SLAC X-Ray Microscope Enables Direct Observation of Magnetic Soliton

Researchers used a powerful, custom-built X-ray microscope at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to directly observe the magnetic version of a soliton, a type of wave that can travel without resistance. Scientists are exploring whether such magnetic waves can be used to carry and store information in a new, more efficient form of computer memory that requires less energy and generates less heat.

18 Nov 2015

Moore Foundation Awards $2 Million Grant to Explore New Ways to Create Advanced Materials Atom-By-Atom

New York University researchers have received a three-year, $2 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to explore new ways to create advanced materials atom-by-atom—with the aim of laying the groundwork for the next generation electronic devices.

18 Nov 2015

Novel Mechanism Could Help Prevent Instabilities within Plasma's Core

A team of physicists led by Stephen Jardin of the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has discovered a mechanism that prevents the electrical current flowing through fusion plasma from repeatedly peaking and crashing. This behavior is known as a "sawtooth cycle" and can cause instabilities within the plasma's core. The results have been published online in Physical Review Letters. The research was supported by the DOE Office of Science.

18 Nov 2015

New Physical Effect Could Provide More Evidence for Einstein's General Theory of Relativity

A Florida State University high-performance computing researcher has predicted a physical effect that would help physicists and astronomers provide fresh evidence of the correctness of Einstein's general theory of relativity.

18 Nov 2015

Scientists Demonstrate Electron Transport through a Quantum Dot into a Metal

Scientists from the Swiss Nanoscience Institute and the Department of Physics at the University of Basel have demonstrated for the first time how electrons are transported from a superconductor through a quantum dot into a metal with normal conductivity. This transport process through a quantum dot had already been calculated theoretically in the nineties, but scientists at the University of Basel have now succeeded in proving the theory with measurements. They report on their findings in the scientific journal “Physical Review Letters”.

18 Nov 2015

Radiation Could Have Made Most Earth-Like Planet Uninhabitable

The most Earth-like planet could have been made uninhabitable by vast quantities of radiation, new research led by the University of Warwick research has found.

18 Nov 2015

Short-Duration X-Ray Flashes Could Be Compressed to a Fraction of a Femtosecond

Ultra-short x-ray pulses could shed new light on the fastest events in physics
If you've ever been captivated by slow-motion footage on a wildlife documentary, or you've shuddered when similar technology is used to replay highlights from a boxing match, you'll know how impressive advancements in ultra-fast science can be.

17 Nov 2015

Quantum Computer Code Written Using Two Quantum Bits in a Silicon Microchip

A team of Australian engineers has proven -- with the highest score ever obtained -- that a quantum version of computer code can be written, and manipulated, using two quantum bits in a silicon microchip. The advance removes lingering doubts that such operations can be made reliably enough to allow powerful quantum computers to become a reality.

17 Nov 2015

Astronomers Detect Thousands of Stellar 'Pulses' in Messier 87 Galaxy

In many ways stars are like living beings. They're born; they live; they die. And they even have a heartbeat. Using a novel technique, astronomers have detected thousands of stellar "pulses" in the galaxy Messier 87 (M87). Their measurements offer a new way of determining a galaxy's age.

17 Nov 2015

University of Pittsburgh Professor Wins Michelson Postdoctoral Prize for Pioneering Work on Quantum Electrodynamic Systems

A new assistant professor of physics at the University of Pittsburgh has won the 2015 Michelson Postdoctoral Prize for his work exploring how to make and control quantum electrodynamic systems.

13 Nov 2015

Scientists Discover New Earth-Sized Exoplanet in Milky Way

Scientists have discovered a new exoplanet that, in the language of "Star Wars," would be the polar opposite of frigid Hoth, and even more inhospitable than the deserts of Tatooine. But instead of residing in a galaxy far, far away, this new world is, galactically speaking, practically next door.

13 Nov 2015

Machine-Learning Simulation System May Provide Insights into Galaxy Formation

A new machine-learning simulation system developed at the University of Illinois promises cosmologists an expanded suite of galaxy models - a necessary first step to developing more accurate and relevant insights into the formation of the universe.

13 Nov 2015

Researchers Discover New Plasma Confinement State

The National Institutes of Natural Sciences National Institute for Fusion Science applied the "Momentary Heating Propagation Method" to the DIII-D tokamak device operated for the United States Office of Science, Department of Energy, by the General Atomics and made the important discovery of a new plasma confinement state.

13 Nov 2015

Astronomers Discover Oldest Known Stars near Milky Way Centre

Astronomers have discovered the oldest known stars, dating from before the Milky Way Galaxy formed, when the Universe was just 300 million years old.

13 Nov 2015

Quantum Science News

More Precise Way to Control Desired Conducting Properties of Topological Insulators

Custom-Built SLAC X-Ray Microscope Enables Direct Observation of Magnetic Soliton

Moore Foundation Awards $2 Million Grant to Explore New Ways to Create Advanced Materials Atom-By-Atom

Novel Mechanism Could Help Prevent Instabilities within Plasma's Core

New Physical Effect Could Provide More Evidence for Einstein's General Theory of Relativity

Scientists Demonstrate Electron Transport through a Quantum Dot into a Metal

Radiation Could Have Made Most Earth-Like Planet Uninhabitable

Short-Duration X-Ray Flashes Could Be Compressed to a Fraction of a Femtosecond

Quantum Computer Code Written Using Two Quantum Bits in a Silicon Microchip

Astronomers Detect Thousands of Stellar 'Pulses' in Messier 87 Galaxy

University of Pittsburgh Professor Wins Michelson Postdoctoral Prize for Pioneering Work on Quantum Electrodynamic Systems

Scientists Discover New Earth-Sized Exoplanet in Milky Way

Machine-Learning Simulation System May Provide Insights into Galaxy Formation

Researchers Discover New Plasma Confinement State

Astronomers Discover Oldest Known Stars near Milky Way Centre

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