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Femtosecond Electron Pulses Enable Detailed Insight into Atomic Motions in Molecules

Physicists of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich and the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics shorten electron pulses down to 30 femtoseconds duration. This enables them to gain detailed insight into atomic motions in molecules.

28 Oct 2015

Researchers Observe Electron Transition from Topologically Ordered Phase to Broken Symmetry Phase

An ultrapure material taken to pressures greater than that in the depths of the ocean and chilled to temperatures colder than outer space has revealed an unexpected phase transition that crosses two different phase categories.

28 Oct 2015

Physicists Discover Unusual Form of Matter

A team of physicists led by Caltech's David Hsieh has discovered an unusual form of matter--not a conventional metal, insulator, or magnet, for example, but something entirely different.

27 Oct 2015

Iron, Magnesium, Silicon and Sulfur Detected all the way Across a Galaxy Cluster

A new survey of hot, X-ray-emitting gas in the Virgo galaxy cluster shows that the elements needed to make stars, planets and people were evenly distributed across millions of light-years early in cosmic history, more than 10 billion years ago.

27 Oct 2015

Extreme Solar Storms Could Have Caused Mysterious Radiocarbon Increases

Solar storms and the particles they release result in spectacular phenomena such as auroras, but they can also pose a serious risk to our society. In extreme cases they have caused major power outages, and they could also lead to breakdowns of satellites and communication systems.

27 Oct 2015

Petawatt Laser Blasts Tiny Gold and Platinum Targets to Create Large Number of Positrons

Physicists from Rice University and the University of Texas at Austin have found a new recipe for using intense lasers to create positrons — the antiparticle of electrons — in record numbers and density.

27 Oct 2015

Theoretical Physicists Propose Scalable Quantum Computer Architecture

Within the last several years, considerable progress has been made in developing a quantum computer, which holds the promise of solving problems a lot more efficiently than a classical computer.

27 Oct 2015

Quantum Dot Functions as a Photon Contact for Building Complex Quantum Photonic Circuits

There is tremendous potential for new information technology based on light (photons). Photons (light particles) are very well suited for carrying information and quantum technology based on photons – called quantum photonics, will be able to hold much more information than current computer technology.

27 Oct 2015

KFU's Employees Comment on the Latest Developments in Quantum Computing

Quantum computing has been a hot topic since late 1980s. There has been no full-scale quantum computers as of yet, but there are significant accomplishments. For example, the first quantum computer consisted of only 16 qubits, and the latest one (summer 2015) – more than 1000. Canadian company D-Wave Systems has been producing 128-qubit computers based on quantum annealing since 2011. There are some currently at work at Lockheed Martin.

27 Oct 2015

Comet Lovejoy Releases Alcohol and Sugar

Comet Lovejoy lived up to its name by releasing large amounts of alcohol as well as a type of sugar into space, according to new observations by an international team.

26 Oct 2015

Astronomers Calculate Magnetic Field Strengths in Fusion-Powered Hearts of Stars

Astronomers have for the first time probed the magnetic fields in the mysterious inner regions of stars, finding they are strongly magnetized.

26 Oct 2015

Researchers Suppress Quantum Tunneling Merely by Observing the Atoms

One of the oddest predictions of quantum theory – that a system can’t change while you’re watching it – has been confirmed in an experiment by Cornell physicists. Their work opens the door to a fundamentally new method to control and manipulate the quantum states of atoms and could lead to new kinds of sensors.

26 Oct 2015

Astronomers Discover Over 250 of the Earliest Dwarf Galaxies

Before light travelled across it, the universe was a dark place. For about a billion years after the Big Bang, the cosmos was cloaked in a thick fog of hydrogen gas that kept light trapped.

26 Oct 2015

Gravitational Lensing Reveals Largest Sample of Faintest, Earliest Known Galaxies

Observations by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have taken advantage of gravitational lensing to reveal the largest sample of the faintest and earliest known galaxies in the Universe.

26 Oct 2015

Attophysics Helps Track Ultrafast Movement of Electrons in Molecules

Researchers have, for the first time, been able to track the movement of an electron in a molecule in real time and have demonstrated that these processes can be controlled - in the future this will make it possible to directly control the progress of chemical reactions and biological processes and obtain a desired result literally at the touch of a button.

26 Oct 2015

Quantum Science News

Femtosecond Electron Pulses Enable Detailed Insight into Atomic Motions in Molecules

Researchers Observe Electron Transition from Topologically Ordered Phase to Broken Symmetry Phase

Physicists Discover Unusual Form of Matter

Iron, Magnesium, Silicon and Sulfur Detected all the way Across a Galaxy Cluster

Extreme Solar Storms Could Have Caused Mysterious Radiocarbon Increases

Petawatt Laser Blasts Tiny Gold and Platinum Targets to Create Large Number of Positrons

Theoretical Physicists Propose Scalable Quantum Computer Architecture

Quantum Dot Functions as a Photon Contact for Building Complex Quantum Photonic Circuits

KFU's Employees Comment on the Latest Developments in Quantum Computing

Comet Lovejoy Releases Alcohol and Sugar

Astronomers Calculate Magnetic Field Strengths in Fusion-Powered Hearts of Stars

Researchers Suppress Quantum Tunneling Merely by Observing the Atoms

Astronomers Discover Over 250 of the Earliest Dwarf Galaxies

Gravitational Lensing Reveals Largest Sample of Faintest, Earliest Known Galaxies

Attophysics Helps Track Ultrafast Movement of Electrons in Molecules

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