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Planck Data Confirms Theory of Quantum Origin of Structure in the Universe

Viatcheslav Mukhanov, cosmologist at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich, models the first instants after the creation of our Universe. Data from the Planck telescope have now confirmed beyond any reasonable doubt his theory of the quantum origin of structure in the Universe.

6 Feb 2015

Quantum Materials Commences Shipment of Cadmium-Free Red and Green Quantum Dots

Rapidly growing North American quantum dot manufacturer Quantum Materials Corp today announced it has begun shipping Cadmium-free red and green quantum dots in evaluation and production quantities to select leading consumer electronics manufacturers.

6 Feb 2015

Turbulence May Influence Evolution of the Ophiuchus Molecular Cloud

Molecular cores are dense condensations within molecular clouds, in which stars are born. Guoyin Zhang et al. obtained 350 ìm dust continuum data using the SHARC-II camera at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) telescope. A 350 ìm map covering 0.25 deg2 of the Ophiuchus molecular cloud was created by mosaicing 56 separate scans.

6 Feb 2015

Boise State Professor Explores Distant Galaxies for Greater Understanding of Planet Formation

As Pluto learned in 2006, planetary status — like fame of any kind — can be painfully fleeting. Especially in today’s world, where new planets are being discovered at an incredible rate, and the very definition of a planet is in flux.

5 Feb 2015

Researchers Explore Internal Structure and Interaction Among Galaxies

Researchers at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias are studying the evolution and formation of hundreds of near galaxies and have just published new scientific images.

5 Feb 2015

Researchers Investigate Dynamics of Skyrmions on Short Time Scales for First Time

Small magnetic whirls may revolutionize future data storage and information processing if they can be moved rapidly and reliably in small structures. A team of scientists of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and TU Berlin, together with colleagues from the Netherlands and Switzerland, has now been able to investigate the dynamics of these whirls experimentally.

4 Feb 2015

Festo Demonstrates New Future Concepts for Superconductor Technology

Festo shows new Future Concepts for superconductor technology. At the Hannover Messe 2015 trade fair, the company will once again be showcasing three new, innovative application concepts.

4 Feb 2015

Anatomic Insights of Gamma Radiation Unravel Some Galactic Mysteries

The anatomy of the Milky Way as seen in gamma light is full of mysteries. For example, there are gigantic bubbles of unknown origin above and below the centre of the Milky Way that emit a lot of this high-energy radiation.

4 Feb 2015

Researchers Discover Generation of Josephson Vortex in Atomic-Layered Superconductors

A research group at the NIMS (Sukekatsu Ushioda, president) International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA, Masakazu Aono, director), consisting of post-doctoral researcher Shunsuke Yoshizawa, MANA researcher Takashi Uchihashi, MANA principal investigator Tomonobu Nakayama, post-doctoral researcher Takuto Kawakami and MANA principal investigator Xiao Hu, and a research team at the Institute for Solid State Physics of the University of Tokyo, consisting of post-doctoral researcher Kim Howon and associate professor Yukio Hasegawa, discovered that in an atomic-scale thick superconductor formed on a silicon surface, a single-atom difference in height between atomic layers (atomic step) acts as a Josephson junction that controls the flow of supercurrent.

4 Feb 2015

New Research Provides Key Insights into M51a Spiral Galaxy

Case Western Reserve University astronomers peered deep into space to discover new features of a galaxy that's been sketched and photographed for 170 years.

4 Feb 2015

Collaborative Analysis Finds No Conclusive Evidence of Gravitational Waves from Birth of the Universe

A joint analysis of data from the Planck space mission and the ground-based experiment BICEP2 has found no conclusive evidence of gravitational waves from the birth of our universe, despite earlier reports of a possible detection. The collaboration between the teams has resulted in the most precise knowledge yet of what signals from the ancient gravitational waves should look like, aiding future searches.

3 Feb 2015

Galaxies Approaching End of Star Formation Phase Expels Most of Their Gas

Galaxies can die early because the gas they need to make new stars is suddenly ejected, research published today suggests.

2 Feb 2015

Growing Body of Evidence Supports Quantum Criticality Theory

A new study by a team of physicists at Rice University, Zhejiang University, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Florida State University and the Max Planck Institute adds to the growing body of evidence supporting a theory that strange electronic behaviors -- including high-temperature superconductivity and heavy fermion physics -- arise from quantum fluctuations of strongly correlated electrons.

31 Jan 2015

New Design Extends Superposition Time of Qubit a Hundredfold

Quantum computers are experimental devices that promise exponential speedups on some computational problems. Where a bit in a classical computer can represent either a 0 or a 1, a quantum bit, or qubit, can represent 0 and 1 simultaneously, letting quantum computers explore multiple problem solutions in parallel. But such “superpositions” of quantum states are, in practice, difficult to maintain.

31 Jan 2015

Researchers Produce Möbius Strips from Polarization of Light

A collaboration between researchers from Canada, Europe, and the United States has experimentally produced Möbius strips from the polarization of light, confirming a theoretical prediction that it is possible for light’s electromagnetic field to assume this peculiar shape.

31 Jan 2015

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Planck Data Confirms Theory of Quantum Origin of Structure in the Universe

Quantum Materials Commences Shipment of Cadmium-Free Red and Green Quantum Dots

Turbulence May Influence Evolution of the Ophiuchus Molecular Cloud

Boise State Professor Explores Distant Galaxies for Greater Understanding of Planet Formation

Researchers Explore Internal Structure and Interaction Among Galaxies

Researchers Investigate Dynamics of Skyrmions on Short Time Scales for First Time

Festo Demonstrates New Future Concepts for Superconductor Technology

Anatomic Insights of Gamma Radiation Unravel Some Galactic Mysteries

Researchers Discover Generation of Josephson Vortex in Atomic-Layered Superconductors

New Research Provides Key Insights into M51a Spiral Galaxy

Collaborative Analysis Finds No Conclusive Evidence of Gravitational Waves from Birth of the Universe

Galaxies Approaching End of Star Formation Phase Expels Most of Their Gas

Growing Body of Evidence Supports Quantum Criticality Theory

New Design Extends Superposition Time of Qubit a Hundredfold

Researchers Produce Möbius Strips from Polarization of Light

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