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National Physical Laboratory to Establish Quantum Metrology Institute at Teddington Site

A new national network of Quantum Technology Hubs, that will explore the properties of quantum mechanics and how they can be harnessed for use in technology, has been unveiled today by Greg Clark, Minister of State for Universities, Science and Cities.

27 Nov 2014

Scientists at New York University Launch Higgs Hunters Project

New York University scientists and their colleagues have launched the Higgs Hunters project, which will allow members of the general public to study images recorded at the Large Hadron Collider and to help search for previously unobserved particles.

27 Nov 2014

MPG/ESO Telescope Captures Colourful View of Bright NGC 3532 Star Cluster

NGC 3532 is a bright open cluster located some 1300 light-years away in the constellation of Carina(The Keel of the ship Argo). It is informally known as the Wishing Well Cluster, as it resembles scattered silver coins which have been dropped into a well.

27 Nov 2014

Supermassive Black Holes Enable Precise Measurement of Very Large Distances

One of the major problems in astronomy is measuring very large distances in the universe. The current most common methods measure relative distances, but now research from the Niels Bohr Institute demonstrates that precise distances can be measured using supermassive black holes. The results are published in the scientific journal, Nature.

27 Nov 2014

New Method to Determine van der Waals Force for Single Molecules

Although the van der Waals force was discovered around 150 years ago, it is still difficult to quantify when predicting the behaviour of solids, liquids, and molecules. Precise measurements were only possible up to now for single atoms or macroscopic objects.

27 Nov 2014

Mysterious Communication at a Distance between Superfluid Helium Reservoirs More Common Than Previously Thought

For several years, it has been known that superfluid helium housed in reservoirs located next to each other acts collectively, even when the channels connecting the reservoirs are too narrow and too long to allow for substantial flow. A new theoretical model reveals that the phenomenon of mysterious communication "at a distance" between fluid reservoirs is much more common than previously thought.

27 Nov 2014

Atomic Memory with Outstanding Parameters for Quantum Information Technologies

Neither quantum computers nor quantum cryptography will become prevalent technologies without memory systems able to manipulate quantum information easily and effectively. The Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw has recently made inroads into popularizing quantum information technologies by creating an atomic memory with outstanding parameters and an extremely simple construction.

27 Nov 2014

Laser Pulse Characteristics that Yield Predictable, Controllable Electron Behavior Identified

By solving a six-dimensional equation that had previously stymied researchers, University of Nebraska-Lincoln physicists have pinpointed the characteristics of a laser pulse that yields electron behavior they can predict and essentially control.

27 Nov 2014

Van Allen Radiation Belts Contain Nearly Impenetrable Barrier for Ultra-Fast Electrons

Two donuts of seething radiation that surround Earth, called the Van Allen radiation belts, have been found to contain a nearly impenetrable barrier that prevents the fastest, most energetic electrons from reaching Earth.

27 Nov 2014

CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact Array Connects with Korean Radio Telescopes

The current thrust of our tests are to perform mm-VLBI observations with the Korean VLBI Network (KVN) at 43 and 86GHz. The 7900 km baseline (distance) between Australia and Korea provides resolutions of 80 micro-arcseconds at the higher frequency, or 20 billionths of a degree. This is sufficient to resolve Neil Armstrong's footprints on the moon from Earth, an astounding level of detail for a radio telescope.

26 Nov 2014

CQT Hosts ‘Quantum Contextuality: Trick or Treat’ International Workshop

CQT hosted the international workshop "Quantum Contextuality: Trick or Treat" for some 50 participants during the first week of November. The meeting was organised by CQT's Dagomir Kaszlikowski, Oh Choo Hiap and Pawel Kurzynski and was supported by a grant from the United States' Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi).

26 Nov 2014

Ultracold Atomic Gas Cooling Technique for Mechanical Quantum Systems

Physicists at the University of Basel have developed a new cooling technique for mechanical quantum systems. Using an ultracold atomic gas, the vibrations of a membrane were cooled down to less than 1 degree above absolute zero. This technique may enable novel studies of quantum physics and precision measurement devices, as the researchers report in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

25 Nov 2014

Gas Cloud G2 in Galactic Centre May Be Part of More Extensive Gas Streamer

In November, astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics presented new observations of the gas cloud G2 in the galactic centre originally discovered in 2011. These data are in remarkably good agreement with an on-going tidal disruption. As a complete surprise came the discovery that the orbit of G2 matches that of another gas cloud detected a decade ago, suggesting that G2 might actually be part of a much more extensive gas streamer. This would also match some of the proposed scenarios that try to explain the presence of G2. One such model is that G2 is originating from the wind from a massive star.

25 Nov 2014

Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics 2015 Shared by Rensselaer Professor

As a founding member of the Supernova Cosmology Project, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professor Heidi Newberg will share the 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics with members of two competing teams that discovered Dark Energy. The 51 collaborators from the two teams will split the $3 million prize awarded November 9.

24 Nov 2014

Quantum State of a Photon Successfully Teleported Over 25km of Optical Fiber

The world at the quantum level, at the scale of particles too small for the eye to see, is very strange. It's possible, for instance, to have two particles that are "entangled" -- that is, they function as if they were connected, even if they are many miles away from each other.

24 Nov 2014

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National Physical Laboratory to Establish Quantum Metrology Institute at Teddington Site

Scientists at New York University Launch Higgs Hunters Project

MPG/ESO Telescope Captures Colourful View of Bright NGC 3532 Star Cluster

Supermassive Black Holes Enable Precise Measurement of Very Large Distances

New Method to Determine van der Waals Force for Single Molecules

Mysterious Communication at a Distance between Superfluid Helium Reservoirs More Common Than Previously Thought

Atomic Memory with Outstanding Parameters for Quantum Information Technologies

Laser Pulse Characteristics that Yield Predictable, Controllable Electron Behavior Identified

Van Allen Radiation Belts Contain Nearly Impenetrable Barrier for Ultra-Fast Electrons

CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact Array Connects with Korean Radio Telescopes

CQT Hosts ‘Quantum Contextuality: Trick or Treat’ International Workshop

Ultracold Atomic Gas Cooling Technique for Mechanical Quantum Systems

Gas Cloud G2 in Galactic Centre May Be Part of More Extensive Gas Streamer

Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics 2015 Shared by Rensselaer Professor

Quantum State of a Photon Successfully Teleported Over 25km of Optical Fiber

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