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Perimeter Institute’s Public Lecture Series to Explore Ground-Breaking Science

The late astronomer and science popularizer Carl Sagan once said: “The great discoveries are almost entirely made by youngsters.” Sagan understood the power of youthful awe and curiosity, unbounded by established ways of thinking.

26 Mar 2014

Neutron Stars Show Similarities with Black Holes

In how many ways can one describe an object? Take an apple: by just looking at it we can easily estimate its weight, shape and colour but we are unable to describe it at any other level, for example, to evaluate the chemical composition of its flesh. Something similar also applies to astronomical objects: until today one of the challenges facing scientists was to describe neutron stars at the nuclear physics level.

26 Mar 2014

Black Hole in Condensed Matter Physics

Subir Sachdev, William Witczak-Krempa, and Erik Sørensen are condensed matter physicists. They study exotic but tangible systems, such as superfluids. And their latest paper about one such system has a black hole in it.

26 Mar 2014

Neutron Day Symposium Reflects Expanding Use of Neutron Scattering for Research

The University of Delaware’s first “Neutron Day” symposium in 2012 drew about 30 participants. This year, the event attracted more than 100 attendees, reflecting the rapidly expanding use of neutron scattering as a research tool.

26 Mar 2014

QD Vision Co-Founder to Chair First Quantum Dots Forum

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26 Mar 2014

Quantum Networks in Quantum Optics to be Presented at University of Virginia Hoxton Lecture

Opportunities for the exploration of physical systems that have not, thus far, existed in the natural world – that’s what H. Jeff Kimble, William L. Valentine Professor and Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology, will discuss in a talk formally titled “Quantum Networks in Quantum Optics.”

26 Mar 2014

Hole in Black Hole Theory Plugged

Recently physicists have been poking holes again in Stephen Hawking's black hole theory – including Hawking himself. For decades physicists across the globe have been trying to figure out the mysteries of black holes – those fascinating monstrous entities that have such intense gravitational pull that nothing – not even light – can escape from them. Now Professor Chris Adami, Michigan State University, has jumped into the fray.

25 Mar 2014

New Mathematical Framework Describes Motions in Superfluids That Exhibit Quantum Behavior

Researchers have developed a new mathematical framework capable of describing motions in superfluids – low temperature fluids that exhibit classical as well as quantum behavior. The framework was used to lift the veil of mystery surrounding strange objects in superfluid helium (detected ten years ago at Brown University).

25 Mar 2014

Kavli Institute Scientists Celebrate First Direct Evidence for Cosmic Inflation

Scientists at the University of Chicago’s Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics are celebrating last week’s headline-making announcement that astronomers have acquired the first direct evidence of gravitational waves rippling through the infant universe during an explosive period of growth called inflation.

25 Mar 2014

Reconnection of Quantum Vortexes Launches Kelvin Waves

Draining the water from a bathtub causes a spinning tornado to appear. The downward flow of water into the drain causes the water to rotate, and as the rotation speeds up, a vortex forms that obeys the laws of classical mechanics. However, if the water is extremely cold liquid helium, the fluid will swirl around an invisible line to form a vortex that obeys the laws of quantum mechanics.

25 Mar 2014

Bacterial Cells Coaxed to Produce Biofilms Incorporating Gold Nanoparticles and Quantum Dots

Inspired by natural materials such as bone — a matrix of minerals and other substances, including living cells — MIT engineers have coaxed bacterial cells to produce biofilms that can incorporate nonliving materials, such as gold nanoparticles and quantum dots.

25 Mar 2014

Physicists Separate Three Photons to Prove Theory of Quantum Nonlocality

In the world of quantum science, Alice and Bob have been talking to one another for years. Charlie joined the conversation a few years ago, but now with spacelike separation, scientists have measured that their communication occurs faster than the speed of light.

25 Mar 2014

Diamond Transport Spin Better Than Metals

For the first time, physicists have demonstrated that information can flow through a diamond wire.

25 Mar 2014

First Space Mission for Highest-Energy Particles

Every second, our bodies and the objects around us are struck by cosmic rays that come mostly from sources deep in space. The highest-energy cosmic rays are the most energetic particles in the universe—far more powerful than anything humans could produce— but their origins are a mystery.

24 Mar 2014

Critical Testing of Theories for Particles Smaller Than Higgs

Nobody has seen them yet; particles that are smaller than the Higgs particle. However theories predict their existence, and now the most important of these theories have been critically tested. The result: The existence of the yet unseen particles is now more likely than ever.

24 Mar 2014

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Perimeter Institute’s Public Lecture Series to Explore Ground-Breaking Science

Neutron Stars Show Similarities with Black Holes

Black Hole in Condensed Matter Physics

Neutron Day Symposium Reflects Expanding Use of Neutron Scattering for Research

QD Vision Co-Founder to Chair First Quantum Dots Forum

Quantum Networks in Quantum Optics to be Presented at University of Virginia Hoxton Lecture

Hole in Black Hole Theory Plugged

New Mathematical Framework Describes Motions in Superfluids That Exhibit Quantum Behavior

Kavli Institute Scientists Celebrate First Direct Evidence for Cosmic Inflation

Reconnection of Quantum Vortexes Launches Kelvin Waves

Bacterial Cells Coaxed to Produce Biofilms Incorporating Gold Nanoparticles and Quantum Dots

Physicists Separate Three Photons to Prove Theory of Quantum Nonlocality

Diamond Transport Spin Better Than Metals

First Space Mission for Highest-Energy Particles

Critical Testing of Theories for Particles Smaller Than Higgs

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Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

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