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London Collider Exhibition to Showcase the VELO Detector

The “VELO” detector built by physicists at the University of Liverpool forms part of a major new exhibition about the pioneering work at CERN.

23 Jan 2014

Researchers Unveil Experimental Strontium Atomic Clock with Extraordinary Precision and Stability

Heralding a new age of terrific timekeeping, a research group led by a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) physicist has unveiled an experimental strontium atomic clock that has set new world records for both precision and stability-- key metrics for the performance of a clock.

23 Jan 2014

Thumbnail-Sized Quantum Cascade Laser Helps Detect Very Small Amounts of Damaging Greenhouse Gases

Rice University scientists have created a highly sensitive portable sensor to test the air for the most damaging greenhouse gases.

22 Jan 2014

Australian Academy of Science Honors Griffith Quantum Physicist

The 2014 Pawsey Medal has been awarded to professor Geoff Pryde from Griffith University's Centre for Quantum Dynamics.

22 Jan 2014

CERN Succeeds in Producing Beam of Antihydrogen Atoms

The ASACUSA1 experiment at CERN2 has succeeded for the first time in producing a beam of antihydrogen atoms.

22 Jan 2014

EPSRC Award Enables Use of Infrared Free Electron Laser at ALICE Accelerator for Improving Cancer Diagnosis

The University of Liverpool has been awarded £3.2 million to develop new diagnostic tests for cervical, oesophageal and prostate cancer patients.

21 Jan 2014

Philae Probe’s Landing on Churyumov-Gerasimenko Comet Surface May Provide Unique Insights

In the coming autumn, the Philae probe is expected land on the nucleus of the 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet, which is a mere four kilometres in diameter. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research want to analyse the primeval building materials of the planets on site for the first time.

21 Jan 2014

Researchers Demonstrate Direct Measurements of Quantum State Associated with Orbital-Angular Momentum

Until recently measuring a 27-dimensional quantum state would have been a time-consuming, multistage process using a technique called quantum tomography, which is similar to creating a 3D image from many 2D ones. Researchers at the University of Rochester have been able to apply a recently developed, alternative method called direct measurement to do this in a single experiment with no post-processing.

21 Jan 2014

Our Galaxy May Have Grown From Inside-Out

A breakthrough using data from the Gaia-ESO project has provided evidence backing up theoretically predicted divisions in the chemical composition of the stars that make up the Milky Way's disc – the vast collection of giant gas clouds and billions of stars that give our Galaxy its 'flying saucer' shape.

20 Jan 2014

Quasar Helps Image Cosmic Web

Cosmologists generally believe that matter in intergalactic space is distributed in a vast network of interconnected filamentary structures of gas known as the cosmic web.

20 Jan 2014

Rosetta to Wake Up and Monitor Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Comets are among the most beautiful and least understood nomads of the night sky. To date, half a dozen of these most heavenly of heavenly bodies have been visited by spacecraft in an attempt to unlock their secrets.

20 Jan 2014

Researchers Soften Atomic Bonds in a Buckyball

Rice University scientists have found they can control the bonds between atoms in a molecule.

17 Jan 2014

MAXI's Watchful Eye Helps See the Cosmic Dance of Life and Death for Stars

Look up at the night sky ... do you see it? The stars of the cosmos bursting in magnificent explosions of death and rebirth! No? Well, then maybe you are not looking through the "eyes" of the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) investigation, mounted on the exterior of the International Space Station Kibo module.

17 Jan 2014

Theory of Consciousness Corroborated by Discovery of Quantum Vibrations in 'Microtubules'

A review and update of a controversial 20-year-old theory of consciousness published in Physics of Life Reviews claims that consciousness derives from deeper level, finer scale activities inside brain neurons. The recent discovery of quantum vibrations in "microtubules" inside brain neurons corroborates this theory, according to review authors Stuart Hameroff and Sir Roger Penrose.

17 Jan 2014

Sodium Bismuthate Can Exist as a Form of Quantum Matter

The discovery of what is essentially a 3D version of graphene – the 2D sheets of carbon through which electrons race at many times the speed at which they move through silicon - promises exciting new things to come for the high-tech industry, including much faster transistors and far more compact hard drives.

17 Jan 2014

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London Collider Exhibition to Showcase the VELO Detector

Researchers Unveil Experimental Strontium Atomic Clock with Extraordinary Precision and Stability

Thumbnail-Sized Quantum Cascade Laser Helps Detect Very Small Amounts of Damaging Greenhouse Gases

Australian Academy of Science Honors Griffith Quantum Physicist

CERN Succeeds in Producing Beam of Antihydrogen Atoms

EPSRC Award Enables Use of Infrared Free Electron Laser at ALICE Accelerator for Improving Cancer Diagnosis

Philae Probe’s Landing on Churyumov-Gerasimenko Comet Surface May Provide Unique Insights

Researchers Demonstrate Direct Measurements of Quantum State Associated with Orbital-Angular Momentum

Our Galaxy May Have Grown From Inside-Out

Quasar Helps Image Cosmic Web

Rosetta to Wake Up and Monitor Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Researchers Soften Atomic Bonds in a Buckyball

MAXI's Watchful Eye Helps See the Cosmic Dance of Life and Death for Stars

Theory of Consciousness Corroborated by Discovery of Quantum Vibrations in 'Microtubules'

Sodium Bismuthate Can Exist as a Form of Quantum Matter

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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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