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U.S. Business Launched by Quantum Computing Company, D-Wave Systems

D-Wave Systems Inc., the world's first commercial quantum computing company, today announced the formal launch of its U.S. business. Industry expert and supercomputing veteran, Robert "Bo" Ewald will lead the U.S. business as President and will head up global customer operations as the company's Chief Revenue Officer. New offices and R&D facilities have opened in Palo Alto, California and others are expected in the near future.

3 May 2013

Anarchy Reigns When Stars Form Inside Interstellar Cloud

The Danish 1.54-metre telescope located at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile has captured a striking image of NGC 6559, an object that showcases the anarchy that reigns when stars form inside an interstellar cloud.

3 May 2013

Global Quantum Internet Closer to Reality

An Australian team led by researchers at the University of New South Wales has achieved a breakthrough in quantum science that brings the prospect of a network of ultra-powerful quantum computers - connected via a quantum internet –closer to reality.

2 May 2013

First Direct Analysis of How Antimatter is Affected by Gravity

The ALPHA collaboration at CERN1 has published a paper in Nature Communications describing the first direct analysis of how antimatter is affected by gravity.

2 May 2013

Large, Colliding Galaxies Enveloped by Enormous Cloud of Hot Gas

Scientists have used Chandra to make a detailed study of an enormous cloud of hot gas enveloping two large, colliding galaxies. This unusually large reservoir of gas contains as much mass as 10 billion Suns, spans about 300,000 light years, and radiates at a temperature of more than 7 million degrees.

2 May 2013

Novel Technique to Manipulate Electronic Spin of Qubits Using Light Pulses

By using light, researchers at UC Santa Barbara have manipulated the quantum state of a single atomic-sized defect in diamond –– the nitrogen-vacancy center –– in a method that not only allows for more unified control than conventional processes, but is more versatile, and opens up the possibility of exploring new solid-state quantum systems. Their results are published in the latest edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences.

2 May 2013

CERN to Restore the World's First Website

Twenty years ago CERN1 published a statement that made the World Wide Web ("W3", or simply "the web") technology available on a royalty-free basis. By making the software required to run a web server freely available, along with a basic browser and a library of code, the web was allowed to flourish.

2 May 2013

Subtle Difference between Matter and Antimatter Observed

A subtle difference between matter and antimatter has been observed for the first time by the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN).

29 Apr 2013

New Report on the Global Market for Quantum Dots

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Global Market for Quantum Dots 2013" report to their offering.

29 Apr 2013

Laws of Quantum Physics Can Also Impact on Molecular Levels

New research shows that movement of the ring-like molecule pyrrole over a metal surface runs counter to the centuries-old laws of ‘classical’ physics that govern our everyday world.

29 Apr 2013

Bristol Quantum Researcher Honored with Wolfson Research Merit Awards

Two Bristol academics are among the 27 new Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award holders.

29 Apr 2013

GridCOM to Develop Future-Proof Quantum Encryption Communications Solution with Seed Funding

GridCOM Technologies, Inc. has secured seed funding to develop its "future-proof" quantum encryption solution that protects vulnerable communications between millions of automation devices currently controlling the electrical grid.

26 Apr 2013

White Dwarf Star Orbits Massive Neutron Star to Form a Bizarre Stellar Pair

Astronomers have used ESO’s Very Large Telescope, along with radio telescopes around the world, to find and study a bizarre stellar pair consisting of the most massive neutron star confirmed so far, orbited by a white dwarf star.

26 Apr 2013

Powerful Winds Due to Starbursts Ionize Gas around the Host Galaxy

When galaxies form new stars, they sometimes do so in frantic episodes of activity known as starbursts. These events were commonplace in the early Universe, but are rarer in nearby galaxies.

26 Apr 2013

Strange Stellar Pair Provides Unique Cosmic Laboratory for Study of Gravity’s Nature

A strange stellar pair nearly 7,000 light-years from Earth has provided physicists with a unique cosmic laboratory for studying the nature of gravity. The extremely strong gravity of a massive neutron star in orbit with a companion white dwarf star puts competing theories of gravity to a test more stringent than any available before.

26 Apr 2013

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U.S. Business Launched by Quantum Computing Company, D-Wave Systems

Anarchy Reigns When Stars Form Inside Interstellar Cloud

Global Quantum Internet Closer to Reality

First Direct Analysis of How Antimatter is Affected by Gravity

Large, Colliding Galaxies Enveloped by Enormous Cloud of Hot Gas

Novel Technique to Manipulate Electronic Spin of Qubits Using Light Pulses

CERN to Restore the World's First Website

Subtle Difference between Matter and Antimatter Observed

New Report on the Global Market for Quantum Dots

Laws of Quantum Physics Can Also Impact on Molecular Levels

Bristol Quantum Researcher Honored with Wolfson Research Merit Awards

GridCOM to Develop Future-Proof Quantum Encryption Communications Solution with Seed Funding

White Dwarf Star Orbits Massive Neutron Star to Form a Bizarre Stellar Pair

Powerful Winds Due to Starbursts Ionize Gas around the Host Galaxy

Strange Stellar Pair Provides Unique Cosmic Laboratory for Study of Gravity’s Nature

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

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Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

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ORCA-Quest qCMOS Camera by Hamamatsu

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Researchers Exploit the Color Centers in Diamond to Enhance Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Processes for NMR Applications

Application of Electro-Optic Phase Modulator in Pound-Drever Hall Technique for Laser Frequency Stabilization

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

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

1First High-Res Map of Massive Explosion in NGC 4383

2Researchers Achieve Major Advancement in Quantum Technology

3Quantum Linear Solvers for Redundant Baseline Calibration

4Quantum Observer Paradox: Extending Measurement Disturbance

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