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Novel Synthetic Compound Mimics Complex Quantum Dynamics Observed in Photosynthesis

University of Chicago researchers have created a synthetic compound that mimics the complex quantum dynamics observed in photosynthesis and may enable fundamentally new routes to creating solar-energy technologies. Engineering quantum effects into synthetic light-harvesting devices is not only possible, but also easier than anyone expected, the researchers report in the April 19 edition of Science.

20 Apr 2013

UW Astronomer Discovers Most Earth-Like Planet outside the Solar System

A University of Washington astronomer has discovered perhaps the most Earthlike planet yet found outside the solar system by the Kepler Space Telescope.

19 Apr 2013

Kepler Mission Discovers Two New Planetary Systems

NASA's Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the "habitable zone," the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature of an orbiting planet might be suitable for liquid water.

19 Apr 2013

Newly Discovered Distant Young Galaxy Furiously Churns Out Stars at Peak Capacity

A Cornell researcher and his team have uncovered an oddity in the early cosmos: A newly discovered distant galaxy, born just after the big bang, is starting to furiously churn out stars at peak capacity – despite its young age.

19 Apr 2013

Blazar’s Emission Spectrum Appears Highly Unusual

Blazars are the brightest of active galactic nuclei, and many emit very high-energy gamma rays. New observations of the blazar known as PKS 1424+240 show that it is the most distant known source of very high-energy gamma rays, but its emission spectrum now appears highly unusual in light of the new data.

19 Apr 2013

Quantum Researchers Discover Form of ‘Almost Psychic Communication

In the bizarre world of quantum physics, objects can be in more than one place at a time and future events can change the past. New research involving a Texas A&M University professor makes that microscopic realm even a bit stranger.

19 Apr 2013

World-Wide Collection of Telescopes Helps Discover Most Prolific Star Factory in the Universe

Astronomers using a world-wide collection of telescopes have discovered the most prolific star factory in the Universe, surprisingly in a galaxy so distant that they see as it was when the Universe was only six percent of its current age.

18 Apr 2013

Cosmic Tapestry of Debris Field Created During White Dwarf Star Explosion

This year, astronomers around the world have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of X-ray astronomy. Few objects better illustrate the progress of the field in the past half-century than the supernova remnant known as SN 1006.

18 Apr 2013

Astronomers Discover Colossal Starburst that Occurred 880 Million Years after the Big Bang

Such is often the case for galaxies, at least: the first galaxies were small, then eventually merged together to form the behemoths we see in the present universe.

By Marcus Woo 18 Apr 2013

ALMA Telescope Pinpoints Fertile Star-Forming Galaxies in the Early Universe

A team of astronomers has used the new ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) telescope to pinpoint the locations of over 100 of the most fertile star-forming galaxies in the early Universe. ALMA is so powerful that, in just a few hours, it captured as many observations of these galaxies as have been made by all similar telescopes worldwide over a span of more than a decade.

18 Apr 2013

New Report on Global Quantum Dot and Quantum Dot Display Market

New Report Added in ResearchMoz Reports DatabaseQuantum Dot and Quantum Dot Display (QLED): Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, Nanotechnology, 2013 to 2019

18 Apr 2013

UNSW Engineers Demonstrate Quantum Bit Based on Nucleus of Single Atom

A team of Australian engineers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has demonstrated a quantum bit based on the nucleus of a single atom in silicon, promising dramatic improvements for data processing in ultra-powerful quantum computers of the future.

18 Apr 2013

Control of Quantum State Provides a Viable Path towards a Practical Quantum Computer

To maneuver a car into a parking spot parallel to the road can be quite a challenge. It would be an easy task, of course, if only the vehicle could move sideways.

18 Apr 2013

Unrecognized Gamma-Ray Bursts Most Likely from Catastrophic Death of Supergiant Stars

Three unusually long-lasting stellar explosions discovered by NASA's Swift satellite represent a previously unrecognized class of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Two international teams of astronomers studying these events conclude that they likely arose from the catastrophic death of supergiant stars hundreds of times larger than the sun.

17 Apr 2013

Quantum Dots Self-Assemble at Optimal Locations in Nanowires

Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory and other labs have demonstrated a process whereby quantum dots can self-assemble at optimal locations in nanowires, a breakthrough that could improve solar cells, quantum computing, and lighting devices.

17 Apr 2013

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Novel Synthetic Compound Mimics Complex Quantum Dynamics Observed in Photosynthesis

UW Astronomer Discovers Most Earth-Like Planet outside the Solar System

Kepler Mission Discovers Two New Planetary Systems

Newly Discovered Distant Young Galaxy Furiously Churns Out Stars at Peak Capacity

Blazar’s Emission Spectrum Appears Highly Unusual

Quantum Researchers Discover Form of ‘Almost Psychic Communication

World-Wide Collection of Telescopes Helps Discover Most Prolific Star Factory in the Universe

Cosmic Tapestry of Debris Field Created During White Dwarf Star Explosion

Astronomers Discover Colossal Starburst that Occurred 880 Million Years after the Big Bang

ALMA Telescope Pinpoints Fertile Star-Forming Galaxies in the Early Universe

New Report on Global Quantum Dot and Quantum Dot Display Market

UNSW Engineers Demonstrate Quantum Bit Based on Nucleus of Single Atom

Control of Quantum State Provides a Viable Path towards a Practical Quantum Computer

Unrecognized Gamma-Ray Bursts Most Likely from Catastrophic Death of Supergiant Stars

Quantum Dots Self-Assemble at Optimal Locations in Nanowires

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