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Dark Matter Detected Onboard the International Space Station

In science fiction, finding antimatter on board your spaceship is not good news. Usually, it means you're moments away from an explosion.

16 Apr 2013

UChicago Cosmologist to Present Ryerson Lecture Titled Quarks and the Cosmos

Pioneering University of Chicago cosmologist Michael S. Turner will present the annual Nora and Edward Ryerson Lecture, titled “Quarks and the Cosmos,” at 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 17. The free public lecture will take place in the Max Palevsky Cinema of Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St.

12 Apr 2013

Honeywell Sponsors Nobel Laureate’s Lecture on Quantum Mechanics to Indian Engineering Students

Honeywell yesterday introduced Professor David Gross , Nobel laureate in Physics, to the students and faculty of College of Engineering, Pune, India, as part of its global Honeywell Initiative for Science & Engineering (HISE).

12 Apr 2013

UChicago Spintronics Researcher Elected to the European Academy of Sciences

David D. Awschalom is a newly elected member of the European Academy of Sciences. The Academy, which elects relatively few non-European scientists, bases its selections on pioneering new research fields that have substantial scientific impact.

12 Apr 2013

Researchers Determine Time Needed for Quantum Information to Propagate across Bose-Einstein Condensates

Quantum computers promise to perform certain types of operations much more quickly than conventional digital computers. But many challenges must be addressed before these ultra-fast machines become available, among them, the loss of order in the systems – a problem known as quantum decoherence – which worsens as the number of bits in a quantum computer increases.

12 Apr 2013

Director General of CERN to Give a BSA Distinguished Lecture at Brookhaven Lab

Rolf-Dieter Heuer, director general at CERN—the European Organization for Nuclear Research—will give a BSA Distinguished Lecture, titled "Research at CERN—From the Highest Energies to the Smallest Particles," at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory on Wednesday, May 1, at 5:30 p.m. in Berkner Hall.

11 Apr 2013

Researchers Measure Superconductive Surface States in Topological Insulators

Topological insulators (TIs) are an exciting new type of material that on their surface carry electric current, but within their bulk, act as insulators. Since the discovery of TIs about a decade ago, their unique characteristics (which point to potential applications in quantum computing) have been explored theoretically, and in the last five years, experimentally.

11 Apr 2013

Airplane Passengers May Receive Sizable Dose of Radiation from Dark Lightning during Thunderstorms

“What are the radiation doses to airplane passengers from the intense bursts of gamma-rays that originate from thunderclouds?" Florida Institute of Technology Department of Physics and Space Science faculty members will address the issue and present their modeling work at a press conference meeting of the European Geosciences Union in Vienna, Austria, April 10. Joseph Dwyer, Ningyu Liu and Hamid Rassoul will discuss a new physics-based model of radiation dose calculations and compare the calculations to previous work.

11 Apr 2013

New Cryogenic Current Comparator Along with Quantum Hall Effect Allows Precise Measurement of Resistance

Cryogenic Ltd and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have designed and developed the most accurate instrument for comparative measurements of electric current. The instrument can now be used by National Measurement Institutes (NMI) and laboratories around the world, providing a more accurate standard for current ratio, and ensuring current measurement is not a limiting factor in innovation.

11 Apr 2013

Glowing Green Planetary Nebula Surrounds Dim and Dying Star

This intriguing new picture from ESO’s Very Large Telescope shows the glowing green planetary nebula IC 1295 surrounding a dim and dying star located about 3300 light-years away in the constellation of Scutum (The Shield). This is the most detailed picture of this object ever taken.

11 Apr 2013

Novel Photonic Floquet Topological Insulator Developed at Technion

Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed and successfully demonstrated a photonic Floquet topological insulator, a new device used to protect the transport of light through a unique, lattice of 'waveguides.' The advancement may play a key role in the photonics industry. A description is published in the current issue of NATURE (11 April 2013).

11 Apr 2013

If Quantum Physics Weren't Uncertain We Could Achieve Perpetual Motion

"…if your theory is found to be against the second law of thermodynamics I can give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation" said the British astrophysicist Sir Arthur Eddington in the early 1900s. He was on to something. CQT researchers Stephanie Wehner and Esther Hänggi report in Nature Communications that obedience to the second law of thermodynamics could lie behind one of the most fundamental features of quantum physics: the uncertainty principle.

11 Apr 2013

CQT Challenge for Local Teams Participating in the International Space Apps Challenge

Singapore will join over 75 cities worldwide taking part in the NASA-backed International Space Apps Challenge, 20-21 April. CQT is proud to be a partner for the first Singapore edition of the global hackathon.

10 Apr 2013

New Way to Control Light in Quantum Dots

As demand for computing and communication capacity surges, the global communication infrastructure struggles to keep pace, since the light signals transmitted through fiber-optic lines must still be processed electronically, creating a bottleneck in telecommunications networks.

10 Apr 2013

Simpler, More Efficient Single-Photon Emitter May Help Advance Quantum Cryptography

In a development that could make the advanced form of secure communications known as quantum cryptography more practical, University of Michigan researchers have demonstrated a simpler, more efficient single-photon emitter that can be made using traditional semiconductor processing techniques.

10 Apr 2013

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Dark Matter Detected Onboard the International Space Station

UChicago Cosmologist to Present Ryerson Lecture Titled Quarks and the Cosmos

Honeywell Sponsors Nobel Laureate’s Lecture on Quantum Mechanics to Indian Engineering Students

UChicago Spintronics Researcher Elected to the European Academy of Sciences

Researchers Determine Time Needed for Quantum Information to Propagate across Bose-Einstein Condensates

Director General of CERN to Give a BSA Distinguished Lecture at Brookhaven Lab

Researchers Measure Superconductive Surface States in Topological Insulators

Airplane Passengers May Receive Sizable Dose of Radiation from Dark Lightning during Thunderstorms

New Cryogenic Current Comparator Along with Quantum Hall Effect Allows Precise Measurement of Resistance

Glowing Green Planetary Nebula Surrounds Dim and Dying Star

Novel Photonic Floquet Topological Insulator Developed at Technion

If Quantum Physics Weren't Uncertain We Could Achieve Perpetual Motion

CQT Challenge for Local Teams Participating in the International Space Apps Challenge

New Way to Control Light in Quantum Dots

Simpler, More Efficient Single-Photon Emitter May Help Advance Quantum Cryptography

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

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