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New Routes for Creation of Quantum Computers

A team of researchers, including members of the University of Chicago’s Institute for Molecular Engineering, highlight the power of emerging quantum technologies in two recent papers published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. These technologies exploit quantum mechanics, the physics that dominates the atomic world, to perform disparate tasks such as nanoscale temperature measurement and processing quantum information with lasers.

5 Jun 2013

OLEDs Combined with Inorganic Quantum Dots Hold Promise for Green Lighting Applications

It’s not easy going green. For home lighting applications, organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) hold the promise of being both environmentally friendly and versatile. Though not as efficient as regular light-emitting diodes (LEDs), they offer a wider range of material choices and are more energy efficient than traditional lights. OLEDs can also be applied to flexible surfaces, which may lead to lights or television displays that can be rolled up and stowed in a pocket.

5 Jun 2013

Local Arm May be a Major Branch of Perseus Arm in the Milky Way

Our Solar System's Milky Way neighborhood just went upscale. We reside between two major spiral arms of our home galaxy, in a structure called the Local Arm. New research using the ultra-sharp radio vision of the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) indicates that the Local Arm, previously thought to be only a small spur, instead is much more like the adjacent major arms, and is likely a significant branch of one of them.

4 Jun 2013

Hydrogen May Become a Superconductor or Superfluid at High Pressures

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. The way it responds under extreme pressures and temperatures is crucial to our understanding of matter and the nature of hydrogen-rich planets.

4 Jun 2013

Open Call for Artists to Apply for Third Prix Ars Electronica Collide @ CERN

CERN and Ars Electronica today launch an open call for artists working in the digital domain to apply for the third Prix Ars Electronica Collide @ CERN3. The winner will receive a fully funded residency at CERN and Ars Electronica to create new dimensions in their artistic practice by encounters with the world of science. This is the third year of the collaboration between CERN and Ars Electronica.

3 Jun 2013

New Approach to Make Macroscopic Mechanical Resonators Exhibit Quantum Mechanical Behavior

EPFL researchers find a new method for the preparation of non-classical states of a mechanical oscillator.

1 Jun 2013

Connections Between Flat Space-Time, Negatively Curved Space-Time and Holography

Researchers at the University of Southampton have taken a significant step in a project to unravel the secrets of the structure of our Universe.

1 Jun 2013

Shaw Prize Foundation Honors Astronomers Hawley and Balbus

University of Virginia astronomer John Hawley and former U.Va. astronomer Steven Balbus, now at the University of Oxford, have been named co-winners of the 2013 Shaw Prize in Astronomy. The prize is considered Asia’s equivalent to the Nobel Prize and is awarded in some categories – like astronomy – that the Nobel does not specifically include.

31 May 2013

Quantum Computing Company Among Dutch Tech Startups in NYC Boot Camp

The Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands – in collaboration with WeWork – today announced a delegation of the Netherlands’ most promising tech startups will visit New York City from June 3-6 to experience the booming NYC tech scene.

31 May 2013

Quantum Dots Boost Ability of Bulk Semiconductors to Convert Heat into Power

High-performance thermoelectric materials that convert waste heat to electricity could one day be a source of more sustainable power. But they need to be a lot more efficient before they could be effective on a broad scale in places like power plants or military bases, researchers say.

31 May 2013

CERN Council Adopts Update to European Strategy for Particle Physics at Special Meeting

At a special meeting hosted by the European Commission in Brussels today, the CERN Council1 formally adopted an update to the European strategy for particle physics. Since the original European strategy was put in place in 2006, particle physics has made considerable progress in elucidating the laws of nature at the most fundamental level.

31 May 2013

Swinburne Offered Federal Grant to Lead Design of Square Kilometre Array’s Pulsar Signal Processor

Swinburne University of Technology has been offered a $638,000 grant from the Federal Government to lead the design of astronomical instrumentation for the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project.

31 May 2013

McGill Researchers Discover New Kind of Glitch in the Cosmos

The physics behind some of the most extraordinary stellar objects in the Universe just became even more puzzling.

30 May 2013

Spinning Magnetar Suddenly Slows Down

Astronomers using NASA's Swift X-ray Telescope have observed a spinning neutron star suddenly slowing down, yielding clues they can use to understand these extremely dense objects.

30 May 2013

Sodium Levels Predict How Stars End Their Lives

The way in which stars evolve and end their lives was for many years considered to be well understood. Detailed computer models predicted that stars of a similar mass to the Sun would have a period towards the ends of their lives — called the asymptotic giant branch, or AGB — when they undergo a final burst of nuclear burning and puff off a lot of their mass in the form of gas and dust.

30 May 2013

Quantum Science News

New Routes for Creation of Quantum Computers

OLEDs Combined with Inorganic Quantum Dots Hold Promise for Green Lighting Applications

Local Arm May be a Major Branch of Perseus Arm in the Milky Way

Hydrogen May Become a Superconductor or Superfluid at High Pressures

Open Call for Artists to Apply for Third Prix Ars Electronica Collide @ CERN

New Approach to Make Macroscopic Mechanical Resonators Exhibit Quantum Mechanical Behavior

Connections Between Flat Space-Time, Negatively Curved Space-Time and Holography

Shaw Prize Foundation Honors Astronomers Hawley and Balbus

Quantum Computing Company Among Dutch Tech Startups in NYC Boot Camp

Quantum Dots Boost Ability of Bulk Semiconductors to Convert Heat into Power

CERN Council Adopts Update to European Strategy for Particle Physics at Special Meeting

Swinburne Offered Federal Grant to Lead Design of Square Kilometre Array’s Pulsar Signal Processor

McGill Researchers Discover New Kind of Glitch in the Cosmos

Spinning Magnetar Suddenly Slows Down

Sodium Levels Predict How Stars End Their Lives

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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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