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New Theoretical Approach Could Precisely Predict Particle Interactions

On their quest to uncover what the universe is made of, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory are harnessing the power of supercomputers to make predictions about particle interactions that are more precise than ever before.

10 Mar 2017

Light Interaction with Captive Hydrogen Atoms Produces Ionisation

Light interacting with hydrogen atoms enclosed in hollow cages composed of carbon atoms - referred to as fullerene material - produces ionisation.

9 Mar 2017

Tiny Microchip Circuits Could Exploit Strange World of Quantum Mechanics

Scrambled and indecipherable messages are the back bone of the internet as we know it.

7 Mar 2017

Generalized Knapsack Code Could Defend Against Quantum Computing Hacks

The encryption codes that safeguard internet data today won't be secure forever.

1 Mar 2017

Quantum Information Uses Quantum Physics to Encode Computational Tasks

A piece of research at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country uses quantum simulators to imitate life, natural selection, learning and memory

23 Feb 2017

NASA and MIT collaborate to develop space-based quantum-dot spectrometer

A NASA technologist and an MIT chemist have collaborated to develop a prototype spectrometer to detect light in space based on quantum-dot technologies. This could potentially revolutionise space-based spectrometry.

17 Feb 2017

Scientists Examine Spin Electronics as Alternative to Conventional Computing Technology

Modern computer technology is based on the transport of electric charge in semiconductors. But this technology's potential will be reaching its limits in the near future, since the components deployed cannot be miniaturized further.

16 Feb 2017

ETH Physicists Create New Method of Data Categorisation

Theoretical physicists from ETH Zurich deliberately misled intelligent machines, and thus refined the process of machine learning. They created a new method that allows computers to categorise data – even when humans have no idea what this categorisation might look like.

14 Feb 2017

New Holographic Atomic Memory Enables On-Demand Production of Single Photons

Holographic atomic memory, invented and constructed by physicists from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, is the first device able to generate single photons on demand in groups of several dozen or more.

9 Feb 2017