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Researchers Detect Constant Infrared Winds from Eruption of Stellar-Mass Black Hole

For the first time, scientists from the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands have observed the continuous infrared emission from winds generated during the outburst of a black hole in an X-ray binary.

28 Aug 2020

Quantum Systems Accelerator Receives $115 Million to Harness Quantum Information Science for Discoveries

The Department of Energy has awarded $115 million over five years to the Quantum Systems Accelerator, a new research center led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that will forge the technological solutions needed to harness quantum information science for discoveries that benefit the world.

27 Aug 2020

Natural Radiation can Limit the Performance of Superconducting Quantum Bits

A multidisciplinary research team has shown that radiation from natural sources in the environment can limit the performance of superconducting quantum bits, known as qubits.

27 Aug 2020

Cosmic Rays can Cause Decoherence in Qubits

The practicality of quantum computing hangs on the integrity of the quantum bit, or qubit.

27 Aug 2020

New Science centers to Apply Quantum Information Science to Emerging Technologies

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the U.S. Department of Energy have announced funding for five new quantum information science centers across the country, in support of the National Quantum Initiative.

27 Aug 2020

Researchers Investigate 3D Quantum Hall Effect in Weyl Semimetals

Since Von Klitzing discovered the quantum Hall effect in a two-dimensional electron gas system in 1980, there has been theoretical work discussing how to quantize the Hall conductance in a three-dimensional system.

26 Aug 2020

A Quantum Simulator for Exploring 3D Chiral Topological Phases

Recently, Professor Liu Xiongjun's group at the International Center for Quantum Materials of Peking University, together with Professor Du Jiangfeng and Professor Wang Ya at University of Science and Technology of China, published a paper in Phys. Rev. Lett. reporting a progress on quantum simulation for 3D chiral topological phase.

26 Aug 2020

Researchers Measure Global Magnetic Field of Solar Corona for the First Time

An international team led by Professor Tian Hui from Peking University has recently measured the global magnetic field of the solar corona for the first time.

26 Aug 2020

Study Shows How Ideas from Quantum Physics can Help Develop Novel Drugs

Published in Nature Physics, findings from a new study co-led by Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University teams show for the first time how ideas from quantum physics can help develop novel drug interventions for bacterial infections and cancer.

25 Aug 2020

Spinning Black Holes Release Powerful Magnetized Jets

Black holes are at the center of almost all galaxies that have been studied so far. They have an unimaginably large mass and therefore attract matter, gas and even light.

24 Aug 2020