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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

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

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

Suzaku Satellite's X-ray Imaging Spectrometer Reveals Remnant of Kepler's Supernova

An exploding star observed in 1604 by the German astronomer Johannes Kepler held a greater fraction of heavy elements than the sun, according to an analysis of X-ray observations from the Japan-led Suzaku satellite. The findings will help astronomers better understand the diversity of type Ia supernovae, an important class of stellar explosion used in probing the distant universe.

9 Apr 2013

Researchers Propose Using the International Space Station to Test Quantum Entanglement

Albert Einstein famously described quantum entanglement as "spooky action at distance"; however, up until now experiments that examine this peculiar aspect of physics have been limited to relatively small distances on Earth.

9 Apr 2013

New X-ray Detections Help Better Understand Ia Supernovae

New detections of X-rays from a white-dwarf star that exploded as a supernova in 1604 will help astronomers to better understand the important class of stars known as "Ia supernovae," which are used to probe the distant universe.

9 Apr 2013

Neutron-Star Interior Composition Explorer to Gather Data on Densest Matter Allowed in Nature

The Neutron-star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), which NASA recently selected as its next Explorer Mission of Opportunity, will gather scientific data revealing the physics of the densest matter allowed in nature, and—from the same platform—will demonstrate a groundbreaking navigation technology that could revolutionize the agency's ability to travel to the far reaches of the solar system and beyond.

8 Apr 2013

NASA's Astrophysics Explorer Program Selects Planet-Hunting Satellite and Space Station Instrument to Observe X-rays from Stars

NASA's Astrophysics Explorer Program has selected two missions for launch in 2017: a planet-hunting satellite and an International Space Station instrument to observe X-rays from stars.

8 Apr 2013

CERN Particle Physicist to Deliver Annual Robert Hofstadter Memorial Lectures

CERN physicist Fabiola Gianotti will be at Stanford Monday and Tuesday, April 8-9, to deliver the Physics Department's annual Robert Hofstadter Memorial Lectures. Gianotti is a senior research physicist at CERN and leads the ATLAS experiment, one of the two experiments at the Large Hadron Collider that detected the famous Higgs boson particle last summer.

6 Apr 2013

Quantum Physics News

Glowing Green Planetary Nebula Surrounds Dim and Dying Star

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

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

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

Suzaku Satellite's X-ray Imaging Spectrometer Reveals Remnant of Kepler's Supernova

Researchers Propose Using the International Space Station to Test Quantum Entanglement

New X-ray Detections Help Better Understand Ia Supernovae

Neutron-Star Interior Composition Explorer to Gather Data on Densest Matter Allowed in Nature

NASA's Astrophysics Explorer Program Selects Planet-Hunting Satellite and Space Station Instrument to Observe X-rays from Stars

CERN Particle Physicist to Deliver Annual Robert Hofstadter Memorial Lectures

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

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

SideKick QCL Controller: Low-Noise Laser Control Solution

LabOne Q: An Intuitive Software Framework for Scalable Quantum Computing

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

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

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