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Centre for Quantum Technologies Celebrates Five Years of Progress

Five years ago today, CQT officially kicked off with a staff of around 50. Since 7 December 2007, the Centre has grown to over 200 researchers who have in this time published more than 500 papers and hosted hundreds of scientific visitors.

10 Dec 2012

Second Open Call for Entries in the Collide @ CERN-Geneva Award

CERN1 and the City and Canton of Geneva today announce the second open call for entries in the Collide @ CERN-Geneva2 award. This year, the award funded by the City and Canton of Geneva, will be made specifically in film. The competition is open to film makers and screenwriters who work in any area of film making – including documentary, fiction, drama, animation and feature film.

7 Dec 2012

The Best Mix of Ingredients to Make the Largest Number of Plump Black Holes

In this holiday season of home cooking and carefully-honed recipes, some astronomers are asking: what is the best mix of ingredients for stars to make the largest number of plump black holes?

7 Dec 2012

Scientists Create Minuscule Reaction Chamber

Scientists from New Zealand, Austria and the UK have created the world's smallest reaction chamber, with a mixing volume that can be measured in femtolitres (million billionths of a litre).

7 Dec 2012

UW Faculty Named American Physical Society Fellows for Quantum Research

Five University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are among about 250 newly named fellows of the American Physical Society, an honor bestowed upon no more than half of one percent of the professional society's membership.

6 Dec 2012

Entire Galaxy Glows in Green Bean Galaxies

Many galaxies have a giant black hole at their centre that causes the gas around it to glow. However, in the case of green bean galaxies, the entire galaxy is glowing, not just the centre. These new observations reveal the largest and brightest glowing regions ever found, thought to be powered by central black holes that were formerly very active but are now switching off.

6 Dec 2012

$Cost-Effective Diffraction Spectrometer Tunes Lasers with High Accuracy$