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Physicists Detect Higgs Excitations in Low-Dimensional System of Ultracold Atoms

Physicists have detected Higgs excitations near absolute zero. In a low-dimensional system containing ultracold atoms, the team was able to detect Higgs-type excitations at the transition phase of matter.

27 Jul 2012

JQI Experimental Data Can Illuminate Issue of Disorder in Quantum Coherence

Scientists at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have conducted a new study to assess the relationship between disorder and quantum coherence. This may help in the development of better superconducting magnets and other quantum-based devices.

20 Jul 2012

Researchers Make Significant Progress on Neutrino-Less Double-Beta Decay of Xenon-136

In a paper published in Physical Review Letters, Krishna Kumar and Andrea Pocar, physicists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have described the findings of a test carried out at the Enriched Xenon Observatory (EXO) in a salt mine in Carlsbad, New Mexico, as part of a 10-year old claim to witness the ephemeral neutrino-less double-beta decay of Xenon-136.

20 Jul 2012

Centre for Quantum Technologies Launches Quantum Shorts 2012

The Centre for Quantum Technologies has launched Quantum Shorts 2012, a competition to create the best short film no longer than 3 minutes based on ideas associated with quantum physics. Top short films will be exhibited on newscientist.com, a well-known science news website.

17 Jul 2012

Study Suggests Quantum Theory is Near-Optimal in Terms of Predictive Power

Due to non-availability of complete information, majority of the predictions made often go wrong, such as in the case of predicting weather condition.

12 Jul 2012

Higgs Particle Discovery Paves Way to New World of Physics

Maxim Perelstein, a Physics Professor at the Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics at Cornell University, has commented on the latest announcement related to the detection of Higgs particle and its significance in elementary physics.

6 Jul 2012

CERN Experiments Identify Higgs Boson-Consistent Particle

The CMS and ATLAS experiments have presented their most recent initial results of their research on the Higgs boson particle at a seminar hosted by CERN as a curtain raiser to ICHEP2012, a key particle physics conference to be held in Melbourne, Australia.

5 Jul 2012