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Researchers Demonstrate a New Colloidal Technique for Making Optoelectronic Emitters

Highly efficient light sources are needed for tapping into the quantum properties of photons for optoelectronics. Lead trihalide perovskite nanocrystals display several properties that enable them to be promising candidates as light sources.

29 Nov 2017

Pioneering SESAME Synchrotron Light Source Circulates First Monochromatic Light

At 10:50 yesterday morning scientists at the pioneering SESAME light source saw First Monochromatic Light through the XAFS/XRF (X-ray absorption fine structure/X-ray fluorescence) spectroscopy beamline, signalling the start of the laboratory’s experimental programme.

24 Nov 2017

Introducing Quantum Sensors into Diamonds

Researchers have now discovered the possibility of creating dense ensembles of quantum spins in diamonds with high resolution by using an electron microscope, making the way for refined sensors and resources for quantum technologies.

23 Nov 2017

Physicists Demonstrate Quantum Wave Mixing on an Artificial Atom

Physicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and Royal Holloway, University of London, have demonstrated an effect known as quantum wave mixing on an artificial atom.

15 Nov 2017

GMTO Initiates Casting of Fifth Mirror for Giant Magellan Telescope

The Giant Magellan Telescope Organization (GMTO) has announced that it has started the casting of the fifth of seven mirrors that will form the center of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT).

6 Nov 2017

Use of Split Laser Beam to Ensure Quantum Interaction Between Atoms and Photons

Although bouncing a single light particle from a single atom with a width lesser than one-billionth of a meter is no simple task, at present, scientists from the Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore have demonstrated that they can double the probability of a favorable result.

1 Nov 2017

A Ground-Breaking Device Could Lead to Development of New Sensing Technologies

Ernst Chladni, a scientist and musician, discovered that the vibrations of a rigid plate could be visualized by covering it with a thin layer of sand and drawing a bow across its edge. This discovery took place in the late 18th century.

31 Oct 2017

Novel Optics System Could Help Locate Source of Gravitational Waves

A novel optics system that mimics the structure of a lobster’s eyes would enable a conceptual Explorer-class mission to precisely locate, characterize, and alert other observatories to the source of gravitational waves, which are caused by some of the most powerful events in the universe.

27 Oct 2017

Collision Between Two Massive Neutron Stars Seen for First Time

For the first time in history, astronomers have come up with direct detection of gravitational waves as well as light from a single cosmic event—a collision of two huge neutron stars.

19 Oct 2017

New Cooling Technique for Observing Collisions Between Cold Molecules

At very low temperatures, how do chemical reactions proceed? An investigation of molecular samples that are cold, slow, and dense at the same time is needed in order to answer this question.

16 Oct 2017