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IQC to Build Compact Prototype Quantum Key Distribution Receiver for Low-Cost Microsatellite Mission

Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) researcher Dr. Thomas Jennewein and Dr. Vadim Makarov have received a $600,000 contract from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to design and build a compact prototype quantum key distribution receiver (QKDR) suitable for a low-cost microsatellite mission.

3 Dec 2013

ESA Selects ‘Hot and Energetic Universe’ and ‘The Gravitational Universe’ as Topics for Next Large Missions

At its meeting in Paris on November 28, the Science Programme Committee of the European Space Agency ESA opted for two topics in which the Max Planck Institutes for Extraterrestrial Physics and for Gravitational Physics are closely involved: “The hot and energetic universe” and “The gravitational universe” with the projects Athena and eLISA.

3 Dec 2013

Heat Deep Within a Neutron Star Never Makes it to the Surface

Until now, scientists were pretty sure they knew how the surface of a neutron star – a super dense star that forms when a large star explodes and its core collapses into itself – can heat itself up.

2 Dec 2013

Innovative Research on Cavity Optomechanics and Optical Frequency Combs Wins ICO Prize 2013

Tobias Kippenberg has received the 2013 International Commission for Optics (ICO) prize, an important international award presented each year to an outstanding researcher under the age of 40 in the field of optics.

29 Nov 2013

New Lattice Model Realizes Fractional Quantum Hall Effect Behaviour

It is fascinating how quantum mechanical behaviour of particles at smallest scales can give rise to strange properties that can be observed in the classical world.

29 Nov 2013

UofT Quantum Materials Researcher Wins 2013 Polanyi Prize

Two University of Toronto researchers, David Francis Taylor and J. Patrick Clancy, have won esteemed Polanyi Prizes – Taylor for his work examining the role of political cartoons in the 1700s and Clancy for his research into quantum materials.

29 Nov 2013

Fading Light from Monster Gamma-Ray Burst Still Detectable

One of the brightest gamma-ray explosions ever seen is the focus of five papers being published this week in the journals Science Express and Astrophysical Journal Letters by research teams that include Penn State professor of astronomy and astrophysics David Burrows.

28 Nov 2013

New Way to Measure Bose-Einstein Condensates

They are the coldest objects in the Universe and are so fragile that even a single photon can heat and destroy them.

28 Nov 2013

Lightweight Black Hole Demonstrates Voracious Appetite

Observations of a black hole powering an energetic X-ray source in a galaxy some 22 million light-years away could change our thinking about how some black holes consume matter.

28 Nov 2013

Quantum Matter Waves Made of Rubidium Atoms Controlled to Mimic Magnets

Magnets have fascinated mankind for millenia. From the Greek philosophers to scientists of the modern era, which saw the rise of quantum mechanics, magnets have been pondered and investigated.

28 Nov 2013

ESO’s Very Large Telescope Explores Dragon’s Head Nebula

Located only about 160 000 light-years from us in the constellation of Dorado (The Swordfish), the Large Magellanic Cloud is one of our closest galactic neighbours.

28 Nov 2013

Max Planck Scientists Discover Four Gamma-Ray Pulsars in Data from Fermi Space Telescope

The combination of globally distributed computing power and innovative analysis methods proves to be a recipe for success in the search for new pulsars.

27 Nov 2013

Innovative Competition, GREAT3 to Measure Dark Matter and Dark Energy

How do you measure something that is invisible? It's a challenging task, but astronomers have made progress on one front: the study of dark matter and dark energy, two of the most mysterious substances in our cosmos.

27 Nov 2013

NASA's NuSTAR Studying Black Holes in Proposed Medium-Sized Category

Black holes can be petite, with masses only about 10 times that of our sun -- or monstrous, boasting the equivalent in mass up to 10 billion suns.

27 Nov 2013

Festo Conducting Research on Superconductor Technology for Automation Technology

Superconductors work by hovering, are resistance-free and energy efficient. While they have been used in medical technology for two decades and are currently making their mark in large-scale systems with high power density, Festo is looking into how the technology can be applied to sustainable production of the future.

27 Nov 2013

Quantum Science News

IQC to Build Compact Prototype Quantum Key Distribution Receiver for Low-Cost Microsatellite Mission

ESA Selects ‘Hot and Energetic Universe’ and ‘The Gravitational Universe’ as Topics for Next Large Missions

Heat Deep Within a Neutron Star Never Makes it to the Surface

Innovative Research on Cavity Optomechanics and Optical Frequency Combs Wins ICO Prize 2013

New Lattice Model Realizes Fractional Quantum Hall Effect Behaviour

UofT Quantum Materials Researcher Wins 2013 Polanyi Prize

Fading Light from Monster Gamma-Ray Burst Still Detectable

New Way to Measure Bose-Einstein Condensates

Lightweight Black Hole Demonstrates Voracious Appetite

Quantum Matter Waves Made of Rubidium Atoms Controlled to Mimic Magnets

ESO’s Very Large Telescope Explores Dragon’s Head Nebula

Max Planck Scientists Discover Four Gamma-Ray Pulsars in Data from Fermi Space Telescope

Innovative Competition, GREAT3 to Measure Dark Matter and Dark Energy

NASA's NuSTAR Studying Black Holes in Proposed Medium-Sized Category

Festo Conducting Research on Superconductor Technology for Automation Technology

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