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Researchers Identify Threshold at Which Entanglement Occurs in Large Quantum Systems

Entanglement is a property in quantum mechanics that seemed so unbelievable and so lacking in detail that, 66 years ago this spring, Einstein called it “spooky action at a distance.”

30 May 2013

Physicists Calculate Failure Probability of Quantum Encryption Schemes

Quantum communication systems offer the promise of virtually unbreakable encryption. Unlike classical encryption, which is used to send secure data over networks today and whose security depends on the difficulty of solving mathematical problems like the factoring of large numbers, most quantum encryption schemes keep the encryption key separate from the data.

29 May 2013

Kiel-Greifswald Plasma Physics Research Center Granted a Third Funding Period

The Collaborative Research Centre TRR 24 "Fundamentals of Complex Plasmas" has been granted a third funding period and new 6.5 million euros by the German Science Foundation (DFG). The DFG decision is based on the positive evaluation by a high-rank international review panel.

28 May 2013

Germanium Delivery Begins in Effort to Understand Puzzling Imbalance between Matter and Antimatter

The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has begun delivery of germanium-76 detectors to an underground laboratory in South Dakota in a team research effort that might explain the puzzling imbalance between matter and antimatter generated by the Big Bang.

27 May 2013

Simons Center for Geometry and Physics to Host 2013 String-Math Conferences

Organizing Committee: Alexander Abanov, Michael Douglas, Ljudmila Kamenova, Claude LeBrun, John Morgan, Nikita Nekrasov, Leonardo Rastelli, and Martin Rocek

27 May 2013

Best Measurement of Evolution of Extragalactic Background Light Over the Past 5 Billion Years

How much light has been emitted by all galaxies since the cosmos began? After all, almost every photon (particle of light) from ultraviolet to far infrared wavelengths ever radiated by all galaxies that ever existed throughout cosmic history is still speeding through the Universe today.

27 May 2013

Astronomers Overcome Technical Challenges of Measuring Extragalactic Background Light

If all the light emitted by all galaxies in the observable universe at all wavelengths during all of cosmic history were known, it would clue astronomers about the entire history of galaxy formation and evolution, and provide insights to key aspects of the expansion history of the universe.

27 May 2013

Astronomers Confirm Mysterious Behaviour of Two Stars

A University of Alberta physicist brought together backyard astronomers and professionals to confirm the mysterious behaviour of two stars more than 300 light-years from Earth.

27 May 2013

Ring Nebula’s Complex Structure Revealed by Hubble

The Ring Nebula's distinctive shape makes it a popular illustration for astronomy books. But new observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope of the glowing gas shroud around an old, dying, sun-like star reveal a new twist.

27 May 2013

AAVSO Amateur Astronomers aid ICRAR to Measure Distance to SS Cygni Star System

An extremely precise measurement of the distance to a star system has finally allowed astronomers to solve a decade-old puzzle, confirming understanding of the way exotic objects like black holes interact with nearby stars.

27 May 2013

Researchers Locate Double-Star System 370 Light-Years from Earth

Sometimes astronomy is like real estate -- what's important is location, location, and location. Astronomers have resolved a major problem in their understanding of a class of stars that undergo regular outbursts by accurately measuring the distance to a famous example of the type.

27 May 2013

ETH Zurich Physicists Develop Quantum Simulator for Magnetic Materials

Physicists understand perfectly well why a fridge magnet sticks to certain metallic surfaces. But there are more exotic forms of magnetism whose properties remain unclear, despite decades of intense research. An important step towards filling these gaps comes now from Tilman Esslinger and his group at the Department of Physics.

24 May 2013

Magnetars may be More Diverse and common than Previously Thought

Magnetars – the dense remains of dead stars that erupt sporadically with bursts of high-energy radiation - are some of the most extreme objects known in the Universe. A major campaign using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and several other satellites shows magnetars may be more diverse - and common - than previously thought.

24 May 2013

Tuning Electronic Properties of Topological Insulators may Help Realize Quantum Computers

Research teams from UW-Milwaukee and the University of York investigating the properties of ultra-thin films of new materials are helping bring quantum computing one step closer to reality.

24 May 2013

ESO Celebrates 15 Years of the Very Large Telescope with New View of Spectacular Stellar Nursery

This new picture celebrates an important anniversary for the Very Large Telescope – it is fifteen years since the first light on the first of its four Unit Telescopes, on 25 May 1998. Since then the four original giant telescopes have been joined by the four small Auxiliary Telescopes that form part of the VLT Interferometer (VLTI).

24 May 2013

Quantum Science News

Researchers Identify Threshold at Which Entanglement Occurs in Large Quantum Systems

Physicists Calculate Failure Probability of Quantum Encryption Schemes

Kiel-Greifswald Plasma Physics Research Center Granted a Third Funding Period

Germanium Delivery Begins in Effort to Understand Puzzling Imbalance between Matter and Antimatter

Simons Center for Geometry and Physics to Host 2013 String-Math Conferences

Best Measurement of Evolution of Extragalactic Background Light Over the Past 5 Billion Years

Astronomers Overcome Technical Challenges of Measuring Extragalactic Background Light

Astronomers Confirm Mysterious Behaviour of Two Stars

Ring Nebula’s Complex Structure Revealed by Hubble

AAVSO Amateur Astronomers aid ICRAR to Measure Distance to SS Cygni Star System

Researchers Locate Double-Star System 370 Light-Years from Earth

ETH Zurich Physicists Develop Quantum Simulator for Magnetic Materials

Magnetars may be More Diverse and common than Previously Thought

Tuning Electronic Properties of Topological Insulators may Help Realize Quantum Computers

ESO Celebrates 15 Years of the Very Large Telescope with New View of Spectacular Stellar Nursery

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