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University of Glasgow Opens New Lab for Particle Physics

A new laboratory space at the University of Glasgow, officially opened today (Friday 16 November), will help develop the next generation of the technology which found evidence of the existence of the elusive Higgs boson.

17 Nov 2012

King's College London Researcher Seeks Answer to Beat Quantum Crime

A future quantum computer will be able to carry out calculations billions of times faster than even today's most powerful machines by exploit the fact that the tiniest particles, molecules, atoms and subatomic particles can exist in more than one state simultaneously. Scientists and engineers are looking forward to working with such high-power machines but so too are cyber-criminals who will be able to exploit this power in cracking passwords and decrypting secret messages much faster than they can now.

17 Nov 2012

Large Underground Xenon Experiment to Look for Dark Matter is Now Underwater

An experiment to look for one of nature's most elusive subatomic particles is finally underwater, in a stainless steel tank nearly a mile underground beneath the Black Hills of South Dakota. And among the dozens of scientists involved in the research collaboration is the University of Rochester's Professor Frank Wolfs.

16 Nov 2012

Geophysicists Study Esquel Meteorite with Superconducting Quantum Interference Device

A tiny fraction of meteorites on earth contain strikingly beautiful, translucent, olive-green crystals embedded in an iron-nickel matrix. Called pallasites, these "space gems" have fascinated scientists since they were first identified as originating from outer space more than 200 years ago.

16 Nov 2012

First Step towards Creating a Secure Quantum Telecommunications Device

Quantum mechanics offers the potential to create absolutely secure telecommunications networks by harnessing a fundamental phenomenon of quantum particles. Now, a team of Stanford physicists has demonstrated a crucial first step in creating a quantum telecommunications device that could be built and implemented using existing infrastructure.

16 Nov 2012

LLNL Researchers Participate in LUX Search for Dark Matter Material

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers are making key contributions to a physics experiment that will look for one of nature's most elusive particles, "dark matter," using a tank nearly a mile underground beneath the Black Hills of South Dakota.

16 Nov 2012

Harnessing Dark Mode to Convert Optical Fields May Boost Quantum Computing

Using tiny radiation pressure forces -- generated each time light is reflected off a surface -- University of Oregon physicists converted an optical field, or signal, from one color to another. Aided by a "dark mode," the conversion occurs through the coupling between light and a mechanical oscillator, without interruption by thermal mechanical vibrations.

16 Nov 2012

Astronomers Find Farthest Galaxy Primarily Composed of Dark Matter

By combining the power of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes and one of nature's own natural "zoom lenses" in space, astronomers have set a new record for finding the most distant galaxy seen in the universe.

16 Nov 2012

New View of Supernova Remnant W44

The aftershock of a stellar explosion rippling through space is captured in this new view of supernova remnant W44, which combines far-infrared and X-ray data from ESA's Herschel and XMM-Newton space observatories.

16 Nov 2012

British Columbia Discovery Fund Invests in Quantum Computing Company D-Wave Systems

British Columbia Discovery Fund (VCC) Inc. is very pleased to announce that it has invested $2.0 million in D-Wave Systems, Inc. as the lead order that initiated a $30 million round of equity funding for D-Wave. Bezos Expeditions and In-Q-Tel (IQT) have also joined the investment round. Bezos Expeditions is the personal investment company of Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon.com, Inc. IQT is the strategic investment firm that delivers innovative technology solutions in support of the missions of the U.S. intelligence community.

16 Nov 2012

New Theory to Avoid and Reverse Heating Effect in Quantum Cascade Lasers

Since its invention 50 years ago, laser light has conquered our daily life. Lasers of varying wave lengths and power are used in many parts of our life, from consumer electronics to telecommunication and medicine. However, not all wave lengths have been equally well researched.

15 Nov 2012

Meson Decay Demonstrates Time Flows in Preferred Direction

Bending light around corners is usually done with mirrors, but now scientists have realized self-bending light beams that propagate along curved paths.

15 Nov 2012

Cambridge Scientists at LHC Observe Very Rare Particle Decay

The result is very damaging to new theories like the extremely popular Supersymmetry.

15 Nov 2012

X-ray Laser Pulses Can Strip Electrons from Atoms to Create Ions with Strong Charges

Researchers using the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have found a way to strip most of the electrons from xenon atoms, creating a "supercharged," strongly positive state at energies previously thought too low.

14 Nov 2012

Tetrapod Quantum Dots with Higher Brightness Improve Biochemical Assays

Millions of laboratory tests and biological assays are conducted every year to explore cellular processes. Quantum Materials Corporation has now developed tetrapod quantum dots, improved fluorescent markers that can more effectively gain knowledge of how body systems function and chronic conditions and diseases such as cancer metabolize and impact health and longevity.

14 Nov 2012

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University of Glasgow Opens New Lab for Particle Physics

King's College London Researcher Seeks Answer to Beat Quantum Crime

Large Underground Xenon Experiment to Look for Dark Matter is Now Underwater

Geophysicists Study Esquel Meteorite with Superconducting Quantum Interference Device

First Step towards Creating a Secure Quantum Telecommunications Device

LLNL Researchers Participate in LUX Search for Dark Matter Material

Harnessing Dark Mode to Convert Optical Fields May Boost Quantum Computing

Astronomers Find Farthest Galaxy Primarily Composed of Dark Matter

New View of Supernova Remnant W44

British Columbia Discovery Fund Invests in Quantum Computing Company D-Wave Systems

New Theory to Avoid and Reverse Heating Effect in Quantum Cascade Lasers

Meson Decay Demonstrates Time Flows in Preferred Direction

Cambridge Scientists at LHC Observe Very Rare Particle Decay

X-ray Laser Pulses Can Strip Electrons from Atoms to Create Ions with Strong Charges

Tetrapod Quantum Dots with Higher Brightness Improve Biochemical Assays

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