Predicting the composition of dark matter
A new analysis by a team of physicists offers an innovative means to predict "cosmological signatures" for models of dark matter.
General Physics
Jul 6, 2022
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Physicists make leaps in reading out qubits with laser light
Qubits are a basic building block for quantum computers, but they're also notoriously fragile—tricky to observe without erasing their information in the process. Now, new research from the University of Colorado Boulder ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 15, 2022
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Experimental quantum teleportation of propagating microwaves
The field of experimental quantum communication promises ways of efficient and unconditional secure information exchange in quantum states. The possibility of transferring quantum information forms a cornerstone of the emerging ...
NASA's Juno: Science results offer first 3D view of Jupiter atmosphere
New findings from NASA's Juno probe orbiting Jupiter provide a fuller picture of how the planet's distinctive and colorful atmospheric features offer clues about the unseen processes below its clouds. The results highlight ...
Planetary Sciences
Oct 28, 2021
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The next generation of information processing is through coherent gate operations
Many of us swing through gates every day—points of entry and exit to a space like a garden, park or subway. Electronics have gates too. These control the flow of information from one place to another by means of an electrical ...
Optics & Photonics
Jul 14, 2021
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Team directs and measures quantum drum duet
Like conductors of a spooky symphony, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have "entangled" two small mechanical drums and precisely measured their linked quantum properties. Entangled ...
Quantum Physics
May 6, 2021
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Optical fiber could boost power of superconducting quantum computers
The secret to building superconducting quantum computers with massive processing power may be an ordinary telecommunications technology—optical fiber.
Optics & Photonics
Mar 24, 2021
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Multi-messenger astronomy offers new estimates of neutron star size and universe expansion
A combination of astrophysical measurements has allowed researchers to put new constraints on the radius of a typical neutron star and provide a novel calculation of the Hubble constant that indicates the rate at which the ...
Astronomy
Dec 17, 2020
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A technique to sift out the universe's first gravitational waves
In the moments immediately following the Big Bang, the very first gravitational waves rang out. The product of quantum fluctuations in the new soup of primordial matter, these earliest ripples through the fabric of space-time ...
General Physics
Dec 9, 2020
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Going beyond the anti-laser may enable long-range wireless power transfer
Ever since Nikola Tesla spewed electricity in all directions with his coil back in 1891, scientists have been thinking up ways to send electrical power through the air. The dream is to charge your phone or laptop, or maybe ...
General Physics
Nov 19, 2020
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