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1 week ago | 
azoquantum.com | Louis Castel
Scientists at the University of Innsbruck under the leadership of Hanns-Christoph Nägerl have successfully observed anyons, exotic quasiparticles distinct from the well-known fermions and bosons, within a one-dimensional quantum system. The study was published in the journal Nature. Particles are fundamentally classified as either fermions or bosons.
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1 week ago | 
azoquantum.com | Louis Castel
In a recent study published in Nature, the international research team at North Carolina State University details both the underlying process and the specific material requirements for achieving superfluorescence at room temperature. This research could provide a guide for creating materials that exhibit unusual quantum states – like superconductivity, superfluidity, or superfluorescence at higher temperatures.
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1 week ago | 
azoquantum.com | Louis Castel
Scientists at Southwest Research Institute have uncovered how solar activity influences the velocity distribution and behavior of helium pickup ions. The study was published in The Astrophysical Journal. Pickup ions are charged particles formed when neutral atoms from outside the solar system become ionized. This ionization occurs through solar ultraviolet radiation, after which the particles are captured by the interplanetary magnetic field.
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1 week ago | 
azoquantum.com | Louis Castel
Researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, including Assistant Professor Shuolong Yang and graduate student Khanh Duy Nguyen, have identified one of the world’s thinnest naturally occurring semiconductor junctions within a promising quantum material. The study was published in the journal Nanoscale.
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3 weeks ago | 
azoquantum.com | Louis Castel
New calculations by three scientists at Radboud University indicate that the universe is decaying at a significantly faster rate than previously thought, based on their analysis of Hawking radiation. The researchers have published their results, presented with both scientific rigor and a touch of humor, in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics.
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3 weeks ago | 
azoquantum.com | Louis Castel
A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has demonstrated that it is possible to perform joint measurements on particles that are separated, a significant advancement for the fields of quantum communication and computing. The study was published in the journal Physical Review X. The study defies classical intuition and relies on the principle of quantum entanglement, a phenomenon that links particles across distances as if they were connected by an invisible thread.
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3 weeks ago | 
azoquantum.com | Louis Castel |Ilamaran Sivarajah
Advancements in experimental and theoretical techniques have led to new observations in high energy plasma phenomena critical for understanding plasma instabilities. In addition to solids, liquids, and gases, plasma is considered one of the fundamental states of matter. A neutral gas becomes plasma when it gains enough energy for some of its electrons to break free from atoms or molecules. The result is a partially ionized gas made up of free electrons and ions.
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3 weeks ago | 
azoquantum.com | Louis Castel
Theoretical physicists at RIKEN have achieved a significant improvement in the efficiency of a method for fixing errors in quantum computers. This advancement could be crucial for developing larger, more dependable quantum computers that utilize light. The study was published in Physical Review Letters. Quantum computers are rapidly approaching realization and hold the potential to transform computing within the next 10 years.
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3 weeks ago | 
azoquantum.com | Louis Castel
A recent study carried out by Ohio State University proposes that magnetar flares, immense explosions in space, could be a direct source for the creation and spread of heavy elements throughout the universe. The study was recently published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. For many years, astronomers have only had theoretical explanations for the origin of some of the heaviest elements found in nature, such as gold, uranium, and platinum.
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4 weeks ago | 
azoquantum.com | Susha Cheriyedath |Louis Castel
Reviewed by Louis CastelTOI-270 d is an exoplanet discovered by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). TESS uses a transit method to discover new planets, detecting changes in a star’s brightness when a planet passes in front of it. TOI-270 d orbits a small, cool star known as an M-dwarf, located about 73 light-years from Earth. Two more planets form a part of this system: TOI-270 b and c.
