Science

Quantum chemical calculations on quantum computers: A quantum algorithm capable of performing quantum circuits parallelism and full configuration interactions calculations in any open shell molecules without exponential/combinatorial explosion

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(a) (left) Previously proposed quantum circuit. (b) (right) New parallelized quantum circuit. In (b), the complexity of the circuit is...

Harnessing the power of 'spin orbit' coupling in silicon: Scaling up quantum computation

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This is an artists impression of spin-orbit coupling of atom qubits.

Milestone for bERLinPro: Photocathodes with high quantum efficiency

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Photocathode after its production in the preparatory system.

A Universe Aglow

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Deep observations made with the MUSE spectrograph on ESO’s Very Large Telescope have uncovered vast cosmic reservoirs of...

A Galactic Gem

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FORS2, an instrument mounted on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, has observed the spiral galaxy NGC 3981 in all its glory. The...

Stars v. Dust in the Carina Nebula

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The Carina Nebula, one of the largest and brightest nebulae in the night sky, has been beautifully imaged by ESO’s VISTA...

Elliptical Elegance

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A glittering host of galaxies populate this rich image taken with ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope, a state-of-the-art 2.6-m...

More children released from South Sudanese armed groups - UNICEF

More than 100 children were released by two armed groups in South Sudan on Tuesday, bringing the total number released this year to over 900.