Science

Mars InSight Lander Seen in First Images from Space

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NASA's InSight spacecraft, its heat shield and its parachute were imaged on Dec. 6 and 11 by the HiRISE camera...

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The feature size and functional range of molecular electronic devices: Monitoring the transition from tunneling leakage current to molecular tunneling

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The tunneling leakage is a major quantum obstacle which hinders further miniaturization of electronic devices. To explore the...

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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...

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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.

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Milestone for bERLinPro: Photocathodes with high quantum efficiency

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Photocathode after its production in the preparatory system.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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