Science

NIST's super quantum simulator 'entangles' hundreds of ions

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NIST physicists have built a quantum simulator made of trapped beryllium ions (charged atoms) that are proven to be entangled, a quantum...

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Controlling quantum states atom by atom

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Using the tip of a scanning tunnel microscope, a single xenon atom (yellow) is being moved from a quantum box (blue), thus specifically...

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Krafft Ehricke’s Polyglobal World Now Being Realized

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Kepler’s discovery of universal gravitation, using principles of both...

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Cloudy Days on Exoplanets May Hide Atmospheric Water

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Hot Jupiters, exoplanets around the same size as Jupiter that orbit very closely to their stars, often have cloud or haze...

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Our future in space starts on Earth

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Quantum satellite device tests technology for global quantum network: Singapore-built satellite makes and measures light particles pair by pair

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Researchers at the National University of Singapore and University of Strathclyde, UK, have launched a satellite that is testing technology...

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Simple attraction: Researchers control protein release from nanoparticles without encapsulation: U of T Engineering discovery stands to improve reliability and fabrication process for treatments to conditions such as spinal cord damage and stroke

For decades, biomedical engineers have been painstakingly encapsulating proteins in nanoparticles to control their release. Now, a research team led by University Professor Molly Shoichet has shown that proteins can be released over several weeks,...

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NASA's Juno Spacecraft Crosses Jupiter/Sun Gravitational Boundary

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This artist's rendering shows NASA's Juno spacecraft making one of its close passes over Jupiter.

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