Kavli News

12/07/2012

Major European Investment for Building Block Quantum Computer

The European Union today announced they would finance 15 million euros for TU Delft and Leiden University to study quantum computing.

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12/07/2012

Strict Limit on CPT Violation from Gamma-Ray Bursts

Researchers have used the photon polarization in three distant gamma-ray bursts as evidence to put the most stringent constraints yet on the violation of a fundamental symmetry.

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12/06/2012

Device Created that Can Focus Light at a Few Nanometers Across

Engineers at Caltech have created a device that can focus light into a point just a few nanometers (billionths of a meter) across—an achievement they say may lead to next-generation applications in computing, communications, and imaging.

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12/05/2012

Very First Stars May Have "Turned On" When the Universe Was 750 Million Years Old

Researchers have peered back to the era of the first stars and galaxies, and found matter with no discernible trace of heavy elements.

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12/04/2012

Experiments Bolster Theory of How Electrons Cool in Graphene

A research team has conducted  the first known direct measurements of hot electrons cooling down in graphene -- providing insights into the fundamental nature of graphene, which may one day be used in anything from photodetectors to non-silicon transistors.

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