News tagged with microwave
Scientists detect cosmic 'dark flow' across billions of light years
Sep 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using data from NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), scientists have identified an unexpected motion in distant galaxy clusters. The cause, they suggest, is the gravitational ...
Super-Sensors to Measure 'Signature' of Inflationary Universe (w/Video)
May 03, 2009 |
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What happened in the first trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang? Super-sensitive microwave detectors, built at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, may soon ...
Proposed Quantum Computer Consists of Billions of Electron Spins
Sep 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While researchers have already demonstrated the building blocks for few-bit quantum computers, scaling these systems up to large quantum computers remains a challenge. One of the biggest problems ...
Researchers propose new way to reproduce a black hole
Aug 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite their popularity in the science fiction genre, there is much to be learned about black holes, the mysterious regions in space once thought to be absent of light. In a paper published in the August ...
Physicists Demonstrate Quantum Memory with Matter Qubits
Jul 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, scientists have successfully operated a quantum gate between two remote particles of matter, marking an important step toward the development of a quantum computer. In ...
The Ultimate Long Distance Communication
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Anyone who's vacationed in the mountains or lived on a farm knows that it's hard to get good internet access or a strong cell phone signal in a remote area. Communicating across great distances has always ...
Listening for Gravitational Echoes of the Universe's Birth
Aug 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An investigation by a major scientific group has advanced understanding of the early evolution of the universe.
Precise picture of early Universe supports 'dark matter' theory
Nov 02, 2009 |
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A detailed picture of the seeds of structures in the universe has been unveiled by an international team co-led by a Cardiff University scientist.
Ceramic material revs up microwaving
Aug 28, 2008 |
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Quicker microwave meals that use less energy may soon be possible with new ceramic microwave dishes and, according to the material scientists responsible, this same material could help with organic waste remediation.
Researchers make breakthrough in the quantum control of light
May 29, 2009 |
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Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have recently demonstrated a breakthrough in the quantum control of photons, the energy quanta of light. This is a significant result in quantum computation, and could eventually ...
First light for BOSS -- a new kind of search for dark energy
Oct 01, 2009 |
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BOSS, the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, is the most ambitious attempt yet to map the expansion history of the Universe using the technique known as baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO). A part of the ...
First direct evidence of lightning on Mars detected
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 17, 2009 |
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For the first time, direct evidence of lightning has been detected on Mars, say University of Michigan researchers who found signs of electrical discharges during dust storms on the Red Planet.
Putting the squeeze on an old material could lead to 'instant on' electronic memory
Apr 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The technology of storing electronic information - from old cassette tapes to shiny laptop computers - has been a major force in the electronics industry for decades.
Most distant detection of water in the Universe
Apr 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have found the most distant signs of water in the Universe to date. Dr John McKean of the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) will be presenting the discovery at ...
Planck first light yields promising results (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Planck, ESA's mission to study the early Universe, started surveying the sky regularly from its vantage point at L2 on 13 August. The instruments of ESA's 'time machine' were fine-tuned for ...
