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New photovoltaic 2D material breaks quantum efficiency record – Physics World
Convention solar cells have a maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 100%: for every photon incident on the cell, they generate one photoexcited electron....
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Geometers Engineer New Tools to Wrangle Spacecraft Orbits | Quanta Magazine
IntroductionIn October, a Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida, carrying NASA’s Europa Clipper mission. The $5 billion mission...
Spectral and phase-contrast CT combine strengths to enhance X-ray imaging – Physics World
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Milky Way’s supermassive black hole has a surprising magnetic personality – Physics World
The magnetic field surrounding the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way has been observed for the first time. Astronomers using...
Can Information Escape a Black Hole? | Quanta Magazine
IntroductionNothing escapes a black hole … or does it? In the 1970s, the physicist Stephen Hawking described a subtle process by which black holes...
DOCOMO, NTT, NEC and Fujitsu Develop Top-level Sub-terahertz 6G Device Capable of Ultra-high-speed 100 Gbps Transmission
NTT DOCOMO, INC., NTT Corporation, NEC Corporation and Fujitsu Limited jointly announced today the development of a top-level (1) wireless device capable of ultra-high-speed...
Meet the ‘quantum plumbers’ uncovering the mysteries of fluid mechanics at the nanoscale – Physics World
Nanofluidics could be used to purify water, generate energy and build nanoscale machines. But when water flows through a carbon nanotube, classical fluid mechanics...
Molecular imaging technique could improve breast cancer screening – Physics World
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Quantum state preparation via engineered ancilla resetting
Daniel Alcalde Puente1,2, Felix Motzoi1, Tommaso Calarco1,2,3, Giovanna Morigi4, and Matteo Rizzi1,21Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Quantum Control, Peter Grünberg Institut (PGI-8), 52425 Jülich, Germany2Institute...
‘Dark Stars’: Dark Matter May Form Exploding Stars—Finding Them Could Help Reveal What It’s Made Of
Dark matter is a ghostly substance that astronomers have failed to detect for decades, yet which we know has an enormous influence on normal...
IQT the Hague Update: Fabiana Da Pieve, European Commission Programme and Policy Officer DG CNECT is a 2024 Speaker – Inside Quantum Technology
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry posted 25 Mar 2024
At the IQT The Hague conference, Dr. Fabiana Da Pieve will...
How India is transitioning its energy production in a carbon-constrained world – Physics World
Shri Rajesh Veeraraghavan, a director at the Nuclear Power Corporation of India, tells Chris North why he thinks nuclear power can help low-income nations...
Could lasers synthesize heavy elements produced in neutron-star mergers? – Physics World
An astrophysical process that creates elements heavier than iron may be even more challenging to reproduce in the laboratory than was previously believed –...
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