John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis have been awarded the Physics Nobel Prize for their work on quantum ...

By listening for ghostly radio echoes from the early Universe, scientists believe future Moon missions could determine what ...

Deep underground in an old gold mine in regional Victoria, scientists enter a worldwide race to understand the composition of ...

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Lancaster University has created a new spinout company, Photarix, to pioneer secure communications in the quantum era.Current encryption methods for ...

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Unlike other Nobel Prizes, which are administered by Swedish institutions, the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Norway. This ...

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The bandgap, i.e. the energy gap between the highest lying valence and the lowest lying conduction band, is a defining ...

When optical materials (molecules or solid-state semiconductors) are embedded in tiny photonic boxes, known as optical ...

The bandgap defines how insulators absorb light and conduct electricity. XUV high-harmonic interferometry now lets ...