Singapore (SPX) Aug 30, 2023
National University of Singapore (NUS) physicists have developed a technique to precisely control the alignment of supermoire lattices by using a set of golden rules, paving the way for the advancement of next generation moire quantum matter. Moire patterns are formed when two identical periodic structures are overlaid with a relative twist angle between them or two different periodic stru

Princeton NJ (SPX) Sep 04, 2023
Researchers have a new way to connect quantum devices over long distances, a necessary step toward allowing the technology to play a role in future communications systems. While today's classical data signals can get amplified across a city or an ocean, quantum signals cannot. They must be repeated in intervals - that is, stopped, copied and passed on by specialized machines called quantum

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On 5 September 2023, teams from France’s space agency CNES and Arianegroup under the lead of ESA carried out a complete Ariane 6 launch sequence on its launch pad at Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana. The test ended with a hot-fire of the launcher’s core stage and startup of the Vulcain 2.1 engine.

This is a key step in the test campaign. It follows from initial integration of the Ariane 6 launcher on its launch pad, electrical and fluid system tests and the first launch sequence test run on 18 July 2023.

This test involved a launch sequence and

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 04, 2023
Locusts can destroy grain crops and pastures, threatening people's livelihoods. In an international project, researchers from the German Aerospace Center have now developed methods to help detect locust outbreaks as early as possible and take action against them. Earth observation images acquired by satellites play a central role in this. These images enable the early detection of environmental

Boston MA (SPX) Sep 04, 2023
The search for space-shaking ripples in the universe just got a big boost. An MIT-led effort to build a bigger, better gravitational-wave detector will receive $9 million dollars over the next three years from the National Science Foundation. The funding infusion will support the design phase for Cosmic Explorer - a next-generation gravitational-wave observatory that is expected to pick up rippl