Physics and Astronomy News Archive: March 2019

Image: Quantum physicists succeed in controlling energy losses and shifts

Quantum physicists succeed in controlling energy losses and shifts

Source: AALTO   Posted: 3/20/19

Scientists demonstrate that they can increase the dissipation rate, on demand, by a factor of thousand in a high-quality superconducting resonator.
Image: Making the World a Lot Quieter

Making the World a Lot Quieter

Source: BU   Posted: 3/19/19

Mechanical engineers have developed an “acoustic metamaterial” that can cancel 94 percent of sound
Image: When Semiconductors Stick Together, Materials Go Quantum

When Semiconductors Stick Together, Materials Go Quantum

Source: LBL   Posted: 3/17/19

A new study reveals how aligned layers of atomically thin semiconductors can yield an exotic new quantum material.
Image: First Exoplanet Candidate Confirmed

First Exoplanet Candidate Confirmed

Source: IFA   Posted: 3/14/19

An international team of astronomers announced the confirmation of the first exoplanet candidate identified by NASA's Kepler Mission.
Image: Listening to quantum radio

Listening to quantum radio

Source: Tudelft   Posted: 3/12/19

Researchers have created a quantum circuit that enables them to listen to the weakest radio signal allowed by quantum mechanics.
Image: What Does the Milky Way Weigh? Hubble and Gaia Investigate

What Does the Milky Way Weigh? Hubble and Gaia Investigate

Source: NASA   Posted: 3/11/19

Astronomers have been able to come up with one of the most accurate measurements yet of our galaxy's mass, using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the European Space Agency's Gaia satellite.