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Caltech team uses laser light to cool object to quantum ground state

PASADENA, Calif.—For the first time, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), in collaboration with a team from the University of Vienna, have managed to cool a miniature ...
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Astronomers detected a strange object blinking toward Earth every 44 minutes and are now closer to understanding what it really is

Astronomers from NASA have detected a strange object in deep space that is blinking at Earth for two minutes, lasting up to ...
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Scientists at LIGO are one step closer to solving general relativity’s biggest problem

Just shy of a century after Einstein penned his infamous paper on general relativity scientists finally confirmed a cornerstone of his predictions in 2015 — gravitational waves, little curvatures of ...
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NIST mechanical micro-drum cooled to quantum ground state

BOULDER, Colo. – Showcasing new tools for widespread development of quantum circuits made of mechanical parts, scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have ...