Tiny crystals, known as quantum dots, have enabled an international team to achieve a quantum efficiency exceeding 100 …
Troy Oakes
Troy Oakes
Troy was born and raised in Australia and has always wanted to know why and how things work, which led him to his love for science. He is a professional photographer and enjoys taking pictures of Australia's beautiful landscapes. He is also a professional storm chaser where he currently lives in Hervey Bay, Australia.
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Technology
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SpaceFeatured
Wide View of Early Universe Hints at Galaxy Among the Earliest Ever Detected
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesTwo new images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope show what may be the earliest galaxy ever observed. …
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In trying to understand the nature of the cosmos, some theorists propose that the universe expands and contracts …
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Technology
Physicists Make Major Gains in Room-Temperature Superconductivity
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesLess than two years after shocking the science world with the discovery of a material capable of room-temperature …
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According to the Standard Model of cosmology, the vast majority of galaxies are surrounded by a dark matter …
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Ultrafast pulses from X-ray lasers reveal how atoms move at timescales of a femtosecond. That’s a quadrillionth of …
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A roadmap for the future direction of quantum simulation has been set out in a paper co-authored at …
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Technology
New Method of Controlling Qubits Could Advance Quantum Computers
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesQuantum computing, a field that relies on the principles of quantum mechanics to calculate outcomes, has the potential …
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EnvironmentFeatured
NASA’s EMIT Mineral Dust Detector Starts Gathering Data
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAfter being installed on the exterior of the International Space Station, NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) …
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An archaeological study has determined that cowrie-shell artifacts found throughout the Mariana Islands were octopus lures and that …