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2020

  • Quantum leap for photon entanglement could revolutionise secure communications
  • Quantum leap for imaging could advance radar tech

2019

  • Two UofG scientists honoured by the Royal Society for their groundbreaking work
  • Scientists unveil image of quantum entanglement
  • Quantic wins £28m funding boost in 'next leap forward'
  • Ground-breaking disease detection tech gets £6.5M EU funding boost
  • High-tech innovation campus to be ‘shipbuilding industry of 21st century'
  • UofG researcher shares in £20M funding for 'engineering global visionaries'

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An artist's impression of the neutron star or black hole approaching the larger black hole prior to the merger - a split image shows the smaller object as either a large neutron star or small black hole
An artist's impression of the neutron star or black hole approaching the larger black hole prior to the merger - a split image shows the smaller object as either a large neutron star or small black hole

LIGO-Virgo finds mystery object in 'mass gap'

Tue, 23 Jun 2020 15:00:00 BST

An unusual gravitational wave signal is casting new light on the ‘mass gap’ between neutron stars and black holes.

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