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Astronomers Observe 3-D Structure of Material Ejected by Erupting Nova

A flash of light from a stellar outburst has provided a rare look at the 3-D structure of material ejected by an erupting nova.

5 Jun 2013

New Routes for Creation of Quantum Computers

A team of researchers, including members of the University of Chicago’s Institute for Molecular Engineering, highlight the power of emerging quantum technologies in two recent papers published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. These technologies exploit quantum mechanics, the physics that dominates the atomic world, to perform disparate tasks such as nanoscale temperature measurement and processing quantum information with lasers.

5 Jun 2013

Local Arm May be a Major Branch of Perseus Arm in the Milky Way

Our Solar System's Milky Way neighborhood just went upscale. We reside between two major spiral arms of our home galaxy, in a structure called the Local Arm. New research using the ultra-sharp radio vision of the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) indicates that the Local Arm, previously thought to be only a small spur, instead is much more like the adjacent major arms, and is likely a significant branch of one of them.

4 Jun 2013

Hydrogen May Become a Superconductor or Superfluid at High Pressures

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. The way it responds under extreme pressures and temperatures is crucial to our understanding of matter and the nature of hydrogen-rich planets.

4 Jun 2013

Open Call for Artists to Apply for Third Prix Ars Electronica Collide @ CERN

CERN and Ars Electronica today launch an open call for artists working in the digital domain to apply for the third Prix Ars Electronica Collide @ CERN3. The winner will receive a fully funded residency at CERN and Ars Electronica to create new dimensions in their artistic practice by encounters with the world of science. This is the third year of the collaboration between CERN and Ars Electronica.

3 Jun 2013

New Approach to Make Macroscopic Mechanical Resonators Exhibit Quantum Mechanical Behavior

EPFL researchers find a new method for the preparation of non-classical states of a mechanical oscillator.

1 Jun 2013

Connections Between Flat Space-Time, Negatively Curved Space-Time and Holography

Researchers at the University of Southampton have taken a significant step in a project to unravel the secrets of the structure of our Universe.

1 Jun 2013

Shaw Prize Foundation Honors Astronomers Hawley and Balbus

University of Virginia astronomer John Hawley and former U.Va. astronomer Steven Balbus, now at the University of Oxford, have been named co-winners of the 2013 Shaw Prize in Astronomy. The prize is considered Asia’s equivalent to the Nobel Prize and is awarded in some categories – like astronomy – that the Nobel does not specifically include.

31 May 2013

CERN Council Adopts Update to European Strategy for Particle Physics at Special Meeting

At a special meeting hosted by the European Commission in Brussels today, the CERN Council1 formally adopted an update to the European strategy for particle physics. Since the original European strategy was put in place in 2006, particle physics has made considerable progress in elucidating the laws of nature at the most fundamental level.

31 May 2013

Swinburne Offered Federal Grant to Lead Design of Square Kilometre Array’s Pulsar Signal Processor

Swinburne University of Technology has been offered a $638,000 grant from the Federal Government to lead the design of astronomical instrumentation for the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project.

31 May 2013