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Massive asteroid may have caused a global firestorm that led to extensive extinctions

A new look at conditions after a Manhattan-sized asteroid slammed into a region of Mexico in the dinosaur days indicates the event could have triggered a global firestorm that would have burned every twig, bush and tree on Earth and led to the extinction of 80 percent of all Earth's species, says a new University of Colorado Boulder study.

28 Mar 2013

Titanium Oxides Detected in Extended Atmosphere around Giant Star

An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy and from the University of Cologne, successfully identified two titanium oxides in the extended atmosphere around a giant star. The object VY Canis Major is one of the largest stars in the known universe and close to the end of its life. The detection was made using telescope arrays in the USA and in France.

28 Mar 2013

Recently Formed Stars in Vela Constellation May Be Around 20 to 35 Million Years Old

The Universe is an old neighbourhood — roughly 13.8 billion years old. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is also ancient — some of its stars are more than 13 billion years old (eso0425). Nevertheless, there is still a lot of action: new objects form and others are destroyed. In this image, you can see some of the newcomers, the young stars forming the cluster NGC 2547.

28 Mar 2013

New Kind of Supernova Comes from Binary Star System

Supernovae were always thought to occur in two main varieties. But a team of astronomers including Carnegie’s Wendy Freedman, Mark Phillips and Eric Persson is reporting the discovery of a new type of supernova called Type Iax. This research has been accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal and is available online.

27 Mar 2013

Nobel Laureate Lectures on Fundamentals of Spintronics at VSB-Technical University

Honeywell today introduced Professor Albert Fert , Nobel laureate in Physics, to the students and faculty of VSB-Technical University in Ostrava as part of its global Honeywell Initiative for Science & Engineering (HISE) program.

27 Mar 2013

Film Maker Awarded Collide@CERN-Geneva Prize

CERN and the City and the Canton of Geneva awarded the second Collide@CERN-Geneva prize to the 47 year-old film maker Jan Peters, for his proposal to explore the world of CERN from a highly personal perspective.

27 Mar 2013

New Experimental Approach to Probe Positively Charged Ions

Scientists at the Department of Physics of the University of Oulu have teamed up with scientists in France, Russia and Japan to propose a new experimental method for researching positively charged ions.

26 Mar 2013

Researchers Identify Quantum Level Mechanism for Interpreting Vacuum

Two forthcoming EPJ D papers challenge established wisdom about the nature of vacuum. In one paper, Marcel Urban from the University of Paris-Sud, located in Orsay, France and his colleagues identified a quantum level mechanism for interpreting vacuum as being filled with pairs of virtual particles with fluctuating energy values.

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 26 Mar 2013

Theoretical Physicist Stephon Alexander to Discuss Consequences of Parity-Violating Universe at Physics Colloquium

Stephon Alexander from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Dartmouth College, will discuss "The Cosmological and Gravitational Consequences of a Parity Violating Universe" at 4 p.m. Friday, March 29, during a physics colloquium.

26 Mar 2013

Harvard Scientists Measure Magnetism of Matter and Antimatter with Unprecedented Precision

In a breakthrough that could one day yield important clues about the nature of matter itself, a team of Harvard scientists have succeeding in measuring the magnetic charge of single particles of matter and antimatter more accurately than ever before.

26 Mar 2013

Quantum Physics News

Massive asteroid may have caused a global firestorm that led to extensive extinctions

Titanium Oxides Detected in Extended Atmosphere around Giant Star

Recently Formed Stars in Vela Constellation May Be Around 20 to 35 Million Years Old

New Kind of Supernova Comes from Binary Star System

Nobel Laureate Lectures on Fundamentals of Spintronics at VSB-Technical University

Film Maker Awarded Collide@CERN-Geneva Prize

New Experimental Approach to Probe Positively Charged Ions

Researchers Identify Quantum Level Mechanism for Interpreting Vacuum

Theoretical Physicist Stephon Alexander to Discuss Consequences of Parity-Violating Universe at Physics Colloquium

Harvard Scientists Measure Magnetism of Matter and Antimatter with Unprecedented Precision

Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

SideKick QCL Controller: Low-Noise Laser Control Solution

LabOne Q: An Intuitive Software Framework for Scalable Quantum Computing

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Application of Electro-Optic Phase Modulator in Pound-Drever Hall Technique for Laser Frequency Stabilization

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Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

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Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

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