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L'OREAL-UNESCO for Women in Science Program Honors Laureate for Study in Ultracold Gases of Fermions

The L'OREAL-UNESCO For Women in Science program awarded five exceptional women scientists from around the world with the 2013 L'OREAL-UNESCO Awards in the Physical Sciences.

3 Apr 2013

Hilldale Honors Leader in Neutrino Astrophysics

Hilldale Awards, which honor contributions to teaching, research and service each year, are based on UW-Madison's four divisions: biological sciences, physical sciences, social studies, and arts and humanities.

3 Apr 2013

Fundamental Laws of Quantum-Mechanical Physics look the same if Direction of Time is Reversed

Why can’t time run backwards? In a lecture of that title that he gave here last week, Nobel laureate Sir Anthony J. Leggett explored some of the scientific, philosophical and even theological ramifications of the question.

2 Apr 2013

Scientists Synthesize the First Magnetic Superatoms

Sounding like something out of a comic book, superatoms are not only an enticing idea, but experiments have confirmed they exist. Scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University have collaborated with scientists from Johns Hopkins University to synthesize the first magnetic superatoms.

2 Apr 2013

ICRAR Astronomers Observe Death Throws of Giant Star

A team of astronomers led by the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have succeeded in observing the death throws of a giant star in unprecedented detail.

2 Apr 2013

Matter-Antimatter Laser Propulsion System for Interstellar Travel

Humans may step on the interstellar gas pedal some day and "Boom!" goes the engine. On Tuesday, April 2, at NASA's Langley Research Center, theoretical physicist Friedwardt Winterberg will present, "To Mars in Weeks by Thermonuclear Micro-Bomb Propulsion," at 2 p.m. in the Reid Conference Center here.

2 Apr 2013

PKU School of Physics for Quantum Material Science Ranks High Among Top Chinese Physicists

The School of Physics at PKU held a recruitment drive during the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society (APS). Dean Xie Xincheng, on a joint reception to some 600 audiences, gave an introduction on the recent development of the school.

1 Apr 2013

Scientists Begin Collecting Data from Cosmic Rays Using the NOvA Neutrino Detector

What will soon be the most powerful neutrino detector in the United States has recorded its first three-dimensional images of particles. Using the first completed section of the NOvA neutrino detector, scientists have begun collecting data from cosmic rays—particles produced by a constant rain of atomic nuclei falling on the Earth's atmosphere from space.

30 Mar 2013

Hubble Space Telescope Captures Vivid Image of Spiral Galaxy Messier 77

Messier 77 is a galaxy in the constellation of Cetus, some 45 million light-years away from us. Also known as NGC 1068, it is one of the most famous and well-studied galaxies. It is a real star among galaxies, with more papers written about it than many other galaxies put together!

29 Mar 2013

New Fiber Laser System to Produce Next Generation of Particle Accelerators

An international team of physicists has proposed a revolutionary laser system, inspired by the telecommunications technology, to produce the next generation of particle accelerators, such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

29 Mar 2013