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NASA's Swift X-Ray Telescope Locates Slowest Spinning Neutron Star

Clues detected by NASA's Swift space observatory have led to the discovery of a new record-holder for the slowest spinning neutron star. The science and flight operations in the observatory are monitored by Penn State from the University Park campus.

15 Sep 2016

NSF Approves Funds to Expand HERA Experiment to Study Impact of Cosmic Dawn

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has approved $9.5 million in funding to expand the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA) – a multinational experiment to study how primordial galaxies forever changed the very early universe.

15 Sep 2016

Newly Developed Model for Reionization of the Universe is Based on Galaxy's Dust Content

An assistant professor at the University of California, Riverside and collaborators have published two papers that demonstrate why the universe has sufficient energy to become transparent.

13 Sep 2016

Researchers Discover 63 New Quasars from the Ancient Universe

Quasars are supermassive black holes situated at the center of huge galaxies, accreting matter. They are often called beacons as they shine so bright, and Quasars are among the most-distant objects present in the universe that can be considered for current research.

12 Sep 2016

CQT Experimentalists First to Test New Optical Method Invented by NUS Researchers

A novel technique to measure the separation of two lights sources, no matter how close they are, was first tested by researchers at the Centre for Quantum Technologies. The technique is exciting interest because it could be applied in telescopes and microscopes.

9 Sep 2016

$Ultrafast Electron Diffraction Studies Rapid Nuclear Motions in Nature’s Light-Dependent Processes$

Ultrafast Electron Diffraction Studies Rapid Nuclear Motions in Nature’s Light-Dependent Processes

The Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has used its ultrafast electron camera for the first time, to get direct snapshots of atomic nuclei in molecules that are vibrating within millionths of a billionth of a second after being stroked by a laser pulse.

1 Sep 2016

Carnegie Scientists Discover Twin Stars Hosting Giant Planets

Scientists from Carnegie have identified three giant planets in a binary star system composed of stellar ''twins'' that are siblings of the Sun. One star hosts two planets and the third one is hosted by the other star.

1 Sep 2016

Researchers Illustrate Charge Transport Between Nitrogen-Vacancy Color Centers

Charge transport between Nitrogen-Vacancy color centers in diamond has been successfully demonstrated by a team from the City College of New York. The team, headed by physicist Dr. Carlos Meriles, created a novel multi-color scanning microscopy technique in order to visualize the charge transport.

1 Sep 2016

MIT Researchers Discover Important Step Toward Practical Quantum Computers

Quantum computers are principally hypothetical devices capable of performing certain calculations much faster than any existing traditional computers.

9 Aug 2016

NuSTAR Makes Significant Progress in Resolving High-Energy X-ray Background

Supermassive black holes do not give off any of their own light, hence the word "black" in their name. However, many black holes pull in, or accrete, surrounding material, and emit powerful bursts of X-rays.

29 Jul 2016