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NIMS Researchers Synthesize Novel Gold-Based Superconductor

The National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) research team of Masaaki Isobe and Hiroyuki Yoshida, the leader and a postdoctoral fellow, respectively, belonging to the Superconducting Properties Unit and Strongly Correlated Materials Group, Koji Kimoto, the director of the Surface Physics and Structure Unit, Masao Arai, the principal researcher of the Computational Materials Science Unit and Material Properties Theory Group, and Eiji Muromachi, executive vice president, synthesized a novel superconductor, SrAuSi3, which contains gold as a principal constituent element.

21 Apr 2014

European Physical Society Honors SLAC Accelerator Physicist with Frank Sacherer Prize

SLAC postdoctoral researcher Agostino Marinelli has received the Frank Sacherer Prize, an award presented by the European Physical Society to a young accelerator physicist in the early part of his or her career who has made "a recent significant, original contribution to the accelerator field."

21 Apr 2014

Novel MRI System Helps Peer Into Atomic Structure of Individual Molecules

For decades, scientists have used techniques like X-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMR) to gain invaluable insight into the atomic structure of molecules, but such efforts have long been hampered by the fact that they demand large quantities of a specific molecule and often in ordered and crystalized form to be effective – making it all but impossible to peer into the structure of most molecules.

21 Apr 2014

Closer to Understanding Phase Structure of Nuclear Matter

Scientists using the atom smasher at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have observed a phase transition different than the smooth transition of the early universe from the hot “soup” of subatomic particles to the atoms, made up of neutrons, protons and electrons that are the building blocks of matter.

21 Apr 2014

Renowned U.Va. Astronomer Bestowed French Legion of Honor

Trinh Thuan, a University of Virginia astronomy professor and author, has been named chevalier of the National Order of the French Legion of Honor, by decree of French President François Hollande.

21 Apr 2014

Earth-Like Planet Found to Orbit Habitable Zone of Cool Star

Notre Dame astrophysicist Justin R. Crepp and researchers from NASA working with the Kepler space mission have detected an Earth-like planet orbiting the habitable zone of a cool star.

21 Apr 2014

Single Photon Can Activate Quantum Switches

Harvard researchers have succeeded in creating quantum switches that can be turned on and off using a single photon, a technological achievement that could pave the way for the creation of highly secure quantum networks.

21 Apr 2014

Newly Discovered Rocky Planet, Kepler-186f, May Have Liquid Water on its Surface

San Francisco State University astronomer Stephen Kane and an international team of researchers have announced the discovery of a new rocky planet that could potentially have liquid water on its surface.

21 Apr 2014

Rapid Tilting of Exoplanets Increases Possibility of Life

A fluctuating tilt in a planet's orbit does not preclude the possibility of life, according to new research by astronomers at the University of Washington, Utah's Weber State University and NASA. In fact, sometimes it helps.

18 Apr 2014

NESSI May Help Find Out More About Exoplanets

The New Mexico Exoplanet Spectroscopic Survey Instrument (NESSI) will soon get its first "taste" of exoplanets, helping astronomers decipher their chemical composition. Exoplanets are planets that orbit stars beyond our sun.

18 Apr 2014

Proposal to Study Sun-Like Stars Wins High Altitude Observatory’s Newkirk Fellowship

Ricky Egeland had just passed an important milestone when he learned he had won a major fellowship to continue studying the sun.

18 Apr 2014

Earth-Size Planet Orbiting a Star in the ‘Habitable Zone’ Discovered

Using NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the first Earth-size planet orbiting a star in the "habitable zone" -- the range of distance from a star where liquid water might pool on the surface of an orbiting planet.

18 Apr 2014

New Hubble Image Showcases Remarkable Cross-Section of the Universe

An image of a galaxy cluster taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope gives a remarkable cross-section of the Universe, showing objects at different distances and stages in cosmic history.

18 Apr 2014

Rochester Nuclear Physicist, Koltun, Dies at 80

Daniel S. Koltun, a professor emeritus of physics at the University of Rochester who made important contributions to the field of nuclear physics, died on April 9, 2014, in Haverford, Pa. He was 80.

17 Apr 2014

New Portrait of Gum 41 Hydrogen Cloud Created Using Data from WFI on MPG/ESO 2.2-Metre Telescope

This new image from ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile reveals a cloud of hydrogen called Gum 41. In the middle of this little-known nebula, brilliant hot young stars are giving off energetic radiation that causes the surrounding hydrogen to glow with a characteristic red hue.

17 Apr 2014

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NIMS Researchers Synthesize Novel Gold-Based Superconductor

European Physical Society Honors SLAC Accelerator Physicist with Frank Sacherer Prize

Novel MRI System Helps Peer Into Atomic Structure of Individual Molecules

Closer to Understanding Phase Structure of Nuclear Matter

Renowned U.Va. Astronomer Bestowed French Legion of Honor

Earth-Like Planet Found to Orbit Habitable Zone of Cool Star

Single Photon Can Activate Quantum Switches

Newly Discovered Rocky Planet, Kepler-186f, May Have Liquid Water on its Surface

Rapid Tilting of Exoplanets Increases Possibility of Life

NESSI May Help Find Out More About Exoplanets

Proposal to Study Sun-Like Stars Wins High Altitude Observatory’s Newkirk Fellowship

Earth-Size Planet Orbiting a Star in the ‘Habitable Zone’ Discovered

New Hubble Image Showcases Remarkable Cross-Section of the Universe

Rochester Nuclear Physicist, Koltun, Dies at 80

New Portrait of Gum 41 Hydrogen Cloud Created Using Data from WFI on MPG/ESO 2.2-Metre Telescope

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