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SLAC’s LCLS X-ray Laser Helps Measure Magnetic Changes in Potential Material for Data Storage

An experiment at SLAC’s X-ray laser has revealed the first atomic-scale details of a new technique that could point the way to faster data storage in smartphones, laptops and other devices.

10 Mar 2014

No Evidence of ‘Planet X’

After searching hundreds of millions of objects across our sky, NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has turned up no evidence of the hypothesized celestial body in our solar system commonly dubbed "Planet X."

10 Mar 2014

Institute of Physics Singapore Meeting 2014 Successfully Held at NUS

Singapore's annual conference of physicists was held 26-28 February at NUS, giving local researchers the chance to meet each other and talk about their work.

10 Mar 2014

ALMA Telescope Discovers Splattered Remains of Comets Colliding Together Around Nearby Star

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope have discovered the splattered remains of comets colliding together around a nearby star; the researchers believe they are witnessing the total destruction of one of these icy bodies once every five minutes.

10 Mar 2014

Unexpected Clump of Carbon Monoxide Gas Discovered in Dusty Disc around Star Beta Pictoris

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope in northern Chile have today announced the discovery of an unexpected clump of carbon monoxide gas in the dusty disc around the star Beta Pictoris. This is a surprise, as such gas is expected to be rapidly destroyed by starlight. Something — probably frequent collisions between small, icy objects such as comets — must be causing the gas to be continuously replenished. The new results are published today in the journal Science.

10 Mar 2014

Magnetic Atmospheres on Planet-Forming Disks Linked to Mystery of Excess Infrared Light

Astronomers say that magnetic storms in the gas orbiting young stars may explain a mystery that has persisted since before 2006.

10 Mar 2014

UD Professors Elected Fellows of Neutron Scattering Society of America

University of Delaware professors Henry Glyde and Norman Wagner have been selected as fellows of the Neutron Scattering Society of America (NSSA).

7 Mar 2014

New Findings Contrast Sharply with Previous Knowledge About Light and Photons

A team of researchers from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan has identified unexpected dynamic properties of a type of light wave called evanescent waves. These surprising findings contrast sharply with previous knowledge about light and photons.

7 Mar 2014

Diamond Sensors Provide Useful Measurements to Understand Physics of High-Temperature Superconductors

Flawed but colorful diamonds are among the most sensitive detectors of magnetic fields known today, allowing physicists to explore the minuscule magnetic fields in metals, exotic materials and even human tissue.

7 Mar 2014

ALMA Reveals Poison Gas, Comet Swarms and Hypothetical Planet Around Beta Pictoris

An international team of astronomers exploring the disk of gas and dust around a nearby star have uncovered a compact cloud of poisonous gas formed by ongoing rapid-fire collisions among a swarm of icy, comet-like bodies. The researchers suggest the comet swarm is either the remnant of a crash between two icy worlds the size of Mars or frozen debris trapped and concentrated by the gravity of an as-yet-unseen planet.

7 Mar 2014

New Threshold of Dark Matter Detection with Extremely Improved Background Rejection Capabilities

Dr. Rusty Harris, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, recently joined the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) collaboration in announcing a new threshold of dark matter detection with extremely improved background rejection capabilities.

7 Mar 2014

University of Maryland, Lockheed Martin to Develop Integrated Quantum Computing Platform

Lockheed Martin and the University of Maryland are partnering to develop an integrated quantum computing platform that has the potential to enhance fields ranging from drug discovery and communications to logistics.

7 Mar 2014

Quantum Noise Alone Remains in Detector of Measuring Instruments

Radio waves are used for many measurements and applications, for example, in communication with mobile phones, MRI scans, scientific experiments and cosmic observations. But 'noise' in the detector of the measuring instrument limits how sensitive and precise the measurements can be.

6 Mar 2014

More Evidence for Quantum Effects at Play in D-Wave Processors

With cutting-edge technology, sometimes the first step scientists face is just making sure it actually works as intended.

6 Mar 2014

Researchers Directly Measure Spin of Distant Supermassive Black Hole

Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency's (ESA's) XMM-Newton to show a supermassive black hole six billion light years from Earth is spinning extremely rapidly. This first direct measurement of the spin of such a distant black hole is an important advance for understanding how black holes grow over time.

6 Mar 2014

Quantum Science News

SLAC’s LCLS X-ray Laser Helps Measure Magnetic Changes in Potential Material for Data Storage

No Evidence of ‘Planet X’

Institute of Physics Singapore Meeting 2014 Successfully Held at NUS

ALMA Telescope Discovers Splattered Remains of Comets Colliding Together Around Nearby Star

Unexpected Clump of Carbon Monoxide Gas Discovered in Dusty Disc around Star Beta Pictoris

Magnetic Atmospheres on Planet-Forming Disks Linked to Mystery of Excess Infrared Light

UD Professors Elected Fellows of Neutron Scattering Society of America

New Findings Contrast Sharply with Previous Knowledge About Light and Photons

Diamond Sensors Provide Useful Measurements to Understand Physics of High-Temperature Superconductors

ALMA Reveals Poison Gas, Comet Swarms and Hypothetical Planet Around Beta Pictoris

New Threshold of Dark Matter Detection with Extremely Improved Background Rejection Capabilities

University of Maryland, Lockheed Martin to Develop Integrated Quantum Computing Platform

Quantum Noise Alone Remains in Detector of Measuring Instruments

More Evidence for Quantum Effects at Play in D-Wave Processors

Researchers Directly Measure Spin of Distant Supermassive Black Hole

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