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ArTeMiS Instrument Successfully Installed on Atacama Pathfinder Experiment

A new instrument called ArTeMiS has been successfully installed on APEX — the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment. APEX is a 12-metre diameter telescope located high in the Atacama Desert, which operates at millimetre and submillimetre wavelengths — between infrared light and radio waves in the electromagnetic spectrum — providing a valuable tool for astronomers to peer further into the Universe. The new camera has already delivered a spectacularly detailed view of the Cat’s Paw Nebula.

26 Sep 2013

UMD Atomic Physicist Honored as 2013 MacArthur Foundation Fellow

Ana Maria Rey, a former UMD graduate student who did her thesis work with Charles Clark, was named a 2013 MacArthur Foundation Fellow. Rey, a native of Colombia, is currently a JILA fellow and University of Colorado professor.

26 Sep 2013

Researchers Coax Photons into Binding Together to Form Molecules

Harvard and MIT scientists are challenging the conventional wisdom about light, and they didn't need to go to a galaxy far, far away to do it.

26 Sep 2013

Hydrogen Formation Influences Alignment of Interstellar Dust Grains with Magnetic Fields

For astrophysicists, the interplay of hydrogen — the most common molecule in the universe — and the vast clouds of dust that fill the voids of interstellar space has been an intractable puzzle of stellar evolution.

26 Sep 2013

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron Celebrates Topping-Out Ceremony for FLASH Experimental Hall

The building shell of the FLASH II experimental hall is finished. On 25 September, DESY, building firms and architects celebrated the completion of the roof of the experimental hall with a traditional topping out ceremony.

26 Sep 2013

Oxide Compound BaBiO3 Combines Topological Insulator and Superconductivity Properties

Most materials show one function, for example, a material can be a metal, a semiconductor, or an insulator. Metals such as copper are used as conducting wires with only low resistance and energy loss. Superconductors are metals which can conduct current even without any resistance, although only far below room temperature.

26 Sep 2013

Researchers Employ Synchrotron X-rays to Study the Physics of Deep Earthquakes

Scientists have broken new ground in the study of deep earthquakes, a poorly understood phenomenon that occurs when tectonics drive the oceanic crust under continental plates.

25 Sep 2013

Robust Magnetic Molecules Enable Direct Electrical Readout of Magnetic Information

Magnetic molecules are regarded as promising functional units for the future of information processing. An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Jülich and Aachen were the first to produce particularly robust magnetic molecules that enable a direct electrical readout of magnetic information.

25 Sep 2013

Dramatic Magnetic Field Shift Doesn't Occur When Voyager 1 Crosses Into Interstellar Space

A University of Alabama in Huntsville graduate student and a recent UAH doctoral graduate are exploring surprising data from Voyager 1's crossing of the heliopause into the interstellar medium of our galaxy.

25 Sep 2013

Densest Galaxy with Extraordinary Number of Stars May Have Been Found

The densest galaxy in the nearby part of the Universe may have been found. Packed with an extraordinary number of stars, this unusual galaxy is providing astronomers with clues to its intriguing past and how it fits into the galactic evolutionary chain.

25 Sep 2013

Magnetic Elements Constantly Fluctuate in Herbertsmithite Leading to Quantum Spin Liquid State

Using low-frequency laser pulses, a team of researchers has carried out the first measurements that reveal the detailed characteristics of a unique kind of magnetism found in a mineral called herbertsmithite.

By David L. Chandler 24 Sep 2013

A Way to Translate Electrical Quantum States to Optical Quantum States

Fiber optics has made communication faster than ever, but the next step involves a quantum leap –– literally. In order to improve the security of the transfer of information, scientists are working on how to translate electrical quantum states to optical quantum states in a way that would enable ultrafast, quantum-encrypted communications.

24 Sep 2013

Cerium Atoms Enclosed in Tiny Cages Demonstrate World's Hottest Kondo Effect

At the Vienna University of Technology, a new class of thermoelectric materials has been discovered; Due to a surprising physical effect they can be used to create electricity more efficiently

23 Sep 2013

Proton Transfer Researcher Wins Beckman Young Investigator Award

Poul Petersen’s excitement appears to be hard to contain when he talks about the proton transfer research he’ll undertake, thanks to his Beckman Young Investigator award.

23 Sep 2013

Very Different Physics Drive Ultra-Relativistic Electrons in Third Ring of Van Allen Radiation Belts

Since the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts in 1958, space scientists have believed these belts encircling the Earth consist of two doughnut-shaped rings of highly charged particles — an inner ring of high-energy electrons and energetic positive ions and an outer ring of high-energy electrons.

23 Sep 2013

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ArTeMiS Instrument Successfully Installed on Atacama Pathfinder Experiment

UMD Atomic Physicist Honored as 2013 MacArthur Foundation Fellow

Researchers Coax Photons into Binding Together to Form Molecules

Hydrogen Formation Influences Alignment of Interstellar Dust Grains with Magnetic Fields

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron Celebrates Topping-Out Ceremony for FLASH Experimental Hall

Oxide Compound BaBiO3 Combines Topological Insulator and Superconductivity Properties

Researchers Employ Synchrotron X-rays to Study the Physics of Deep Earthquakes

Robust Magnetic Molecules Enable Direct Electrical Readout of Magnetic Information

Dramatic Magnetic Field Shift Doesn't Occur When Voyager 1 Crosses Into Interstellar Space

Densest Galaxy with Extraordinary Number of Stars May Have Been Found

Magnetic Elements Constantly Fluctuate in Herbertsmithite Leading to Quantum Spin Liquid State

A Way to Translate Electrical Quantum States to Optical Quantum States

Cerium Atoms Enclosed in Tiny Cages Demonstrate World's Hottest Kondo Effect

Proton Transfer Researcher Wins Beckman Young Investigator Award

Very Different Physics Drive Ultra-Relativistic Electrons in Third Ring of Van Allen Radiation Belts

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