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Enormous Arms of Hot Gas Discovered in Coma Cluster of Galaxies

A team of astronomers has discovered enormous arms of hot gas in the Coma cluster of galaxies by using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton.

21 Sep 2013

Neutral Atoms Assembled in Bose-Einstein Condensate to Simulate Motion of Zitterbewegung Electron

In “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (JK Rowling, 1997), Harry, Ron, and Hermione encounter a massive stone chessboard, one of many obstacles in their path. To advance, they must play, and win.

21 Sep 2013

New Institute for Quantum Science and Technology Created at University of Calgary

The University of Calgary announces the creation of a new institute -- the Institute for Quantum Science and Technology (IQST) -- a unit dedicated to research, training and outreach in the fast-paced and promising realm of quantum science.

21 Sep 2013

Laboratory Simulation of Deep Earthquakes Using Synchrotron X-Rays

More than 20 years ago, geologist Harry Green, now a distinguished professor of the graduate division at the University of California, Riverside, and colleagues discovered a high-pressure failure mechanism that they proposed then was the long-sought mechanism of very deep earthquakes (earthquakes occurring at more than 400 km depth).

20 Sep 2013

Scientists Successfully Synthesize Completely Computer-Designed Superconductor

A Binghamton University scientist and his international colleagues report this week on the successful synthesis of the first superconductor designed entirely on the computer. Their findings will be published in Physical Review Letters, the leading journal in the field.

19 Sep 2013

Public Invited for Origins 2013 Event Showcasing Fascinating Scientific Endeavours

CERN, ESA, ESO and UNESCO, in partnership with the Italian Institute of Astrophysics (INAF), invite the public to participate in “Origins 2013”, an exceptional event to take place simultaneously in Geneva, Paris and Bologna on European researchers’ night, Friday 27 September. People from around the world can follow the event live via a webcast.

19 Sep 2013

Epoch Wires Develops Low Cost Superconducting Wire

Epoch Wires, Inc., a New York startup company specialized in superconducting wires, announced today it has successfully completed manufacturing experiments to produce an infinitely-long Magnesium Diboride (MgB2) wire with excellent physical properties.

19 Sep 2013

Hot New-Born Stars Nestle in Among Clouds in the Prawn Nebula

The glowing jumble of gas clouds visible in this new image make up a huge stellar nursery nicknamed the Prawn Nebula. Taken using the VLT Survey Telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, this may well be the sharpest picture ever taken of this object. It shows clumps of hot new-born stars nestled in among the clouds that make up the nebula.

19 Sep 2013

Supercomputers Used to Map Nuclear Phase Diagram

To get a better understanding of the subatomic soup that filled the early universe, and how it “froze out” to form the atoms of today’s world, scientists are taking a closer look at the nuclear phase diagram. Like a map that describes how the physical state of water morphs from solid ice to liquid to steam with changes in temperature and pressure, the nuclear phase diagram maps out different phases of the components of atomic nuclei—from the free quarks and gluons that existed at the dawn of time to the clusters of protons and neutrons that make up the cores of atoms today.

19 Sep 2013

Crystal-Like Arrangement of Ultracold Gas Molecules Swaps Quantum Spin Properties

Physicists at JILA have created a crystal-like arrangement of ultracold gas molecules that can swap quantum "spin" properties with nearby and distant partners. The novel structure might be used to simulate or even invent new materials that derive exotic properties from quantum spin behavior, for electronics or other practical applications.

19 Sep 2013

First Experimental Determination of Weak Charge of Proton

Researchers have made the first experimental determination of the weak charge of the proton in research carried out at the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab).

18 Sep 2013

EPFL Scientists Uncover Physics Behind Plasmoid Formation

EPFL scientists have uncovered the physics behind the formation of plasmoids – funnel-like, high-energy plasmas that can severely damage industrial plasma reactors, causing millions in repairs and lost productivity in plasma technologies like those used to make display screens and even food containers.

18 Sep 2013

Astronomers First Time Observe Jet of High-Energy Particles from Dying Star

Astronomers have for the first time found a jet of high-energy particles from a dying star. The discovery, by a team including Chalmers scientists, is a crucial step in explaining how some of the most beautiful objects in space are formed – and what happens when stars like the sun reach the end of their lives.

18 Sep 2013

Scientists Progress Towards Cavity-Based Interface With an Ion-Trap Quantum Computer

A team of scientists in Innsbruck, Austria, made an important step toward distributed quantum computing with cavities linking remote atom-based registers. They demonstrated precise control of the coupling of each of two trapped ions to the mode of an optical resonator.

17 Sep 2013

Cosmic Factory for Producing Building Blocks of Life Discovered

The team from Imperial College London, the University of Kent and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have discovered that when icy comets collide into a planet, amino acids can be produced.

17 Sep 2013

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Enormous Arms of Hot Gas Discovered in Coma Cluster of Galaxies

Neutral Atoms Assembled in Bose-Einstein Condensate to Simulate Motion of Zitterbewegung Electron

New Institute for Quantum Science and Technology Created at University of Calgary

Laboratory Simulation of Deep Earthquakes Using Synchrotron X-Rays

Scientists Successfully Synthesize Completely Computer-Designed Superconductor

Public Invited for Origins 2013 Event Showcasing Fascinating Scientific Endeavours

Epoch Wires Develops Low Cost Superconducting Wire

Hot New-Born Stars Nestle in Among Clouds in the Prawn Nebula

Supercomputers Used to Map Nuclear Phase Diagram

Crystal-Like Arrangement of Ultracold Gas Molecules Swaps Quantum Spin Properties

First Experimental Determination of Weak Charge of Proton

EPFL Scientists Uncover Physics Behind Plasmoid Formation

Astronomers First Time Observe Jet of High-Energy Particles from Dying Star

Scientists Progress Towards Cavity-Based Interface With an Ion-Trap Quantum Computer

Cosmic Factory for Producing Building Blocks of Life Discovered

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