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Prime Near-Infrared Imaging Instrument Shipped for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

Lockheed Martin, under a contract from the University of Arizona, has completed assembly and testing of the Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and has shipped the instrument to the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. NIRCam is the prime near-infrared imaging instrument for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

26 Jul 2013

New Initiative Research Grant Awarded for Probing Role of Interparticle Forces in Collective Behavior of Particle Assemblies

Three Penn State researchers are among the inaugural winners of $1.6 million in scientific grants from the Charles E. Kaufman Foundation, the organization announced today (July 25). A total of eight grants were made b...

26 Jul 2013

Fermilab Plans Celebration for Safe Arrival of Circular Muon g-2 Electromagnet

For the past month, a 50-foot-wide circular electromagnet has been on a fantastic journey between two U.S. Department of Energy national labs: Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois. On Friday, July 26, that voyage is expected to conclude. Fermilab is planning a party to celebrate the ring’s safe arrival, and everyone is invited.

25 Jul 2013

New Theoretical Models May Explain Formation of the Solar System

Comets and meteorites contain clues to our solar system's earliest days. But some of the findings are puzzle pieces that don't seem to fit well together. A new set of theoretical models from Carnegie's Alan Boss shows how an outburst event in the Sun's formative years could explain some of this disparate evidence. His work could have implications for the hunt for habitable planets outside of our solar system. It is published by The Astrophysical Journal.

25 Jul 2013

Large Galaxies May Keep Mass Down Through Feast and Fast Sequence

Unlike humans, galaxies don’t have an obesity problem. In fact there are far fewer galaxies at the most massive end of the galactic scale than expected and scientists have long sought to explain why. A new, UMD-led study published in the journal Nature suggests that one answer lies in a kind of feast and fast sequence through which large galaxies can keep their mass down.

25 Jul 2013

New Observations May Help Solve Mystery of Missing High-Mass Galaxies

A new study published in the journal Nature shows how vigorous star formation can turn the tables on a starburst galaxy by forcing hydrogen and other gases high into the surrounding galactic halo, leaving little fuel for the next generation of stars.

25 Jul 2013

Dartmouth Astrophysicists Document Immense Power of Quasar Radiation

Quasars are among the brightest, oldest, most distant, and most powerful objects in the universe. Powered by massive black holes at the center of most known galaxies, quasars can emit enormous amounts of energy, up to a thousand times the total output of the hundreds of billions of stars in our entire Milky Way.

25 Jul 2013

First Definitive Observation of Transformation of Muon Neutrinos to Electron Neutrinos

A team of international scientists, including several at the University of Rochester, has announced the first definitive observation of the transformation of muon neutrinos to electron neutrinos – a type of neutrino oscillation that had not previously been observed. The researchers reported the new results this week at the European Physical Society meeting in Stockholm.

24 Jul 2013

Purple Bacteria Survives Under Alien Light

Purple bacteria contain pigments that allow them to use sunlight as their source of energy, hence their color. Small as they are, these microbes can teach us a lot about life on Earth, because they have been around longer than most other organisms on the planet.

24 Jul 2013

Scientists Create Unprecedented Cosmic X-ray Catalogue

Scientists led by the University of Leicester have set a new record for cosmic X-ray sources ever sighted – creating an unprecedented cosmic X-ray catalogue that will provide a valuable resource allowing astronomers to explore the extreme Universe.

24 Jul 2013

SU Physicists Contribute to Rare Particle Decay Discovery

Physicists in The College of Arts and Sciences are part of a global team of scientists that has discovered a rare particle decay, giving them an indirect way to test models of new physics.

24 Jul 2013

Einstein@Home Radio Pulsars Search Project to be Enabled for Android-Based Volunteer Computing

Android users can now boast of another capability on their smartphones and tablets: fighting AIDS and discovering new stars.

23 Jul 2013

Forecast Report on Global Photonic IC & Quantum Computing Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Photonic Integrated Circuit (IC) & Quantum Computing Market (2012 - 2022): By Application (Optical Fiber Communication, Optical Fiber Sensors, Biomedical); Components (Lasers, Attenuators); Raw Materials (Silica on Silicon, Silicon on Insulator)" report to their offering.

22 Jul 2013

T2K Collaboration Observes Muon Neutrino to Electron Neutrino Transformation

Today at the European Physical Society meeting in Stockholm, the international T2K collaboration announced definitive observation of muon neutrino to electron neutrino transformation. In 2011, the collaboration announced the first indication of this process, a new type of neutrino oscillation, then; now with 3.5 times more data this transformation is firmly established.

22 Jul 2013

Physicists Discover Rare Particle Decay

After a quarter of a century of searching, physicists have discovered a rare particle decay that gives them an indirect way to test models of new physics.

22 Jul 2013

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Prime Near-Infrared Imaging Instrument Shipped for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

New Initiative Research Grant Awarded for Probing Role of Interparticle Forces in Collective Behavior of Particle Assemblies

Fermilab Plans Celebration for Safe Arrival of Circular Muon g-2 Electromagnet

New Theoretical Models May Explain Formation of the Solar System

Large Galaxies May Keep Mass Down Through Feast and Fast Sequence

New Observations May Help Solve Mystery of Missing High-Mass Galaxies

Dartmouth Astrophysicists Document Immense Power of Quasar Radiation

First Definitive Observation of Transformation of Muon Neutrinos to Electron Neutrinos

Purple Bacteria Survives Under Alien Light

Scientists Create Unprecedented Cosmic X-ray Catalogue

SU Physicists Contribute to Rare Particle Decay Discovery

Einstein@Home Radio Pulsars Search Project to be Enabled for Android-Based Volunteer Computing

Forecast Report on Global Photonic IC & Quantum Computing Market

T2K Collaboration Observes Muon Neutrino to Electron Neutrino Transformation

Physicists Discover Rare Particle Decay

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