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New Breakthrough in Understanding Neutrinos

Today TRIUMF, a Canadian laboratory for nuclear and particle physics that works in partnership with York University and University of Toronto, announced a new breakthrough in understanding neutrinos – nature’s most elusive particles.

20 Jul 2013

Rice Researchers Contribute to Measurement of Predicted Particle Decay

A discovery facilitated by Rice University’s contribution to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will impact scientists’ search for dark matter in the universe.

20 Jul 2013

SOFIA to Study Celestial Objects Taking Advantage of Southern Hemisphere's Orientation

NASA's SOFIA airborne observatory will be based in New Zealand for the next two weeks, taking advantage of the Southern Hemisphere's orientation to study celestial objects that are difficult or impossible to see in the northern sky.

20 Jul 2013

Planets Orbiting Cool Stars May be Warmer and Less Icy

In a bit of cosmic irony, planets orbiting cooler stars may be more likely to remain ice-free than planets around hotter stars. This is due to the interaction of a star’s light with ice and snow on the planet’s surface.

20 Jul 2013

Measurements of Rarest Measureable Processes in Physics to be Presented at EPS-HEP Conference

New results to be presented at the EPS-HEP conference in Stockholm, Sweden, this afternoon have put the Standard Model of particle physics to one of its most stringent tests to date. The CMS and LHCb experiments at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider will present measurements of one of the rarest measureable processes in physics: the decay of a Bs (pronounced B-sub-s) particle into two muons.

20 Jul 2013

More Elegant Way to Fine-Tune Topological Insulator Behavior

Physicists at the University of Michigan say they have devised a more elegant way to fine-tune the behavior of topological insulators—peculiar, two-faced materials whose electrical properties differ markedly between their surface and their interior.

19 Jul 2013

Hubble Helps Track Orbital Motion of 33,000 Stars in Old Globular Cluster

UBC astronomers have used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to track the orbital motion of 33,000 stars in one of the galaxy’s oldest globular clusters, offering new insights into the formation of the Milky Way.

19 Jul 2013

Snow Line Imaged in Far-Off Infant Planetary System

A snow line has been imaged in a far-off infant planetary system for the very first time. The snow line, located in the disc around the Sun-like star TW Hydrae, promises to tell us more about the formation of planets and comets, the factors that decide their composition, and the history of the Solar System. The results are published today in Science Express.

19 Jul 2013

Movement of Stars in Globular Clusters Linked With Stars' Ages

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have determined the orbital motion of two distinct populations of stars in an ancient globular star cluster, offering proof they formed at different times and providing a rare look back into the Milky Way galaxy's early days.

19 Jul 2013

Radioactive Glow Links Short Gamma-Ray Burst with Neutron Star Collision

We value gold for many reasons: its beauty, its usefulness as jewelry, and its rarity. Gold is rare on Earth in part because it's also rare in the universe. Unlike elements like carbon or iron, it cannot be created within a star. Instead, it must be born in a more cataclysmic event - like one that occurred last month known as a short gamma-ray burst (GRB).

19 Jul 2013

Northrop Grumman Partners with McDonald Observatory to Sponsor StarDate Radio Program

Northrop Grumman, a leading global security company and NASA’s partner building the James Webb Space Telescope, will become official sponsor of the nationally syndicated “StarDate” radio program starting Sept. 1. “StarDate” is produced by The University of Texas at Austin’s McDonald Observatory.

18 Jul 2013

CERN Scientists to Present at EPS-HEP 2013 and Strangeness in Quark Matter Conferences

Scientists working on CERN experiments are preparing to present their latest results at summer conferences. This year, two major conferences are coming up over the next couple of weeks: the European Physical Society’s High Energy Physics conference, EPS-HEP 2013, which is being held in Stockholm, Sweden, from 18-24 July, and Strangeness in Quark Matter, SQM 2013, held in Birmingham, UK, from 22-27 July.

18 Jul 2013

Radiation Output May Help Identify Exoplanets

There is only one planet we know of, so far, that is drenched with life. That planet is Earth, as you may have guessed, and it has all the right conditions for critters to thrive on its surface. Do other planets beyond our solar system, called exoplanets, also host life forms?

18 Jul 2013

Extreme Gravitational Field of Supermassive Black Hole Grossly Stretches Gas Cloud

New observations from ESO’s Very Large Telescope show for the first time a gas cloud being ripped apart by the supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy. The cloud is now so stretched that its front part has passed the closest point and is travelling away from the black hole at more than 10 million km/h, whilst the tail is still falling towards it.

18 Jul 2013

Quantum Flash Fiction Competition Announced by CQT

After the runaway success of last year's short film competition, CQT is now looking for quantum "flash fiction". We are challenging people to take inspiration from quantum theory to come up with a short story that is no longer than 1000 words.

17 Jul 2013

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New Breakthrough in Understanding Neutrinos

Rice Researchers Contribute to Measurement of Predicted Particle Decay

SOFIA to Study Celestial Objects Taking Advantage of Southern Hemisphere's Orientation

Planets Orbiting Cool Stars May be Warmer and Less Icy

Measurements of Rarest Measureable Processes in Physics to be Presented at EPS-HEP Conference

More Elegant Way to Fine-Tune Topological Insulator Behavior

Hubble Helps Track Orbital Motion of 33,000 Stars in Old Globular Cluster

Snow Line Imaged in Far-Off Infant Planetary System

Movement of Stars in Globular Clusters Linked With Stars' Ages

Radioactive Glow Links Short Gamma-Ray Burst with Neutron Star Collision

Northrop Grumman Partners with McDonald Observatory to Sponsor StarDate Radio Program

CERN Scientists to Present at EPS-HEP 2013 and Strangeness in Quark Matter Conferences

Radiation Output May Help Identify Exoplanets

Extreme Gravitational Field of Supermassive Black Hole Grossly Stretches Gas Cloud

Quantum Flash Fiction Competition Announced by CQT

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