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NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer Maps Structure of Solar System's Tail

Like a comet, the solar system has a tail. NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) has for the first time mapped out the structure of this tail, which is shaped like a four-leaf clover.

11 Jul 2013

Better Instruments with Higher Resolution Needed to Study Optical Illusion of Coronal Loops

The Sun's outer atmosphere, or corona, has posed an enduring mystery. Why is it so hot? The Sun's visible surface is only 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit, but as you move outward the temperature shoots up to millions of degrees. It's like a campfire that feels hotter the farther away you stand.

11 Jul 2013

Novel Theoretical Approach to Reliably Reset Quantum Dot Qubits

What will a quantum computer look like? It will probably not resemble your laptop. Yet, the semiconductor industry, residing at the heart of modern computing, has features that may carry over. Semiconductors are scalable: today’s processors (2.5 centimeters on a side) hold billions of transistors.

10 Jul 2013

New Report Analyzes Market Opportunities for Quantum Dots

Industry Analyst firm NanoMarkets today announced the addition of a new report to its publication schedule titled, "Market Opportunities for Quantum Dots" that will be released the week of July 29, 2013.

10 Jul 2013

NNSA to Fund the Center for Exascale Simulation of Plasma-Coupled Combustion

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will receive $16 million to fund a new center that will leverage extreme-scale computing to predict how plasmas could be used to control combustion. The research may pave the way for cleaner-burning combustors and more reliable and higher performance jet engines.

10 Jul 2013

Theoretical Physicist Peter Higgs Awarded Freedom of the City

Eminent scientist Professor Peter Higgs, one of the world's leading theoretical physicists and the man after whom the famously elusive Higgs boson is named, has been honoured in Bristol.

10 Jul 2013

New Approach to Explore Universe Using Photonic Lanterns

Research from the Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences (IPaQS) at Heriot-Watt, has the potential to revolutionise how we observe the universe using telescopes, with a new approach that exploits ultrashort pulses of laser light to manufacture optical circuits called ‘photonic lanterns’.

10 Jul 2013

All Elementary Particles are not Subject to the Same Space-Time

Before the Big Bang, space-time as we know it did not exist. So how was it born? The process of creating normal space-time from an earlier state dominated by quantum gravity has been studied for years by theorists at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw. Recent analyses suggest a surprising conclusion: not all elementary particles are subject to the same space-time.

9 Jul 2013

Astronomers Detect Radio Bursts From Beyond the Milky Way Galaxy

Astronomers, including a team member from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., have detected the first population of radio bursts known to originate from galaxies beyond our own Milky Way. The sources of the light bursts are unknown, but cataclysmic events, such as merging or exploding stars, are likely the triggers.

9 Jul 2013

Warsaw Hosts International Conferences on General Relativity, Gravitation and Gravitational Waves

Studying the nature of gravity is one of the broadest and most intellectually sophisticated fields of modern science. Starting today, physicists from all over the world will begin to discuss the results of their research during a special event: the Warsaw GR20/Amaldi10 Gravitational Conference. The lectures and presentations related to the conference will be attended by nearly 900 scientists.

9 Jul 2013

Astrophysicists of Jena University Discovers Six Ultra-Cold Debris Disks

Planets and asteroids, red giants and brown dwarfs - there are all kinds of objects in our Universe. Debris disks are among them. These are belts consisting of countless dust particles and planetesimals, circling around one central star.

9 Jul 2013

HYPRES’ Six-Layer Planarized Chip Fabrication Process Increases Integration Level of Superconducting ICs

HYPRES, Inc., the Digital Superconductor Company™, announces the commercial availability of its newest six-layer planarized chip fabrication process. This new process increases the integration level of superconducting ICs and critical current density of Josephson junctions, making it ideal for customers developing high performance, energy efficient solutions for high-end computing, advanced wireless communications and instrumentation.

9 Jul 2013

Murchison Widefield Array Radio Telescope Will Help Study the Early Universe

Solar storms, space junk and the formation of the Universe are about to be seen in an entirely new way with the start of operations today by the $51 million Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) radio telescope.

9 Jul 2013

Sun as a Lab Sheds Light on Asymmetry Between Matter and Antimatter

Antimatter has been detected in solar flares via microwave and magnetic-field data, according to a presentation by NJIT Research Professor of Physics Gregory D. Fleishman and two co-researchers at the 44th meeting of the American Astronomical Society’s Solar Physics Division. This research sheds light on the puzzling strong asymmetry between matter and antimatter by gathering data on a very large scale using the Sun as a laboratory.

9 Jul 2013

Quantum Logic Spectroscopy Enables Study of Single Photons

A team of quantum physicists in Innsbruck led by Christian Roos and Cornelius Hempel have realised an extremely sensitive method for the spectroscopy of atomic and molecular atoms. This technique can be used to closely study a number of particles. The scientists have published their findings in the journal Nature Photonics.

8 Jul 2013

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NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer Maps Structure of Solar System's Tail

Better Instruments with Higher Resolution Needed to Study Optical Illusion of Coronal Loops

Novel Theoretical Approach to Reliably Reset Quantum Dot Qubits

New Report Analyzes Market Opportunities for Quantum Dots

NNSA to Fund the Center for Exascale Simulation of Plasma-Coupled Combustion

Theoretical Physicist Peter Higgs Awarded Freedom of the City

New Approach to Explore Universe Using Photonic Lanterns

All Elementary Particles are not Subject to the Same Space-Time

Astronomers Detect Radio Bursts From Beyond the Milky Way Galaxy

Warsaw Hosts International Conferences on General Relativity, Gravitation and Gravitational Waves

Astrophysicists of Jena University Discovers Six Ultra-Cold Debris Disks

HYPRES’ Six-Layer Planarized Chip Fabrication Process Increases Integration Level of Superconducting ICs

Murchison Widefield Array Radio Telescope Will Help Study the Early Universe

Sun as a Lab Sheds Light on Asymmetry Between Matter and Antimatter

Quantum Logic Spectroscopy Enables Study of Single Photons

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