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Technical, Yet Personal, Memoir from Sandia Physicist Tom Sanford

The swan song of retiring Sandia physicist Tom Sanford is in a technical, yet personal, memoir about experiments that changed the course of research at particle accelerators around the world.

7 Jun 2013

Mini-Starburst Taking Place at NGC 6334 Cat's Paw Nebula

Most skygazers recognize the Orion Nebula, one of the closest stellar nurseries to Earth. Although it makes for great views in backyard telescopes, the Orion Nebula is far from the most prolific star-forming region in our galaxy.

6 Jun 2013

NIST Researchers Observe Spin Hall Effect in a Bose-Einstein Condensate

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have reported* the first observation of the "spin Hall effect" in a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), a cloud of ultracold atoms acting as a single quantum object.

6 Jun 2013

The Sun may Have Grown in Fits and Starts While Burping out X-rays

If you had a time machine that could take you anywhere in the past, what time would you choose? Most people would probably pick the era of the dinosaurs in hopes of spotting a T. rex. But many astronomers would choose the period, four and a half billion years ago, that our solar system formed.

6 Jun 2013

Researchers Discover Black Holes That Accompanied the First Stars in the Universe

By comparing infrared and X-ray background signals across the same stretch of sky, an international team of astronomers has discovered evidence of a significant number of black holes that accompanied the first stars in the universe.

6 Jun 2013

Corning Licenses Mid-Infrared Technology from Quantum Cascade Laser Systems Company, Daylight

Daylight Solutions, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a license agreement with industry leader Corning Incorporated for access to Daylight’s patented mid-infrared technology.

6 Jun 2013

Increased NMR/MRI Sensitivity for Quantum Information Processing and Nuclear Spintronics

Today’s nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technologies, like quantum information processing and nuclear spintronic technologies, are based on an intrinsic quantum property of electrons and atomic nuclei called “spin.”

6 Jun 2013

Researchers Determine Optimal Mass of Charm Quark

Over a time span of 15 years, DESY’s particle accelerator HERA served the international particle physics community as the world’s most precise electron microscope for studies of the proton’s inner structure.

6 Jun 2013

Quantum Drude Oscillator Mimics Environmental Response of Water Molecule Electrons

A research team from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the University of Edinburgh and IBM's TJ Watson Research Center has revealed a major breakthrough in the modelling of water that could shed light on its mysterious properties.

5 Jun 2013

Quest for Top Quark Partner Receives Early Career Research Award

A Kansas State University physicist has received the prestigious Department of Energy Early Career Research Award for his collaborative research involving the Large Hadron Collider.

5 Jun 2013

Astronomers Observe 3-D Structure of Material Ejected by Erupting Nova

A flash of light from a stellar outburst has provided a rare look at the 3-D structure of material ejected by an erupting nova.

5 Jun 2013

New Routes for Creation of Quantum Computers

A team of researchers, including members of the University of Chicago’s Institute for Molecular Engineering, highlight the power of emerging quantum technologies in two recent papers published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. These technologies exploit quantum mechanics, the physics that dominates the atomic world, to perform disparate tasks such as nanoscale temperature measurement and processing quantum information with lasers.

5 Jun 2013

OLEDs Combined with Inorganic Quantum Dots Hold Promise for Green Lighting Applications

It’s not easy going green. For home lighting applications, organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) hold the promise of being both environmentally friendly and versatile. Though not as efficient as regular light-emitting diodes (LEDs), they offer a wider range of material choices and are more energy efficient than traditional lights. OLEDs can also be applied to flexible surfaces, which may lead to lights or television displays that can be rolled up and stowed in a pocket.

5 Jun 2013

Local Arm May be a Major Branch of Perseus Arm in the Milky Way

Our Solar System's Milky Way neighborhood just went upscale. We reside between two major spiral arms of our home galaxy, in a structure called the Local Arm. New research using the ultra-sharp radio vision of the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) indicates that the Local Arm, previously thought to be only a small spur, instead is much more like the adjacent major arms, and is likely a significant branch of one of them.

4 Jun 2013

Hydrogen May Become a Superconductor or Superfluid at High Pressures

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. The way it responds under extreme pressures and temperatures is crucial to our understanding of matter and the nature of hydrogen-rich planets.

4 Jun 2013

Quantum Science News

Technical, Yet Personal, Memoir from Sandia Physicist Tom Sanford

Mini-Starburst Taking Place at NGC 6334 Cat's Paw Nebula

NIST Researchers Observe Spin Hall Effect in a Bose-Einstein Condensate

The Sun may Have Grown in Fits and Starts While Burping out X-rays

Researchers Discover Black Holes That Accompanied the First Stars in the Universe

Corning Licenses Mid-Infrared Technology from Quantum Cascade Laser Systems Company, Daylight

Increased NMR/MRI Sensitivity for Quantum Information Processing and Nuclear Spintronics

Researchers Determine Optimal Mass of Charm Quark

Quantum Drude Oscillator Mimics Environmental Response of Water Molecule Electrons

Quest for Top Quark Partner Receives Early Career Research Award

Astronomers Observe 3-D Structure of Material Ejected by Erupting Nova

New Routes for Creation of Quantum Computers

OLEDs Combined with Inorganic Quantum Dots Hold Promise for Green Lighting Applications

Local Arm May be a Major Branch of Perseus Arm in the Milky Way

Hydrogen May Become a Superconductor or Superfluid at High Pressures

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