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NOvA Experiment to Measure Neutrino Energies Begins Recording 3D Images

Taking data from cosmic rays for the first time and moving closer to the day later this year when physicists can begin measuring neutrino energies, the international NOvA experiment -- with the fingerprints of Indiana University researchers all over it -- began recording its first three-dimensional images last week.

5 Apr 2013

Superconductivity Researchers Discover ‘Schizophrenic’ Material

Rice University physicists on the hunt for the origins of high-temperature superconductivity have published new findings this week about a material that becomes “schizophrenic” — simultaneously exhibiting the characteristics of both a metallic conductor and an insulator.

5 Apr 2013

Novel Method Can Shed Light on ‘High-Temperature’ Superconductivity

Superconductors can radically change energy management as we know it, but most are commercially unusable because they only work close to absolute zero. A research group at EPFL has now published an innovative approach that may help us understand and use superconductivity at more realistic temperatures.

5 Apr 2013

Hubble Discovers Farthest Supernova That Exploded over 10 Billion Years Ago

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has found the farthest supernova so far of the type used to measure cosmic distances. Supernova UDS10Wil, nicknamed SN Wilson after American President Woodrow Wilson, exploded more than 10 billion years ago.

5 Apr 2013

Gordon Supercomputer Processes Massive Particle Detector Data to Find Elusive Higgs Particle

Gordon, the unique supercomputer launched last year by the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, recently completed its most data-intensive task so far: rapidly processing raw data from almost one billion particle collisions as part of a project to help define the future research agenda for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

5 Apr 2013

Star Formation Found Perilously Close to Supermassive Black Hole

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered signs of star formation perilously close to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. If confirmed, this would be the first time that star formation was observed so close to the galactic center.

5 Apr 2013

Researchers Employ Quantum 'Tricks' with Ultrashort Laser Pulses to Make Magnetic Switches Think Ultra-Fast

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, and the University of Crete in Greece have found a new way to switch magnetism that is at least 1000 times faster than currently used in magnetic memory technologies.

5 Apr 2013

Shape of Spacetime Determined from Perpetual Ringing Caused By Quantum Fluctuations

As the universe expands, it is continually subjected to energy shifts, or "quantum fluctuations," that send out little pulses of "sound" into the fabric of spacetime. In fact, the universe is thought to have sprung from just such an energy shift.

5 Apr 2013

Physicists Report Successful Transmission of Secure Quantum Code

Physicists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have, for the first time, successfully transmitted a secure quantum code through the atmosphere from an aircraft to a ground station.

5 Apr 2013

AMS Detector Provides Most Precise Measurement of Cosmic Ray Positron Flux

The following is adapted from a press release issued today by CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. Samuel Ting, the Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of Physics at MIT and the spokesman for the international team of researchers running the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, also announced these results via webcast.

5 Apr 2013

Visual Images Stored Within Vapor of Rubidium Atoms May Help Advance Memory Development for Quantum Computers

Scientists at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have taken this to a whole new level by demonstrating* that they can store visual images within quite an ethereal memory device—a thin vapor of rubidium atoms. The effort may prove helpful in creating memory for quantum computers.

5 Apr 2013

Excess of Positrons in Cosmic Ray Flux Observed by Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

The international team running the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS1) today announced the first results in its search for dark matter. The results, presented by AMS spokesperson Professor Samuel Ting in a seminar at CERN2, are to be published in the journal Physical Review Letters. They report the observation of an excess of positrons in the cosmic ray flux.

4 Apr 2013

New Chandra Data Provides First Detection of X-Ray Emission from Young Stars outside Milky Way Galaxy

The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors. Even though it is a small, or so-called dwarf galaxy, the SMC is so bright that it is visible to the unaided eye from the Southern Hemisphere and near the equator. Many navigators, including Ferdinand Magellan who lends his name to the SMC, used it to help find their way across the oceans.

4 Apr 2013

Highly Star-Forming Green Pea Galaxies May Be Leaking Ionizing Radiation

The rare Green Pea galaxies discovered by the general public in 2007 could help confirm astronomers' understanding of reionization, a pivotal stage in the evolution of the early universe, say University of Michigan researchers.

4 Apr 2013

Precise Measurement from Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer May Provide First Glimpse into Dark Matter

The first published results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), a major physics experiment operating on the International Space Station, were announced today by the AMS collaboration spokesman, Nobel Laureate Samuel Ting.

4 Apr 2013

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NOvA Experiment to Measure Neutrino Energies Begins Recording 3D Images

Superconductivity Researchers Discover ‘Schizophrenic’ Material

Novel Method Can Shed Light on ‘High-Temperature’ Superconductivity

Hubble Discovers Farthest Supernova That Exploded over 10 Billion Years Ago

Gordon Supercomputer Processes Massive Particle Detector Data to Find Elusive Higgs Particle

Star Formation Found Perilously Close to Supermassive Black Hole

Researchers Employ Quantum 'Tricks' with Ultrashort Laser Pulses to Make Magnetic Switches Think Ultra-Fast

Shape of Spacetime Determined from Perpetual Ringing Caused By Quantum Fluctuations

Physicists Report Successful Transmission of Secure Quantum Code

AMS Detector Provides Most Precise Measurement of Cosmic Ray Positron Flux

Visual Images Stored Within Vapor of Rubidium Atoms May Help Advance Memory Development for Quantum Computers

Excess of Positrons in Cosmic Ray Flux Observed by Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

New Chandra Data Provides First Detection of X-Ray Emission from Young Stars outside Milky Way Galaxy

Highly Star-Forming Green Pea Galaxies May Be Leaking Ionizing Radiation

Precise Measurement from Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer May Provide First Glimpse into Dark Matter

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