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Researchers Investigate Milky Way Galaxy’s Missing Matter

A supermassive black hole is currently dormant in the center of the Milky Way, and only occasionally slurps hydrogen gas in small quantities. However, this situation was not always the same.

30 Aug 2016

Electron with No Mass Can Acquire Mass in Very High Magnetic Field

An international team of researchers have for the first time, discovered that in a very high magnetic field an electron with no mass can acquire a mass.

30 Aug 2016

ETH-Led Team Investigates How Fast Electrons Can be Controlled with Electric Fields

Electronic components have become faster and faster over the years, thus making powerful computers and other technologies possible. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now investigated how fast electrons can ultimately be controlled with electric fields.

29 Aug 2016

Scientists Harness Quantum Physical Effects to Obtain Sensors with Unprecedented Sensitivity

Scientists are harnessing quantum physical effects to achieve sensors with unprecedented sensitivity. Researchers from the Centre for Quantum Photonics have sought a new approach to quantum measurements and have had their results published in Nature.

26 Aug 2016

Smallest Dislocation in FeRh Alloys May Have Significant Impact on Manifestation of Magnetocaloric Properties

The magnetocaloric effect (MCE) is manifested in cooling or heating of the magnetic material (a material having magnetic properties) in an external magnetic field. This phenomenon was first discovered in the 19th century, but the first theoretical justification was obtained some 40 years later.

26 Aug 2016

Astronomers Discover Rich Reservoirs of Carbon Monoxide Gas in Debris Disks of Larger Stars

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) surveyed dozens of young stars – some Sun-like and others approximately double that size – and discovered that the larger variety have surprisingly rich reservoirs of carbon monoxide gas in their debris disks. In contrast, the lower-mass, Sun-like stars have debris disks that are virtually gas-free.

26 Aug 2016

Renowned Experts to Provide Overview of Applications in Plasma Physics

Learn about plasma applications from nuclear fusion powering the sun, to making integrated circuits, to generating electricity.

26 Aug 2016

University of Saskatchewan Theoretical High-Energy Physicist Enlightens About Hawking Radiation from Black Holes

One of the weirdest things about black holes is that they are thought to evaporate over time, due to an effect named Hawking radiation after the renowned physicist who postulated its existence.

26 Aug 2016

International Team of Astronomers Find Clear Evidence of Potentially Habitable Planet Orbiting Proxima Centauri

An international team of astronomers including Carnegie’s Paul Butler has found clear evidence of a planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Solar System.

25 Aug 2016

Astronomers Uncover Unexpected Link Between Mid-Infrared and Gamma Rays

Astronomers studying distant galaxies powered by monster black holes have uncovered an unexpected link between two very different wavelengths of the light they emit, the mid-infrared and gamma rays.

25 Aug 2016

Spherical Tokamaks Could be Used in Development of Fusion Reactors

Among the top puzzles in the development of fusion energy is the best shape for the magnetic facility — or “bottle” — that will provide the next steps in the development of fusion reactors.

25 Aug 2016

UC Riverside-Led Team Discovers Four of Most Distant Clusters of Galaxies Ever Found

The international University of California, Riverside-led SpARCS collaboration has discovered four of the most distant clusters of galaxies ever found, as they appeared when the universe was only 4 billion years old.

25 Aug 2016

Astrophysicists Propose Clever New Way of Shedding Light on Mystery of Dark Matter

Astrophysicists from Johns Hopkins University have proposed a clever new way of shedding light on the mysterious dark matter believed to make up most of the universe. The irony is they want to try to pin down the nature of this unexplained phenomenon by using another, an obscure cosmic emanation known as “fast radio bursts.”

25 Aug 2016

Scientists Emphasize Importance of Neutrino Horn in Conducting Various Experiments

Neutrinos are tricky. Although trillions of these harmless, neutral particles pass through us every second, they interact so rarely with matter that, to study them, scientists send a beam of neutrinos to giant detectors. And to be sure they have enough of them, scientists have to start with a very concentrated beam of neutrinos.

24 Aug 2016

Three Challenging Experiments to Advance Understanding of Neutrino Physics

Approximately 100 trillion neutrinos bombard your body every second—but you don’t notice these ghostly subatomic particles. Because they are electrically neutral and interact with other matter via the weak force, their detection is difficult—and the subject of challenging experiments that convene physicists from universities, national labs and other research institutions worldwide.

24 Aug 2016

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Researchers Investigate Milky Way Galaxy’s Missing Matter

Electron with No Mass Can Acquire Mass in Very High Magnetic Field

ETH-Led Team Investigates How Fast Electrons Can be Controlled with Electric Fields

Scientists Harness Quantum Physical Effects to Obtain Sensors with Unprecedented Sensitivity

Smallest Dislocation in FeRh Alloys May Have Significant Impact on Manifestation of Magnetocaloric Properties

Astronomers Discover Rich Reservoirs of Carbon Monoxide Gas in Debris Disks of Larger Stars

Renowned Experts to Provide Overview of Applications in Plasma Physics

University of Saskatchewan Theoretical High-Energy Physicist Enlightens About Hawking Radiation from Black Holes

International Team of Astronomers Find Clear Evidence of Potentially Habitable Planet Orbiting Proxima Centauri

Astronomers Uncover Unexpected Link Between Mid-Infrared and Gamma Rays

Spherical Tokamaks Could be Used in Development of Fusion Reactors

UC Riverside-Led Team Discovers Four of Most Distant Clusters of Galaxies Ever Found

Astrophysicists Propose Clever New Way of Shedding Light on Mystery of Dark Matter

Scientists Emphasize Importance of Neutrino Horn in Conducting Various Experiments

Three Challenging Experiments to Advance Understanding of Neutrino Physics

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Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

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