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Discovery of Rare Galaxy Cluster by Volunteer Participants Surprises Astronomers

Two volunteer participants in an international citizen science project have had a rare galaxy cluster that they found named after them.

14 Jun 2016

UChicago Researchers Demonstrate Creation of Quantum Hall Material Made up of Light

Light and matter are typically viewed as distinct entities that follow their own, unique rules. Matter has mass and typically exhibits interactions with other matter, while light is massless and does not interact with itself. Yet, wave-particle duality tells us that matter and light both act sometimes like particles, and sometimes like waves.

14 Jun 2016

Newly Discovered Brown Dwarf Star Generates Flares Stronger than the Sun

Although astronomers often refer to brown dwarfs as "failed stars," scientists at the University of Delaware have discovered that at least one of these dim celestial objects can emit powerful flashes of light.

14 Jun 2016

Researchers Discover New Planet that Orbits Two Suns Simultaneously

San Francisco State University astronomer Stephen Kane is among a team of researchers who have discovered a new planet that orbits two suns simultaneously. The discovery was announced today at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in San Diego.

14 Jun 2016

New Study Reveals Exotic Magnetic Properties of Rare-Earth Based Intermetallic Compound

A new study by a multi-institutional team, led by researchers from Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University, has revealed exotic magnetic properties in a rare-earth based intermetallic compound.

14 Jun 2016

Scientists Explore Workings of Cosmic and Gamma Rays in Earth’s Atmosphere

Three hundred giant tanks, each holding more than 50,000 gallons of purified water, perch on the side of the Sierra Negra volcano in central Mexico, standing 13,500 feet above sea level. Four photosensors lie at the bottom of each tank.

13 Jun 2016

New Global Atlas to Promote Awareness on Light Pollution

The Milky Way, the brilliant river of stars that has dominated the night sky and human imaginations since time immemorial, is but a faded memory to one third of humanity and 80 percent of Americans, according to a new global atlas of light pollution produced by Italian and American scientists.

13 Jun 2016

NIST Physicists Entangle Properties of Charged Atoms to Create Quantum Simulator

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have “entangled” or linked together the properties of up to 219 beryllium ions (charged atoms) to create a quantum simulator.

10 Jun 2016

Researchers Use Superconducting Quantum Bits to Digitize Analogue Quantum Computers

The QUTIS research group of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and Google's quantum computation team have collaborated on a pioneering experiment that universally digitizes analogue quantum computation on a superconducting chip.

10 Jun 2016

Researchers Develop Method to Precisely Alter Quantum Mechanical States of Electrons

An international consortium led by researchers at the University of Basel has developed a method to precisely alter the quantum mechanical states of electrons within an array of quantum boxes.

10 Jun 2016

New Measurement Helps Confirm Existence of Stellar Halos Predicted by Theoretical Models

The telescope on La Palma produces an image 10 times deeper than any other taken from a ground-based telescope and observes the faint stellar halo of one of our neighbouring galaxies, which supports the presently accepted model of galaxy formation.

10 Jun 2016

Scientists Engineer New Class of Energy-Carrying Particles

Scientists at UC San Diego, MIT and Harvard University have engineered “topological plexcitons,” energy-carrying particles that could help make possible the design of new kinds of solar cells and miniaturized optical circuitry.

10 Jun 2016

Tracking Individual Phosphorus Atoms in Silicon Crystal Allows Confirmation of Quantum Computing Capabilities

Scientists can now identify the exact location of a single atom in a silicon crystal, a discovery that is key to greater accuracy in the operation of tomorrow's silicon-based quantum computers.

9 Jun 2016

Physicists Develop Superconducting Coil Capable of Reaching 25T Magnetic Field

The unusual electronic properties of some superconducting materials permit lossless and dense electrical currents at very low temperatures, even in high magnetic fields.

9 Jun 2016

Production of Twin Charm Mesons Seems to be Much More Likely than Twin Beauty Mesons

In the range of energies penetrated by the LHC accelerator, a new mechanism of the creation of particles is becoming more prominent, say scientists from the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Krakow.

9 Jun 2016

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Discovery of Rare Galaxy Cluster by Volunteer Participants Surprises Astronomers

UChicago Researchers Demonstrate Creation of Quantum Hall Material Made up of Light

Newly Discovered Brown Dwarf Star Generates Flares Stronger than the Sun

Researchers Discover New Planet that Orbits Two Suns Simultaneously

New Study Reveals Exotic Magnetic Properties of Rare-Earth Based Intermetallic Compound

Scientists Explore Workings of Cosmic and Gamma Rays in Earth’s Atmosphere

New Global Atlas to Promote Awareness on Light Pollution

NIST Physicists Entangle Properties of Charged Atoms to Create Quantum Simulator

Researchers Use Superconducting Quantum Bits to Digitize Analogue Quantum Computers

Researchers Develop Method to Precisely Alter Quantum Mechanical States of Electrons

New Measurement Helps Confirm Existence of Stellar Halos Predicted by Theoretical Models

Scientists Engineer New Class of Energy-Carrying Particles

Tracking Individual Phosphorus Atoms in Silicon Crystal Allows Confirmation of Quantum Computing Capabilities

Physicists Develop Superconducting Coil Capable of Reaching 25T Magnetic Field

Production of Twin Charm Mesons Seems to be Much More Likely than Twin Beauty Mesons

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

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

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2New Discovery Links ORC Formation to Merging Galaxy Clusters

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