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Scientists Make First Direct Measurements of Giant Electromagnetic Fields

Scientists from the Lomonosov Moscow State University together with their Russian and foreign colleagues have done for the first time direct measurements of giant electromagnetic fields, emerging in dielectric particles with the high refractive index at the scattering of electromagnetic waves.

10 Jul 2017

CERN's LHCb Experiment Observes New Particle Containing Two Charm Quarks

Today at the EPS Conference on High Energy Physics in Venice, the LHCb experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider has reported the observation of Ξcc++ (Xicc++) a new particle containing two charm quarks and one up quark.

7 Jul 2017

Hubble Highlights Brilliant Patches of Newly Formed Stars Within the Lensed Galaxy

When it comes to the distant universe, even the keen vision of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope can only go so far. Teasing out finer details requires clever thinking and a little help from a cosmic alignment with a gravitational lens.

7 Jul 2017

Researchers Use Most Powerful Lasers on Earth to Recreate Supernovae

Researchers from the University of Oxford are using the largest, most intense lasers on the planet, to for the first time, show the general public how to recreate the effects of supernovae, in a laboratory.

7 Jul 2017

VLT's SPHERE Allows Astronomers to Take Real Photography of an Exoplanet

An international team of astronomers, including members of the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, discovered an exoplanet by direct imaging using SPHERE, an instrument designed and developed by a consortium of 12 European institutes on the Very Large Telescope ESO, based in Chile.

7 Jul 2017

Researchers Reveal Unique Nature of Quantum Solitary Waves

Solitary waves, called solitons, appear in many forms. Maybe the most recognizable form is the tsunami, which forms after a disruption on the ocean floor and can travel, without any reduction in intensity, at high speeds for hundreds of miles.

6 Jul 2017

Neutron Scattering Techniques Used for Detecting Higgs Amplitude Mode in a Two-Dimensional Material

Sophisticated neutron scattering techniques have been used by a team headed by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in order to detect a mysterious quantum state called the Higgs amplitude mode in a two-dimensional material.

6 Jul 2017

Research Shows that Edge of Plasma Could Remain Hot Due to Reduced Recycling

Two major issues confronting magnetic-confinement fusion energy are enabling the walls of devices that house fusion reactions to survive bombardment by energetic particles, and improving confinement of the plasma required for the reactions.

6 Jul 2017

MSU Researchers Use Strong-Field Laser to Recreate Interstellar Ions

Trihydrogen, or H3+, has been called the molecule that made the universe, where it plays a greater role in astrochemistry than any other molecule. While H3+ is astronomically abundant, no scientist understood the mechanisms that form it from organic molecules.

6 Jul 2017

ESO's Very Large Telescope Captures Magnificent Face-on View of Barred Spiral Galaxy

This picturesque spiral galaxy appears to be tranquil, but there is more to it than meets the eye. Messier 77 is one of the closest active galaxies, which are some of the most energetic and spectacular objects in the Universe.

6 Jul 2017