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New Planetarium Show to Immerse Audiences in Manifold Search for Dark Matter

From the journey of protons racing through the world’s largest particle collider in Europe to up-close views of the Big Bang and emergent universe, and the nearly mile-deep descent to an underground experiment in South Dakota, a new planetarium show is designed to immerse audiences in the manifold search for dark matter.

13 Oct 2016

Researchers Use X-ray Scattering to Explore How Neodymium Nickel Oxide Makes Transition from Metal to Insulator

Some materials hold surprising – and possibly useful – properties: Neodymium nickel oxide is either a metal or an insulator, depending on its temperature.

12 Oct 2016

Research Provides New Insight into Movement of Electrons

Ever since J.J. Thompson's 1897 discovery of the electron, scientists have attempted to describe the subatomic particle's motion using a variety of different means.

12 Oct 2016

Researchers Discover Qualitatively New States of Superconducting Artificial Atom Dressed with Virtual Photons

NICT, in collaboration with researchers at the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT, Representative Member of the Board and President, Mr. Hiroo Unoura) and the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI, Acting Executive Director: Dr. Marwan Khraisheh) have discovered qualitatively new states of a superconducting artificial atom dressed with virtual photons.

12 Oct 2016

MIT Physicists Propose New Experiment to Detect Dark Matter Particle

MIT physicists are proposing a new experiment to detect a dark matter particle called the axion. If successful, the effort could crack one of the most perplexing unsolved mysteries in particle physics, as well as finally yield a glimpse of dark matter.

7 Oct 2016

Scientists Discover Innovative Technique for Calculating Shapes of Electrons

A recent discovery published in Nature Physics provides an innovative technique for calculating the shapes of electrons. This finding will help scientists gain a better and faster understanding of the properties of complex materials.

7 Oct 2016

New Method Enables Iron-Based Material to Conduct Electricity without Resistance at High Temperature

Iron-based superconductors can conduct electricity without resistance at unusually high temperatures relative to those of conventional superconductors, which must be chilled to near absolute zero (minus 459 degrees Fahrenheit) to release their superconducting powers.

7 Oct 2016

Ultracold Quantum Gases are Ideal Experimental Platform to Study Physical Phenomena of Neutron Stars

The concept of quasiparticles is a powerful tool to describe processes in many-body quantum systems, such as solid-state materials. For example, when an electron moves through a solid, it generates polarization in its environment because of its electrical charge.

7 Oct 2016

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Detects Giant Plasma Balls Shooting from Star

Great balls of fire! NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected superhot blobs of gas, each twice as massive as the planet Mars, being ejected near a dying star.

7 Oct 2016

Researchers Provide Evidence for Shift in Geometric Model of Supermassive Black Holes

Ongoing research led by Bucknell University physics & astronomy professor Jack Gallimore is advancing science's understanding of the supermassive black holes found at the center of galaxies.

7 Oct 2016

Quantum Physics News

New Planetarium Show to Immerse Audiences in Manifold Search for Dark Matter

Researchers Use X-ray Scattering to Explore How Neodymium Nickel Oxide Makes Transition from Metal to Insulator

Research Provides New Insight into Movement of Electrons

Researchers Discover Qualitatively New States of Superconducting Artificial Atom Dressed with Virtual Photons

MIT Physicists Propose New Experiment to Detect Dark Matter Particle

Scientists Discover Innovative Technique for Calculating Shapes of Electrons

New Method Enables Iron-Based Material to Conduct Electricity without Resistance at High Temperature

Ultracold Quantum Gases are Ideal Experimental Platform to Study Physical Phenomena of Neutron Stars

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Detects Giant Plasma Balls Shooting from Star

Researchers Provide Evidence for Shift in Geometric Model of Supermassive Black Holes

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