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Hidden Interstellar Clouds Enable Dwarf Irregular Galaxy to Form Brilliant Star Clusters

A nearby dwarf galaxy poses an intriguing mystery: How is it able to form brilliant star clusters without the dusty, gas-rich environments found in larger galaxies? The answer, astronomers believe, lies in densely packed and previously unrecognized nuggets of star-forming material sprinkled throughout the galaxy.

10 Sep 2015

New Test Contradicts Results of Earlier Experiment on Change of Dark Matter Signals

An experiment to test whether dark matter signals change throughout the year has found contradicting results to a previous experiment, announced an international team of researchers at the TAUP2015 conference in Italy this week.

9 Sep 2015

Astronomers Generate Accurate Statistical Description of Faint, Early Galaxies

Astronomers from the University of California, Irvine and Baltimore’s Space Telescope Science Institute have generated the most accurate statistical description yet of faint, early galaxies as they existed in the universe 500 million years after the Big Bang.

9 Sep 2015

CRESST Experiment Expands Search Radius for Lightweight Dark Matter Particles

The Earth, planets, stars, and galaxies form only the visible portion of the matter in the universe. Greater by far is the share accounted for by invisible "dark matter". Scientists have searched for the particles of dark matter in numerous experiments - so far, in vain.

9 Sep 2015

Scientists Discover Skyrmions in Polar Magnetic Semiconductor

Scientists from EPFL, PSI, and Budapest have discovered skyrmions in the very material class they were originally predicted. These strange quasiparticles can be controlled with electrical fields, which can be used in futuristic memory storage.

8 Sep 2015

Global Superconductor Market Forecast to Grow at 3.64% CAGR over the Period 2014-2019

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Superconductor Market 2015-2019" report to their offering.

8 Sep 2015

Caltech Researchers Discover the Most Distant Galaxy

A team of Caltech researchers that has spent years searching for the earliest objects in the universe now reports the detection of what may be the most distant galaxy ever found.

7 Sep 2015

Research Shows Trained Volunteer Black Hole Hunters as Good as Professional Astronomers

Trained volunteers are as good as professional astronomers at finding jets shooting from massive black holes and matching them to their host galaxies, research suggests.

7 Sep 2015

UW Researchers Construct Instruments in CAREII Rocket to Measure ‘Dusty Plasmas’ in Earth's Outer Atmosphere

Researchers from the University of Washington are awaiting the launch an over 50-foot-long rocket from a launch site in Norway into the upper reaches of the atmosphere to observe and measure a puzzling phenomenon.

7 Sep 2015

Spin Current Seen as it Travels Across Materials

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have for the first time seen a spin current – an inherent magnetic property common to all electrons – as it travels across materials. The result, which revealed a surprising loss of current along the way, is an important step toward realizing a next-generation breed of electronics known as “spintronics.”

4 Sep 2015