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Superconducting Electron Pairs Exhibit D-Wave Configuration

Physicists have painted an in-depth portrait of charge ordering—an electron self-organization regime in high-temperature superconductors that may be intrinsically intertwined with superconductivity itself.

2 Jun 2015

Researchers Simulate the Formation of Structures Called "Plasmoids" During Coaxial Helicity Injection (CHI)

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have for the first time simulated the formation of structures called "plasmoids" during Coaxial Helicity Injection (CHI), a process that could simplify the design of fusion facilities known as tokamaks.

2 Jun 2015

Astronomers Detect Tubular Plasma Structures by Innovatively Rendering the Murchison Widefield Array 3D Vision

By creatively using a radio telescope to see in 3D, astronomers have detected the existence of tubular plasma structures in the inner layers of the magnetosphere surrounding the Earth.

2 Jun 2015

Quantum Cascade Laser for Real-Time Quality Control of Chemical Products

Good quality and precision are essential – a dictum that also applies to products from the pharmaceutical and chemical industry. While the quality of chemical products is often still being monitored manually during the production process, a laser-based system could take over this task in future, allowing for a continuous monitoring in real time.

2 Jun 2015

MIT Researchers Determine Phonon Mean Free Path Distribution Using Tabletop Experimental Setup

Today's computer chips pack billions of tiny transistors onto a plate of silicon within the width of a fingernail. Each transistor, just tens of nanometers wide, acts as a switch that, in concert with others, carries out a computer's computations. As dense forests of transistors signal back and forth, they give off heat -- which can fry the electronics, if a chip gets too hot.

2 Jun 2015

Researchers Build Cosmic Ray Detector for the Large Hadron Collider

Scientists have a special interest in understanding the origin of life and one of the major projects to achieve this is the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Built by a range of researchers of different nationalities, it also has the support of Mexico, as a multidisciplinary team created ACORDE, the first Mexican cosmic ray detector.

1 Jun 2015

Gigantic Flare Observed on Surface of Famous Red Giant Star

Super-sharp observations with the telescope Alma have revealed what seems to be a gigantic flare on the surface of Mira, one of the closest and most famous red giant stars in the sky. Activity like this in red giants - similar to what we see in the Sun - comes as a surprise to astronomers. The discovery could help explain how winds from giant stars make their contribution to our galaxy's ecosystem.

30 May 2015

Researchers Demonstrate Peculiarity of One-Dimensional Quantum Systems

A quantum system never relaxes. An isolated system (like a cloud of cold atoms trapped in optical grids) will endlessly oscillate between its different configurations without ever finding peace.

30 May 2015

LSST's Search for Dark Matter and Dark Energy Could Answer Fundamental Questions about the Universe

At a traditional stone-laying ceremony outside La Serena, Chile on April 14th, construction officially began of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). This ambitious international astrophysics project is slated to start scanning the heavens in 2022.

30 May 2015

NEEM Research Station Moved 465km on Skis across Greenland Ice Sheet to New Camp

The entire research station NEEM has been moved 465 km across the Greenland ice sheet on skis to the new camp EGRIP, where there will be a future international drilling camp and a gateway to research programmes in East Greenland.

30 May 2015