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Four Brookhaven Lab Scientists Honored as American Physical Society Fellows

Four scientists who have made significant contributions to ongoing research at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory were among those recently named Fellows of the American Physical Society (APS), the world's second-largest organization of physicists. Election to APS Fellowship is limited to no more than one half of one percent of its membership in a given year, and election for this honor indicates recognition by scientific peers for exceptional contributions to physics.

16 Mar 2015

NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale Spacecraft Positioned to Study Magnetic Reconnection

Following a successful launch at 10:44 p.m. EDT Thursday, NASA's four Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft are positioned in Earth's orbit to begin the first space mission dedicated to the study of a phenomenon called magnetic reconnection. This process is thought to be the catalyst for some of the most powerful explosions in our solar system.

16 Mar 2015

Global-Scale Maps of Mercury's Surface Chemistry Reveal Previously Unrecognized Geochemical Terranes

Two new papers from members of the MESSENGER Science Team provide global-scale maps of Mercury's surface chemistry that reveal previously unrecognized geochemical terranes -- large regions that have compositions distinct from their surroundings. The presence of these large terranes has important implications for the history of the planet.

16 Mar 2015

CERN’s Large Hadron Collider Ready to Start up Again

The 27 km long subterranean particle accelerator, the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) at CERN is ready to start up again. The LHC is the largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world. After a break of two years, which was a technical stop to prepare the machinery to run at almost double the energy levels, they are ready to start a new three-year period.

16 Mar 2015

Hubble Provides Best Evidence for Underground Saltwater Ocean on Jupiter's Largest Moon

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has the best evidence yet for an underground saltwater ocean on Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon. The subterranean ocean is thought to have more water than all the water on Earth's surface.

16 Mar 2015

Abundance of Methane Spews into Atmosphere of Saturn’s Icy Moon Enceladus

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has measured a curious abundance of methane spewing into the atmosphere of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus. A team of American and French scientists published findings in Geophysical Research Letters suggesting two scenarios that could explain the methane abundance observed in the plumes.

16 Mar 2015

Solar Dynamics Observatory Captures Image of Mid-Level Solar Flare

The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 12:22 p.m. EDT on March 11, 2015. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of the event. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation.

13 Mar 2015

Rare Rare ‘Quantum Jitters’ Appear to Tune Frequency of Spontaneous Mutations"Quantum Jitters" May Have Far-Reaching Consequences

The molecular machines that copy DNA in a living cell are amazingly fast and accurate at pairing up the correct bases -- G with C and A with T -- into each new double helix.

13 Mar 2015

Hydrothermal Activity May Be Taking Place Within Saturn’s Moon Enceladus

A new study by a team of Cassini mission scientists led by the University of Colorado Boulder have found that microscopic grains of rock detected near Saturn imply hydrothermal activity is taking place within the moon Enceladus.

13 Mar 2015

Researchers Demonstrate Coulomb Crystallization of Highly-Charged Ions for the First Time

A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt in Braunschweig and the University of Aarhus in Denmark demonstrated for the first time Coulomb crystallization of highly-charged ions (HCIs).

13 Mar 2015

Quantum Physics News

Four Brookhaven Lab Scientists Honored as American Physical Society Fellows

NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale Spacecraft Positioned to Study Magnetic Reconnection

Global-Scale Maps of Mercury's Surface Chemistry Reveal Previously Unrecognized Geochemical Terranes

CERN’s Large Hadron Collider Ready to Start up Again

Hubble Provides Best Evidence for Underground Saltwater Ocean on Jupiter's Largest Moon

Abundance of Methane Spews into Atmosphere of Saturn’s Icy Moon Enceladus

Solar Dynamics Observatory Captures Image of Mid-Level Solar Flare

Rare Rare ‘Quantum Jitters’ Appear to Tune Frequency of Spontaneous Mutations"Quantum Jitters" May Have Far-Reaching Consequences

Hydrothermal Activity May Be Taking Place Within Saturn’s Moon Enceladus

Researchers Demonstrate Coulomb Crystallization of Highly-Charged Ions for the First Time

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