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New Discovery Challenges Theories of Black Hole Growth in Early Universe

Scientists have discovered the brightest quasar in the early universe, powered by the most massive black hole yet known at that time. The international team led by astronomers from Peking University in China and from the University of Arizona announce their findings in the scientific journal Nature on Feb. 26.

26 Feb 2015

New Way to Control Individual Vortices to Improve Performance of Superconducting Wires

Superconductor materials are prized for their ability to carry an electric current without resistance, but this valuable trait can be crippled or lost when electrons swirl into tiny tornado-like formations called vortices. These disruptive mini-twisters often form in the presence of magnetic fields, such as those produced by electric motors.

25 Feb 2015

UCLA Physicists Propose Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry Could be Related to Higgs Boson Particle

Most of the laws of nature treat particles and antiparticles equally, but stars and planets are made of particles, or matter, and not antiparticles, or antimatter. That asymmetry, which favors matter to a very small degree, has puzzled scientists for many years.

25 Feb 2015

University of Cincinnati Student Explores Properties of Young Stars

McMicken Department of Physics undergraduate student Kevin Wagner’s research from the past two years will be featured in an article in the Astrophysical Journal, one of the top 25 scientific journals in the world.

25 Feb 2015

WUSTL Professor Awarded 2015 Sloan Research Fellowship

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced Feb. 23 that Kater Murch, PhD, assistant professor of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has been awarded a 2015 Sloan Research Fellowship.

25 Feb 2015

First Direct Experimental Insight into Secret Quantum Life of Dichromium

An international team of scientists from Berlin, Freiburg and Fukuoka has provided the first direct experimental insight into the secret quantum life of dichromium. Whereas in its normal state the 12 valence electrons form a strong multiple bond between the two chromium atoms, removing only one electron changes the situation dramatically: 10 electrons localize and align their spins, thus resulting in ferromagnetic behavior of the dichromium-kation.

24 Feb 2015

Joint Quantum Institute Fellows Receive 2015 Sloan Research Fellowship

Two JQI Fellows, Mohammad Hafezi and Vladimir Manucharyan, are among the four University of Maryland faculty members that have been awarded 2015 Sloan Research Fellowships. This award, granted by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, identifies 126 early-career scientists based on their potential to contribute fundamentally significant research to a wider academic community.

24 Feb 2015

Stony Brook Professor Receives Sloan Research Fellowship for Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics Research

Lukasz Fidkowski, PhD, an assistant professor of physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook University, has been selected to receive a 2015 Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

24 Feb 2015

Researchers Explore Dynamics and Properties of Quantum Many-Body Systems

Advances in experimental and theoretical physics enable a deeper understanding of the dynamics and properties of quantum many-body systems.

24 Feb 2015

New Technique to Produce Broadband Optical Frequency Comb in Mid-Infrared Region

In an article published in Nature Communications (February 20th, 2015), an international collaboration of scientists around Dr. Nathalie Picqué (Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) describes a reliable new technique of producing a broadband optical frequency comb in the mid-infrared region.

24 Feb 2015