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Young, Pulsating Stars Discovered in Far Side of the Milky Way

A cluster of young, pulsating stars discovered in the far side of the Milky Way may mark the location of a previously unseen dark-matter dominated dwarf galaxy hidden behind clouds of dust.

9 Feb 2015

Physicists Fabricate Key Components for NOvA Neutrino Experiment

Neutrinos, subatomic remnants of the early universe, are high-energy particles that pass at nearly the speed of light through everything – our planet, our bodies – while rarely interacting with other matter. Most of them were born in the beginning, nearly 14 billion years ago, though more are continually made in the nuclear reactions of stars, in human-built nuclear reactors and in particle accelerators used for experimentation.

9 Feb 2015

Roton Structure can be Created in an Atomic Superfluid of Cesium-133

Scientists discovered in 1937 that liquid helium-4, when chilled to extremely low temperatures, became a superfluid that could leak through glass, overflow its containers, or eternally gush like a fountain.

9 Feb 2015

New, Improved Data from the Milky Way Galaxy

Hot gas, dust and magnetic fields mingle in a colorful swirl in this new map of our Milky Way galaxy. The image is part of a new and improved data set from Planck, a European Space Agency mission in which NASA played a key role.

9 Feb 2015

Three of Jupiter's Largest Moons Parade Across its Banded Face

These new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope images capture a rare occurrence as three of Jupiter's largest moons parading across the giant gas planet's banded face. Hubble took a string of images of the event which show the three satellites -- Europa, Callisto and Io -- in action.

9 Feb 2015

Dawn Spacecraft Acquires Closest Snapshot of Mysterious Dwarf Planet Ceres

NASA's Dawn spacecraft, on approach to dwarf planet Ceres, has acquired its latest and closest-yet snapshot of this mysterious world.

9 Feb 2015

Nature Physics Praises Investment in UK National Quantum Technologies Programme

An editorial in Nature Physics praises investment in the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme, including the National Physical Laboratory's (NPL) Quantum Metrology Institute (QMI).

6 Feb 2015

Star Formation May Be More Recent Than Previously Predicted

The latest data release from the ESA satellite Planck consortium – just published in Astronomy and Astrophysics – reveals a surprise: star formation in the Universe may be more recent than previously indicated by the analysis of Planck’s predecessor, the NASA WMAP satellite. The observation was made possible by the new maps of Planck’s low-‐frequency instrument (LFI), produced by the Trieste Data Processing Centre run by INAF-‐OATS in collaboration with the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) and the LFI Consortium.

6 Feb 2015

New Possibilities for Manipulating Electrons on Tips of Graphitic Nanocones

One of the ways of improving electrons manipulation is though better control over one of their inner characteristics, called spin. This approach is the object of an entire field of study, known as spintronics. Now, Richard Pincak from the Slovak Academy of Sciences and colleagues have just uncovered new possibilities for manipulating the electrons on the tips of graphitic nanocones.

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 6 Feb 2015

Planck Data Confirms Theory of Quantum Origin of Structure in the Universe

Viatcheslav Mukhanov, cosmologist at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich, models the first instants after the creation of our Universe. Data from the Planck telescope have now confirmed beyond any reasonable doubt his theory of the quantum origin of structure in the Universe.

6 Feb 2015