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Scientists Capture Glowing Image of Majorana Fermion

Princeton University scientists have observed an exotic particle that behaves simultaneously like matter and antimatter, a feat of math and engineering that could eventually enable powerful computers based on quantum mechanics.

3 Oct 2014

Giant, Toxic Cloud Hovers Over South Pole of Saturn’s Moon, Titan

Scientists analyzing data from NASA's Cassini mission have discovered that a giant, toxic cloud is hovering over the south pole of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, after the atmosphere there cooled dramatically.

3 Oct 2014

Whopping Stellar Flares Seen from Nearby Red Dwarf Star

On April 23, NASA's Swift satellite detected the strongest, hottest, and longest-lasting sequence of stellar flares ever seen from a nearby red dwarf star. The initial blast from this record-setting series of explosions was as much as 10,000 times more powerful than the largest solar flare ever recorded.

1 Oct 2014

School Students Reveal Weird, Jittery Behaviour in Pulsar

Secondary school students in Australia have helped reveal weird, jittery behaviour in a pulsar called PSR J1717-4054. The results of their observations and of follow-up studies are published today in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

1 Oct 2014

Two Stars of Binary System Host ‘Hot Jupiter’ Exoplanet

European astronomers have found two new Jupiter-sized extra-solar planets, each orbiting one star of a binary-star system.

1 Oct 2014

Center for Quantum Materials Launched at Rice University

Rice University today launched the Rice Center for Quantum Materials (RCQM), a multidisciplinary effort to solidify Rice’s leadership in the exploration of high-temperature superconductors and other exotic materials both by attracting top faculty and students and by inviting the world’s leading experts to Rice to collaborate on research.

1 Oct 2014

Experimental Protocol Proposed for Demonstrating Quantum Entanglement at the Macroscopic Scale

Quantum entanglement refers to the "pairing" of two subatomic particles in such a way that they form a whole quantum system. Interest in entanglement is increasing today, as it challenges the foundations of quantum mechanics itself, and is also key for achieving quantum information processing and communication.

1 Oct 2014

Mysterious Effect in Superfluids Linked to Whirlpool-Like Structures

So long, solitons: University of Chicago physicists have shown that a group of scientists were incorrect when they concluded that a mysterious effect found in superfluids indicated the presence of solitons—exotic, solitary waves.

1 Oct 2014

CERN Celebrates 60 Years of International Collaboration

Today, CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is blowing out 60 candles at an event attended by official delegations from 35 countries. Founded in 1954, CERN is today the largest particle physics laboratory in the world and a prime example of international collaboration, bringing together scientists of almost 100 nationalities.

30 Sep 2014

Primordial Stars May Have Died Unusually

Certain primordial stars—those 55,000 and 56,000 times the mass of our Sun, or solar masses—may have died unusually. In death, these objects—among the Universe's first-generation of stars—would have exploded as supernovae and burned completely, leaving no remnant black hole behind.

30 Sep 2014