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Daya Bay Collaboration Releases First Results on Search for Sterile Neutrinos

The Daya Bay Collaboration, an international group of scientists studying the subtle transformations of subatomic particles called neutrinos, is publishing its first results on the search for a so-called sterile neutrino, a possible new type of neutrino beyond the three known neutrino "flavors," or types.

3 Oct 2014

Nuclear Scientists Refine Measurement of Remarkable Property of Quark-Gluon Plasma

By combining data from two high-energy accelerators, nuclear scientists have refined the measurement of a remarkable property of exotic matter known as quark-gluon plasma. The findings reveal new aspects of the ultra-hot, “perfect fluid” that give clues to the state of the young universe just microseconds after the big bang.

3 Oct 2014

Innovative Technique Directly Generates Cross-Polarized Correlated Photons on a Chip

Commercial devices capable of encrypting information in unbreakable codes exist today, thanks to recent quantum optics advances, especially the generation of photon pairs—tiny entangled particles of light. Now, an international team of researchers led by professor Roberto Morandotti of INRS-EMT in Canada, is introducing a new method to achieve a different type of photon pair source that fits into the tiny space of a computer chip.

3 Oct 2014

UW-Madison Researcher Creates Pocket Cosmic Ray Detector App

Soon, the growing capability of your smartphone could be harnessed to detect cosmic rays in much the same way as high-end, multimillion-dollar observatories.

3 Oct 2014

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