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Rice University Physicist Elected Member of American Philosophical Society

Rice University physicist Eshel Ben-Jacob has been elected a member of the American Philosophical Society, the oldest learned society in the United States.

5 May 2014

Cassini Captures Image of Ice-Giant Planet Uranus Beyond Saturn's Rings

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured its first-ever image of the pale blue ice-giant planet Uranus in the distance beyond Saturn's rings.

5 May 2014

Novel Method for Accurate Measurement of Surface Temperature of Nanoscale Objects

Temperature measurements in our daily life are typically performed by bringing a thermometer in contact with the object to be measured. However, measuring the temperature of nanoscale objects is a much more tricky task due to their size - up to a thousand times smaller than the width of a human hair.

5 May 2014

Researchers Report Detailed Calculations of Dynamics of Positronium Bose-Einstein Condensate

Twenty years ago, Philip Platzman and Allen Mills, Jr. at Bell Laboratories proposed that a gamma-ray laser could be made from a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of positronium, the simplest atom made of both matter and antimatter. That was a year before a BEC of any kind of atom was available in any laboratory.

2 May 2014

Astronomers Measure Magnification of Gravitational Lenses Using Supernovae

Distant exploding stars observed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are providing astronomers with a powerful tool to determine the strength of naturally-occurring "cosmic lenses" that are used to magnify objects in the remote universe.

2 May 2014

Researchers Seek Ways to Synchronize Magnetic Spins to Build Powerful Nanoscale Antennas

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory are seeking ways to synchronize the magnetic spins in nanoscale devices to build tiny yet more powerful signal-generating or receiving antennas and other electronics.

2 May 2014

New Observations Show Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows Behave Differently than Expected

Gamma-ray bursts are powerful bursts of gamma-ray radiation in connection with the explosive death of massive stars. The bursts themselves are short lived – lasting typically less than a few minutes, but is followed by an afterglow that can be observed for several days after the gamma-ray burst.

2 May 2014

ESO’s VLT Determines Rotation Rate of Exoplanet for First Time

Observations from ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have, for the first time, determined the rotation rate of an exoplanet. Beta Pictoris b has been found to have a day that lasts only eight hours. This is much quicker than any planet in the Solar System — its equator is moving at almost 100 000 kilometres per hour.

2 May 2014

ARI Professor to Present on 'Ultra-Long Gamma Ray Bursts' at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Professor Carole Mundell, who leads the Gamma Ray Burst group at the Astrophysics Research Institute, recently visited the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics, where she gave a series of presentations describing her group's research and spent time meeting faculty, postdocs and students in Harvard's Institute for Theory and Computation.

30 Apr 2014

Young Galaxy Behaves Like More Developed Galaxies

Scientists have discovered a young galaxy acting in unexpectedly mature ways. The galaxy, called S0901, is rotating in a calm manner typical of more developed galaxies like our own spiral Milky Way.

30 Apr 2014

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Rice University Physicist Elected Member of American Philosophical Society

Cassini Captures Image of Ice-Giant Planet Uranus Beyond Saturn's Rings

Novel Method for Accurate Measurement of Surface Temperature of Nanoscale Objects

Researchers Report Detailed Calculations of Dynamics of Positronium Bose-Einstein Condensate

Astronomers Measure Magnification of Gravitational Lenses Using Supernovae

Researchers Seek Ways to Synchronize Magnetic Spins to Build Powerful Nanoscale Antennas

New Observations Show Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows Behave Differently than Expected

ESO’s VLT Determines Rotation Rate of Exoplanet for First Time

ARI Professor to Present on 'Ultra-Long Gamma Ray Bursts' at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Young Galaxy Behaves Like More Developed Galaxies

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Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

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