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Researchers Unlock Key Mystery Surrounding High-Temperature Superconductivity

A Binghamton University physicist and his colleagues say they have unlocked one key mystery surrounding high-temperature superconductivity. Their research, published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found a remarkable phenomenon in copper-oxide (cuprate) high-temperature superconductors.

1 Jul 2014

Rosetta Spacecraft Detects Water Released by Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is releasing the Earthly equivalent of two glasses of water into space every second. The observations were made by the Microwave Instrument for Rosetta Orbiter (MIRO), aboard the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft on June 6, 2014.

1 Jul 2014

Afterglow from Gamma-Ray Burst Behaves 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.

1 Jul 2014

Important Method to Detect, Correct Unwanted Chaotic Behavior in Particle Colliders

When beams with trillions of particles go zipping around at near light speed, there’s bound to be some chaos. Limiting that chaos in particle colliders is crucial for the groundbreaking results such experiments are designed to deliver.

1 Jul 2014

Compressive Sensing Helps Measure Momentum and Position Without Violating the Uncertainty Principle

In quantum physics, momentum and position are an example of conjugate variables. This means they are connected by Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, which says that both quantities cannot be simultaneously measured precisely.

28 Jun 2014

EPS Honors Ch. Hollenstein for Contributions to the Field of Plasma Processes

The Plasma Physics Division of the European Physical Society (EPS) has attributed the 2014 Innovation Award to Dr Ch. Hollenstein for his instrumental contributions to the field of Plasma Processes in Industry and for his strong impact in spin-off activities of fusion R&D.

28 Jun 2014

New Theories May Help Exploit the Realm of Quantum Physics

Theories developed by a UT Dallas physicist have been put to the test in the laboratory, and the results offer a new way to study — and possibly exploit — the strange realm of quantum physics.

28 Jun 2014

Unprecedented Method for Tuning Polariton Collisions

EPFL scientists show for the first time a method for tuning polariton collisions, with great implications for quantum physics research and superfluidity.

28 Jun 2014

Novel Technique to Measure Quantum-Optical Effect in Light from the Sun

CQT graduate student Tan Peng Kian is celebrating his first paper. In an unusual first for research from the Centre for Quantum Technologies, his work with CQT Principal Investigator Christian Kurtsiefer and collaborators at the National University of Singapore appears in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.

28 Jun 2014

Smallest Force Ever Measured Detected Using Unique Optical Trapping System

What is believed to be the smallest force ever measured has been detected by researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC) Berkeley.

27 Jun 2014