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UCL Approves Powerful New Methane Model to Detect Life on Planets outside the Solar System

A powerful new model to detect life on planets outside of our solar system, more accurately than ever before, has been developed by UCL (University College London) researchers.

17 Jun 2014

Algae Able to Switch on and off Quantum Coherence in Photosynthesis

A UNSW Australia-led team of researchers has discovered how algae that survive in very low levels of light are able to switch on and off a weird quantum phenomenon that occurs during photosynthesis.

17 Jun 2014

Quantum Theory Helps Identify Surprising Regularity in Human Behavior

Researchers used quantum theory – usually invoked to describe the actions of subatomic particles – to identify an unexpected and strange pattern in how people respond to survey questions.

17 Jun 2014

Hubble to Search for Kuiper Belt Object Beyond Pluto

After careful consideration and analysis, the Hubble Space Telescope Time Allocation Committee has recommended using Hubble to search for an object the Pluto-bound NASA New Horizons mission could visit after its flyby of Pluto in July 2015.

17 Jun 2014

Game-Changing Capability of SKA in Cosmic Magnetism Presented at AASKA14

At the Advancing Astrophysics with the Square Kilometre Array conference held in June 8-13 in Giardini Naxos, Italy, scientists presented new modelling showing the game-changing capability the SKA will bring to the field of cosmic magnetism. The conference brings together more than 250 scientists from around the world presenting results in fields as diverse as cosmology, exobiology, pulsars or cosmic magnetism.

16 Jun 2014

Director of Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism Named Honorary Professor at Copenhagen University

Professor Rønnow, director of the Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism (LQM-EPFL), has been named "Affiliated Honorary Professor in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics" by the Niels Bohr Institute of the Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences at Copenhagen University.

16 Jun 2014

Charge of Antihydrogen Determined with Unprecedented Precision

Hydrogen is a neutral atom. Its single electron orbits a single proton, and the net effect is no electrical charge. But what about hydrogen’s antimatter counterpart, antihydrogen? Made of a positron that orbits an antiproton, the antihydrogen atom should be neutral too. Various results have indicated as much, but because the charge of antiatoms is difficult to measure, it has remained an open question.

16 Jun 2014

International Particle Accelerator Conference IPAC 2014 Taking Place in Dresden, Germany

Experiments with accelerated particles have already provided many valuable insights for science and society. Accelerators are therefore indispensable in modern research, but the large machines must also function reliably in the field of medicine or within the commercial sphere.

16 Jun 2014

JGU Researchers Directly Observe 100% Spin Polarization of Heusler Compound

It is the breakthrough that physicists and chemists around the world have long anticipated and it will play a pivotal role in information technology in coming years. Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have managed, for the first time, to directly observe the 100 percent spin polarization of a Heusler compound.

16 Jun 2014

Over 250 Scientists Gather at Advancing Astrophysics with the Square Kilometre Array Conference

The Advancing Astrophysics with the Square Kilometre Array conference held from June 8-13 in Giardini Naxos, Italy, is coming to an end today. The conference has brought together more than 250 scientists from around the world presenting results in fields as diverse as cosmology, exobiology, pulsars or cosmic magnetism, focusing on the game-changing capabilities the SKA’s diverse instruments will provide to their fields of research.

16 Jun 2014