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Astronomers Discover Rocky Planet 17 Times Heavier than Earth

Astronomers have discovered a rocky planet that weighs 17 times as much as Earth and is more than twice as large in size. This discovery has planet formation theorists challenged to explain how such a world could have formed.

3 Jun 2014

Researchers Report Subjecting Metals to Severe Pressure Lowers their Electrical Resistance

Research published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences makes it possible to predict how subjecting metals to severe pressure can lower their electrical resistance, a finding that could have applications in computer chips and other materials that could benefit from specific electrical resistance.

3 Jun 2014

UChicago and Oxford Researchers Recreate Supernova in Laboratory Experiment

Astrophysicists have established that cosmic turbulence could have amplified magnetic fields to the strengths observed in interstellar space.

2 Jun 2014

Negotiations Under Way to Make Brazil Associate Member of CERN Particle-Physics Lab

As Brazil gets set to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup this month amid concerns about the amount of public money being used to stage the world's largest sporting event, Physics World's editorial team reveals in a new special report how physicists are taking full advantage of the four-fold increase in science funding that the government has invested over the past 10 years.

2 Jun 2014

Scientists Have Jointly Solved the Gordic Knot Using Pulse Picking Technique

Everything we know nowadays about novel materials and the underlying processes in them we also know thanks to studies at contemporary synchrotron facilities like BESSY II. Here, relativistic electrons in a storage ring are employed to generate very brilliant and partly coherent light pulses from the THz to the X-ray regime in undulators and other devices.

31 May 2014

CQP Researcher Dr Chris Erven Wins PechaKucha Competition

Dr Chris Erven of CQP was announced as the University of Bristol winner of a PechaKucha competition sponsored by Vitae reSEARCH Careers 2014 for his presentation on Quantum Cryptography.

31 May 2014

Caltech Researchers Sidestep Quantum 'Noise' Limiting Precision of Ultrasensitive Position Measurements

Researchers at Caltech find a way to sidestep the quantum 'noise' that limits the precision of ultrasensitive position measurements

31 May 2014

Research Suggests Quantum Information Cannot Break the Cosmic Speed Limit

Quantum information can't break the cosmic speed limit, according to researchers* from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland's Joint Quantum Institute.

31 May 2014

Perimeter Institute Public Lecture May Help Demystify Supersymmetry

What do the works of an early 20th century composer have in common with the theoretical physics concept of supersymmetry?

30 May 2014

Astronomers Study Youngest Collections of Stars Within Serpens Cloud Core

Stars that are just beginning to coalesce out of cool swaths of dust and gas are showcased in this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). Infrared light has been assigned colors we see with our eyes, revealing young stars in orange and yellow, and a central parcel of gas in blue.

30 May 2014