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Researchers Investigate How the Early Universe Evolved

The first galaxies evolved only a few hundred million years after the Big Bang. But why do they have such a great variety of shapes and structures? How did the universe evolve as a whole? Two German-Chinese Partner Groups at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching are using observations and simulations to investigate how the early universe evolved: Cheng Li and Guinevere Kauffmann, as well as Liang Gao and Simon White.

14 May 2014

New Ultrafast Light Source Developed for Observing Electron Motion in Molecules

University of Central Florida physicist Zenghu Chang has done it again. For a third time this year, his research group has published an article in a Nature journal.

14 May 2014

Physicists Measure Second Efimov Resonance of Three Particles in Ultracold Quantum Gas

Eight years ago Rudolf Grimm's research group was the first to observe an Efimov state in an ultracold quantum gas. The Russian physicist Vitali Efimov theoretically predicted this exotic bound state of three particles in the 1970s. He forecast that three particles would form a bound state due to their quantum mechanical properties, under conditions when a two-body bound state would be absent.

14 May 2014

Researchers Discover Giant Gas Exoplanet through Direct Imaging

A gas giant has been added to the short list of exoplanets discovered through direct imaging. It is located around GU Psc, a star three times less massive than the Sun and located in the constellation Pisces.

14 May 2014

Measurements of Radiation Distortions from Early Universe May Help Estimate Mass of Neutrinos

Astrophysicists at UC San Diego have measured the minute gravitational distortions in polarized radiation from the early universe and discovered that these ancient microwaves can provide an important cosmological test of Einstein's theory of general relativity. These measurements have the potential to narrow down the estimates for the mass of ghostly subatomic particles known as neutrinos.

14 May 2014

Turkey Signs Agreement for ‘Associate Membership’ to CERN

CERN Director General Rolf Heuer and Mr Taner Yildiz, Minister for Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Turkey today signed an agreement admitting Turkey to CERN Associate Membership, subject to ratification by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, the Meclis.

13 May 2014

Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy Used to Probe Quantum Spin States of Cobalt Atom Bound to MgO Layer

An EPFL-led research collaboration has shown for the first time the maximum theoretical limit of energy needed to control the magnetization of a single atom. The fundamental work can have great implications for the future of magnetic research and technology.

13 May 2014

Bristol Quantum Scientist Honored with Wolfson Research Merit Award

Two Bristol academics are among the 28 new Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award holders.

13 May 2014

Researchers Force Molecules to Emit Stream of Single Photons

It may be surprising, but in physics the terrain of atoms and the territory of organic molecules are worlds apart. Therefore, in order to have a molecule communicate optically with atoms, the physicists must put in a similar amount of effort as most Europeans do when they want to learn Chinese.

13 May 2014

HADES Results May Challenge Standard Model of Particle Physics

Although Dark Energy and Dark Matter appear to constitute over 95 percent of the universe, nobody knows of which particles they are made up. Astrophysicists now crossed one potential Dark Matter candidate – the Dark Photon or U boson – off the list in top position.

13 May 2014