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Fading Light from Monster Gamma-Ray Burst Still Detectable

One of the brightest gamma-ray explosions ever seen is the focus of five papers being published this week in the journals Science Express and Astrophysical Journal Letters by research teams that include Penn State professor of astronomy and astrophysics David Burrows.

28 Nov 2013

New Way to Measure Bose-Einstein Condensates

They are the coldest objects in the Universe and are so fragile that even a single photon can heat and destroy them.

28 Nov 2013

Lightweight Black Hole Demonstrates Voracious Appetite

Observations of a black hole powering an energetic X-ray source in a galaxy some 22 million light-years away could change our thinking about how some black holes consume matter.

28 Nov 2013

Quantum Matter Waves Made of Rubidium Atoms Controlled to Mimic Magnets

Magnets have fascinated mankind for millenia. From the Greek philosophers to scientists of the modern era, which saw the rise of quantum mechanics, magnets have been pondered and investigated.

28 Nov 2013

ESO’s Very Large Telescope Explores Dragon’s Head Nebula

Located only about 160 000 light-years from us in the constellation of Dorado (The Swordfish), the Large Magellanic Cloud is one of our closest galactic neighbours.

28 Nov 2013

New Startup Company QKD Corp Based on Quantum Cryptography

The company is called QKD Corp. and is based on the theory research of Dr Weedbrook and the experimental work of Dr Xing.

26 Nov 2013

Research Team Finds Evidence of Heavy Atoms in Black Hole Jets

High-speed 'jets' spat out by black holes pack a lot of power because they contain heavy atoms, astronomers have found.

26 Nov 2013

Florian Schreck Receives ERC Grant for Studying Quantum Many-Body Systems

This year the European Research Council (ERC) awards the very first ERC Consolidator Grants for promising researchers with seven to twelve years research experience. Florian Schreck has received this grant for his concepts to study quantum many-body systems.

26 Nov 2013

Weizmann Institute Scientists Create World's Smallest SQUID

Weizmann Institute scientists have taken a quantum leap toward understanding the phenomenon known as superconductivity: They have created the world's smallest SQUID – a device used to measure magnetic fields – which has broken the world record for sensitivity and resolution.

26 Nov 2013

Astrophysicists to Simulate Extreme Black Holes with Support from $525,000 grant from NSF

Scientists at Rochester Institute of Technology are on the hunt for gravitational waves and clues about the early universe. Their simulations of black holes colliding—and the gravitational waves produced from the impact—will be the blueprints for detecting actual gravity waves and verifying Einstein's theory of general relativity—an event that could occur within the decade.

26 Nov 2013