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First Glimpse of Hydrogen Atoms in Ice at Unprecedented Pressures

Using revolutionary new techniques, a team led by Carnegie’s Malcolm Guthrie has made a striking discovery about how ice behaves under pressure, changing ideas that date back almost 50 years. Their findings could alter our understanding of how the water molecule responds to conditions found deep within planets and could have implications for energy science. Their work is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

11 Jun 2013

Physicists Propose Rare Form of Electromagnetism in Dark Matter Particles

Most of the matter in the universe may be made out of particles that possess an unusual, donut-shaped electromagnetic field called an anapole.

11 Jun 2013

EPFL Professor Receives ERC ADVANCED GRANT for Higgs Research

The excellence of the research performed at EPFL has once again been recognized at an international level. Tamas Hausel has received an ADVANCED GRANT 2012 from the European Research Council (ERC).

11 Jun 2013

Novel Method to Assign Classes of Complex Quantum States to Geometric Objects

A property known as «entanglement» is a fundamental characteristic of quantum mechanics. Physicists and mathematicians at ETH Zurich show now how different forms of this phenomenon can be efficiently and systematically classified into categories. The method should help to fully exploit the potential of novel quantum technologies.

10 Jun 2013

Phonon-Photon Coupling in Microfluidic Optomechanical Devices Enables Quantum Experiments

Ever been to a whispering gallery—a quiet, circular space underneath an old cathedral dome that captures and amplifies sounds as quiet as a whisper? Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Michigan are applying similar principles in the development optomechanical sensors that will help unlock vibrational secrets of chemical and biological samples at the nanoscale.

10 Jun 2013

New Model Explains Pseudogap State Forms in High-Temperature Superconductors

A German-French research team has constructed a new model that explains how the so-called pseudogap state forms in high-temperature superconductors. The calculations predict two coexisting electron orders.

10 Jun 2013

danceroom Spectroscopy Project on Atomic World Wins Bristol 2012/13 Engagement Awards

The winners of the University of Bristol’s 2012/13 Engagement Awards have been announced. The Awards, sponsored by the Society of Merchant Venturers and judged by the Engaged University Steering Group, are given in two categories: Group and Individual.

10 Jun 2013

Researchers Succeed in Teleporting Information Between Two Clouds of Gas Atoms

Researchers have been able to teleport information from light to light at a quantum level for several years. In 2006, researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute succeeded in teleporting between light and gas atoms. Now the research group has succeeded in teleporting information between two clouds of gas atoms and to carry out the teleportation – not just one or a few times, but successfully every single time. The results are published in the scientific journal, Nature Physics.

7 Jun 2013

Overwhelming Response to Singapore's Physics Education Seminar

More than 100 physics teachers attended Singapore's Physics Education Seminar (PES), held 3-6 June at NUS High School of Mathematics and Science. The event offered professional development: a day-long seminar of talks and tours was followed by two workshops on teaching resources developed by Canada's Perimeter Institute (PI), a world-renowned research centre in theoretical physics.

7 Jun 2013

Study Results Provide New Insights into Possible Spintronic Materials

Ten years ago, scientists were convinced that a combination of manganese and gallium nitride could be a key material to create spintronics, the next generation of electronic devices that operate on properties found at the nanoscale. But researchers grew discouraged when experiments indicated that the two materials were as harmonious as oil and water.

7 Jun 2013