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First Experimental Determination of Weak Charge of Proton

Researchers have made the first experimental determination of the weak charge of the proton in research carried out at the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab).

18 Sep 2013

EPFL Scientists Uncover Physics Behind Plasmoid Formation

EPFL scientists have uncovered the physics behind the formation of plasmoids – funnel-like, high-energy plasmas that can severely damage industrial plasma reactors, causing millions in repairs and lost productivity in plasma technologies like those used to make display screens and even food containers.

18 Sep 2013

Astronomers First Time Observe Jet of High-Energy Particles from Dying Star

Astronomers have for the first time found a jet of high-energy particles from a dying star. The discovery, by a team including Chalmers scientists, is a crucial step in explaining how some of the most beautiful objects in space are formed – and what happens when stars like the sun reach the end of their lives.

18 Sep 2013

Cosmic Factory for Producing Building Blocks of Life Discovered

The team from Imperial College London, the University of Kent and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have discovered that when icy comets collide into a planet, amino acids can be produced.

17 Sep 2013

Old Star Pushes Out Charged Particle Jet Held Together by a Magnetic Field

An old star, IRAS 15445-5449, has begun to push out a jet of charged particles that glow with radio waves.

17 Sep 2013

Experimental Evidence Supports Breakdown of Larger Structures Theory for Formation of Buckyballs

Researchers at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have reported the first experimental evidence that supports the theory that a soccer ball-shaped nanoparticle commonly called a buckyball is the result of a breakdown of larger structures rather than being built atom-by-atom from the ground up.

16 Sep 2013

Balloon-Borne X-ray Telescope to Study How Black Holes Devour Matter

In a few days, a balloon-borne telescope sensitive to the polarization of high-energy “hard” X-rays will ascend to the edge of the atmosphere above Fort Sumner, N.M., to stare fixedly at black holes and other exotic astronomical objects.

16 Sep 2013

New Method for Determining Amount of Quantum Entanglement

Two researchers at UCL Computer Science and the University of Gdansk present a new method for determining the amount of entanglement – a quantum phenomenon connecting two remote partners, and crucial for quantum technology - within part of a one-dimensional quantum system.

16 Sep 2013

Compact Galaxies with ‘Red Nuggets’ Didn’t Disappear

In 2005 the Hubble Space Telescope spotted unusually small galaxies densely packed with red stars in the distant, young universe. They were nicknamed "red nuggets," not only because they are small and red but also their existence challenged current theories of galaxy formation, making them precious in astronomers' eyes.

16 Sep 2013

Voyager 1 Ventures into Interstellar Space

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft officially is the first human-made object to venture into interstellar space. The 36-year-old probe is about 12 billion miles (19 billion kilometers) from our sun.

13 Sep 2013