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MPQ Scientists Use Optoelectrical Sisyphus Technique to Produce Extremely Cold Gas

The study of ultracold molecules is a science of its own. Ultracold molecules provide the possibility to investigate fundamental chemical processes or to explore physics beyond the standard model of particle physics. The only snag is the fact that molecules are very difficult to cool down to really low temperatures because of their manifold vibrational and rotational states.

12 Feb 2016

University of Southampton Researcher to Explore Structure and Evolution of the Universe

A University of Southampton researcher will explore the structure and evolution of the Universe, as part of the ASTRO-H X-ray space telescope mission being launched in Japan this week.

12 Feb 2016

Team Led by GGC Physicist Conducts Innovative Black Hole Research

Black holes are the subject of much fascination, not just in science but also in popular media. For example, the 2014 movie "Interstellar" portrays a fast-rotating, supermassive black hole, into which the protagonist falls in order to probe its center.

12 Feb 2016

New Hubble Space Telescope Image Reveals Record-Breaking Supermassive Black Hole

The placid appearance of NGC 4889 can fool the unsuspecting observer. But the elliptical galaxy, pictured in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, harbours a dark secret. At its heart lurks one of the most massive black holes ever discovered.

12 Feb 2016

LIGO Signal Helps Researchers Observe Collision of Two Massive Black Holes

Almost 100 years ago today, Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves — ripples in the fabric of space-time that are set off by extremely violent, cosmic cataclysms in the early universe. With his knowledge of the universe and the technology available in 1916, Einstein assumed that such ripples would be “vanishingly small” and nearly impossible to detect. The astronomical discoveries and technological advances over the past century have changed those prospects.

12 Feb 2016

Researchers Analyze Stability of Optical Atomic Clock Using New Stable Laser System

Researchers from the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) have thoroughly analyzed the noise processes in their optical lattice clock with neutral strontium atoms. This analysis proves that their optical atomic clock has reached the best stability worldwide thanks to a newly developed laser system whose frequency is extremely stable. This allows high-precision measurements in a short time and considerably facilitates the future reduction of the total measurement uncertainty down to a few parts in 10–18.

11 Feb 2016

Daniel Kennefick Ready to Discuss Existence of Gravitational Waves

Daniel Kennefick, associate professor of physics at the University of Arkansas and expert on Albert Einstein, is available to comment on the anticipated announcement that scientists have confirmed Einstein’s theory about gravitational waves.

11 Feb 2016

JAXA’s ASTRO-H to Provide Breakthroughs in High-Energy Phenomena in the Cosmos

Black hole enthusiasts, galaxy cluster aficionados, and X-ray astronomers have much to be excited about. On Friday, Feb. 12, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will be launching their sixth satellite dedicated to X-ray astronomy, ASTRO-H, from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, Japan. The observatory carries a state-of-the-art instrument and two telescope mirrors built at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The launch is scheduled at 3:45 a.m. EST.

11 Feb 2016

HD 97300 Illuminates IC 2631, Reflection Nebula

A newly formed star lights up the surrounding cosmic clouds in this new image from ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. Dust particles in the vast clouds that surround the star HD 97300 diffuse its light, like a car headlight in enveloping fog, and create the reflection nebula IC 2631. Although HD 97300 is in the spotlight for now, the very dust that makes it so hard to miss heralds the birth of additional, potentially scene-stealing, future stars.

11 Feb 2016

Conversion Principles of Heat Currents to Magnonic Spin Currents Discovered

An international team of researchers gained new insights into magnetic spin waves. Spin waves can evolve in electrically non-conducting materials given a specific temperature gradient and then be converted into electrical energy in an adjacent metallic layer. Thus, thermal energy can be converted into electrical energy.

11 Feb 2016

Applications of Halide Perovskite and Quantum Dots Interactions in LEDs, Solar Cells

Researchers in Valencia have studied the interaction of two materials, halide perovskite and quantum dots, revealing enormous potential for the development of advanced LEDs and more efficient solar cells.

10 Feb 2016

Researchers Investigate Light-Matter Interactions to Build Quantum Circuit Components

Quantum computers promise a vast improvement in speed over classical binary computers. The computers rely on quantum bits, or “qubits,” a system that can exist in more than one state at the same time, allowing the computers to consider multiple solutions simultaneously. Plasmons, quasiparticles arising from the collective motion of electrons on the surface of a metal, can strongly modify the behavior of nearby light, and could be instrumental in building some of the key components of a quantum circuit. But far more must be learned about their effects to develop them as a material.

10 Feb 2016

CERN Researchers Recreate Big Bang ‘Primordial Soup’

Researchers have recreated the universe’s primordial soup in miniature format by colliding lead atoms with extremely high energy in the 27 km long particle accelerator, the LHC at CERN in Geneva. The primordial soup is a so-called quark-gluon plasma and researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute, among others, have measured its liquid properties with great accuracy at the LHC’s top energy. The results have been submitted to Physical Review Letters, which is the top scientific journal for nuclear and particle physics.

10 Feb 2016

Scientists Identify Unexplored Region of Space Behind the Milky Way Using Parkes Radio Telescope

Hundreds of hidden nearby galaxies have been studied for the first time, shedding light on a mysterious gravitational anomaly dubbed the Great Attractor.

10 Feb 2016

Scientists Make Certain Materials Superconduct at Higher Temperatures

Shining lasers at superconductors can make them work at higher temperatures, suggests new findings from an international team of scientists including the University of Bath.

9 Feb 2016

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MPQ Scientists Use Optoelectrical Sisyphus Technique to Produce Extremely Cold Gas

University of Southampton Researcher to Explore Structure and Evolution of the Universe

Team Led by GGC Physicist Conducts Innovative Black Hole Research

New Hubble Space Telescope Image Reveals Record-Breaking Supermassive Black Hole

LIGO Signal Helps Researchers Observe Collision of Two Massive Black Holes

Researchers Analyze Stability of Optical Atomic Clock Using New Stable Laser System

Daniel Kennefick Ready to Discuss Existence of Gravitational Waves

JAXA’s ASTRO-H to Provide Breakthroughs in High-Energy Phenomena in the Cosmos

HD 97300 Illuminates IC 2631, Reflection Nebula

Conversion Principles of Heat Currents to Magnonic Spin Currents Discovered

Applications of Halide Perovskite and Quantum Dots Interactions in LEDs, Solar Cells

Researchers Investigate Light-Matter Interactions to Build Quantum Circuit Components

CERN Researchers Recreate Big Bang ‘Primordial Soup’

Scientists Identify Unexplored Region of Space Behind the Milky Way Using Parkes Radio Telescope

Scientists Make Certain Materials Superconduct at Higher Temperatures

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Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

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