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Researchers Develop Special System to Detect Ortho/Para Ratio of Molecular Hydrogen on Ice Surfaces

Scientists at Hokkaido University have revealed temperature-dependent energy-state conversion of molecular hydrogen on ice surfaces, suggesting the need for a reconsideration of molecular evolution theory.

25 Jul 2016

Professor Chandrashekhar Joshi to Receive 2017 IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award

Chandrashekhar Joshi, Distinguished Chancellor’s Professor of Electrical Engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, will receive the 2017 IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of nuclear and plasma sciences and engineering.

25 Jul 2016

Peter Saulson Awarded Three-Year NSF Grant to Continue Search for Ripples in Fabric of Spacetime

Peter Saulson, the Martin A. Pomerantz ’37 Professor of Physics, is the recipient of a three-year, $750,000 grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), enabling him and members of Syracuse University’s Gravitational Wave Group to aid in the search for "ripples in the fabric of spacetime."

25 Jul 2016

University of Leicester Students Find New Way to Potentially Build Photon Torpedoes

Physics students at the University of Leicester have boldly gone where no student has gone before – by calculating one way to potentially build photon torpedoes seen in the Star Trek universe.

22 Jul 2016

Scientists Present Results from LUX Dark Matter Experiment at IDM 2016

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter experiment, which operates beneath a mile of rock at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in the Black Hills of South Dakota, has completed its search for the missing matter of the universe.

22 Jul 2016

NSF Awards Two-Year Grant to Support Matthew Rudolph’s Research on Subatomic Particles

The National Science Foundation has awarded $160,000 to Matthew Rudolph, assistant professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, to continue his work with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN’s accelerator complex near Geneva, Switzerland.

22 Jul 2016

Hubble Space Telescope Explores Galaxy Cluster Abell S1063

The newest target of Hubble’s mission is the distant galaxy cluster Abell S1063, potentially home to billions of strange new worlds.

22 Jul 2016

New Self-Guided Quantum Tomography Provides Robustness Against Inevitable System Noise

A breakthrough into the full characterisation of quantum states has been published today as a prestigious Editors' Suggestion in the journal Physical Review Letters.

22 Jul 2016

Scientists Build Large-Scale Radio-Detection Instrument to Identify Radio Waves Cast off from High-Energy Neutrinos

In the second it takes to read these words, 65 billion neutrinos will shoot through every square centimeter of your body. Luckily, these infinitesimal particles don’t do any harm — they pass through us, as they do with most everything, without stopping or interacting.

22 Jul 2016

New Magnetic Materials Could Pave Way for Using Spin-Orbit Torques in Technological Applications

In today's world of ever-increasing digital information storage and computation, the next information storage revolution seeks to exploit a novel effect arising from the relativistic physics of Einstein which allows to make a new type of magnet behave like cats.

22 Jul 2016

Studying Friction and Drag at Quantum Level Could Prove Beneficial in Emerging Field of Spintronics

The findings of a new study by University of Iowa theoretical physicist Michael Flatté could play a role in the development of future generations of smaller, more energy-efficient computers and electronic devices.

21 Jul 2016

RIT Professor to Discuss Concepts of Dark Matter at Chabot Space and Science Center

RIT professor Sukanya Chakrabarti will talk about dark matter—one of the most compelling topics in astronomy—at the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, Calif., next month.

21 Jul 2016

New Findings Confirm Habitability of Two Earth-Sized Exoplanets

On May 2, scientists from MIT, the University of Liège, and elsewhere announced they had discovered a planetary system, a mere 40 light years from Earth, that hosts three potentially habitable, Earth-sized worlds. Judging from the size and temperature of the planets, the researchers determined that regions of each planet may be suitable for life.

21 Jul 2016

New High-Temperature Superconducting Coil Allows MRI Scanners to Produce Higher Resolution Images

A multidisciplinary research team led by University of Houston scientist Jarek Wosik has developed a high-temperature superconducting coil that allows magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners to produce higher resolution images or acquire images in a shorter time than when using conventional coils.

21 Jul 2016

Yale University Scientists Successfully Extend Durability, Dependability of Quantum Information

Yale University scientists have reached a milestone in their efforts to extend the durability and dependability of quantum information.

21 Jul 2016

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Researchers Develop Special System to Detect Ortho/Para Ratio of Molecular Hydrogen on Ice Surfaces

Professor Chandrashekhar Joshi to Receive 2017 IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award

Peter Saulson Awarded Three-Year NSF Grant to Continue Search for Ripples in Fabric of Spacetime

University of Leicester Students Find New Way to Potentially Build Photon Torpedoes

Scientists Present Results from LUX Dark Matter Experiment at IDM 2016

NSF Awards Two-Year Grant to Support Matthew Rudolph’s Research on Subatomic Particles

Hubble Space Telescope Explores Galaxy Cluster Abell S1063

New Self-Guided Quantum Tomography Provides Robustness Against Inevitable System Noise

Scientists Build Large-Scale Radio-Detection Instrument to Identify Radio Waves Cast off from High-Energy Neutrinos

New Magnetic Materials Could Pave Way for Using Spin-Orbit Torques in Technological Applications

Studying Friction and Drag at Quantum Level Could Prove Beneficial in Emerging Field of Spintronics

RIT Professor to Discuss Concepts of Dark Matter at Chabot Space and Science Center

New Findings Confirm Habitability of Two Earth-Sized Exoplanets

New High-Temperature Superconducting Coil Allows MRI Scanners to Produce Higher Resolution Images

Yale University Scientists Successfully Extend Durability, Dependability of Quantum Information

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