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APS Unveils Intermediate Energy X-ray Beamline

Researchers working to create next-generation electronic systems and to understand the fundamental properties of magnetism and electronics to tackle grand challenges such as quantum computing have a new cutting-edge tool in their arsenal. The Advanced Photon Source (APS), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility located at Argonne National Laboratory, recently unveiled a new capability: the Intermediate Energy X-ray (IEX) beamline at sector 29.

24 Nov 2015

Researchers Develop New Tools to Test Fundamental Constituents of a Quantum Information Processor

A Stony Brook University research team has developed new tools to test the fundamental constituents of a quantum information processor, a device that manipulates data based on quantum mechanics rather than classical physics and therefore would have computing power well beyond the capabilities of a classic computer. Their findings are published in the journal Scientific Reports.

24 Nov 2015

Superconductivity in Thin MoS2 Films Withstand Strong Applied Magnetic Fields

Superconductivity is a fascinating quantum phenomenon in which electrons form pairs and flow with zero resistance. However, strong enough magnetic field can break electron pairs and destroy superconductivity. Surprisingly, experimental groups led by Prof. Ye and Prof. Zeitler in Groningen and Nijmegen found that superconductivity in thin films of MoS2 could withstand an applied magnetic field as strong as 37 Tesla.

24 Nov 2015

RUB Researchers Discover New Way of Accessing Interior of Transistors

An interdisciplinary team at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum has found a way of accessing the interior of transistors. The researchers have manipulated the electron gas contained within by applying resonators to generate rhythmic oscillation in the terahertz range inside. They shared their findings in the magazine “Scientific Reports”.

24 Nov 2015

Oxford Physicists Earn 2015 John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics

Three members of Oxford Physics - Professor Justin Wark, Dr Sam Vinko, and Dr Orlando Ciricosta have shared in the 2015 John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics. This award from the American Physical Society, established in 1981, recognises a particular recent outstanding achievement in plasma physics research, and is considered one of the premier prizes in the field. The award was presented to them this November at the annual meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, held in Savannah, Georgia.

23 Nov 2015

New Evidence to Support Development of Scalable, Secure High Rate Quantum Networks

Scientists at the University of York’s Centre for Quantum Technology have discovered new evidence to support the development of scalable and secure high rate quantum networks.

23 Nov 2015

Researchers Study Phenomenon of Magnetism Using Ultracold Atoms

Heidelberg physicists use ultracold atoms to imitate the behaviour of electrons in a solid

23 Nov 2015

Supercomputers Calculate Difference in Behavior of Subatomic Particles When Matter is Swapped out for Antimatter

An international team of physicists including theorists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has published the first calculation of direct "CP" symmetry violation--how the behavior of subatomic particles (in this case, the decay of kaons) differs when matter is swapped out for antimatter.

21 Nov 2015

Macroscopic Entanglement Generated at Room Temperature

Entanglement is one of the strangest phenomena predicted by quantum mechanics, the theory that underlies most of modern physics. It says that two particles can be so inextricably connected that the state of one particle can instantly influence the state of the other, no matter how far apart they are.

21 Nov 2015

Physicists Publish Ground-Breaking Research on Decay of Kaon Subatomic Particles

An international team of physicists has published ground-breaking research on the decay of subatomic particles called kaons - which could change how scientists understand the formation of the universe.

21 Nov 2015

Illinois Physics Professor Honored as Outstanding Doctoral and Research Universities Professor of the Year

Mats Selen, professor of physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been named Outstanding Doctoral and Research Universities Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

21 Nov 2015

Brunel Profs Reunite to Illuminate Life and Career of Physicist Maxwell on BBC R4

Following the success of their above ground re-tracing the route of the world’s biggest scientific experiment – the Large Hadron Collider – in Self Orbits CERN, Brunel Professors Will Self and Akram Khan are reuniting for another physics-based series.

21 Nov 2015

Dim, Cool Dwarf Star Generates Surprisingly Powerful Magnetic Field

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered that a dim, cool dwarf star is generating a surprisingly powerful magnetic field, one that rivals the most intense magnetic regions of our own Sun.

20 Nov 2015

Moore Foundation Awards $13.5 Million Grant to Develop Shoebox-Sized Particle Accelerator

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded $13.5 million to Stanford University for an international effort, including key contributions from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, to build a working particle accelerator the size of a shoebox based on an innovative technology known as “accelerator on a chip.”

20 Nov 2015

Tiny Star Demonstrates Monstrous Temper

Our Sun is a relatively quiet star that only occasionally releases solar flares or blasts of energetic particles that threaten satellites and power grids. You might think that smaller, cooler stars would be even more sedate. However, astronomers have now identified a tiny star with a monstrous temper. It shows evidence of much stronger flares than anything our Sun produces. If similar stars prove to be just as stormy, then potentially habitable planets orbiting them are likely to be much less hospitable than previously thought.

20 Nov 2015

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APS Unveils Intermediate Energy X-ray Beamline

Researchers Develop New Tools to Test Fundamental Constituents of a Quantum Information Processor

Superconductivity in Thin MoS2 Films Withstand Strong Applied Magnetic Fields

RUB Researchers Discover New Way of Accessing Interior of Transistors

Oxford Physicists Earn 2015 John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics

New Evidence to Support Development of Scalable, Secure High Rate Quantum Networks

Researchers Study Phenomenon of Magnetism Using Ultracold Atoms

Supercomputers Calculate Difference in Behavior of Subatomic Particles When Matter is Swapped out for Antimatter

Macroscopic Entanglement Generated at Room Temperature

Physicists Publish Ground-Breaking Research on Decay of Kaon Subatomic Particles

Illinois Physics Professor Honored as Outstanding Doctoral and Research Universities Professor of the Year

Brunel Profs Reunite to Illuminate Life and Career of Physicist Maxwell on BBC R4

Dim, Cool Dwarf Star Generates Surprisingly Powerful Magnetic Field

Moore Foundation Awards $13.5 Million Grant to Develop Shoebox-Sized Particle Accelerator

Tiny Star Demonstrates Monstrous Temper

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