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UC Riverside Physicists Search for Evidence of Majorana Neutrinos at the Large Hadron Collider

Neutrinos are subatomic particles produced by the decay of radioactive elements. They are the only known particles that interact only though the weak interaction, a fundamental interaction of nature. Lacking an electric charge, neutrinos can travel though the Earth unimpeded. Indeed, they make up the universe. Nonetheless, they are poorly understood. They have a very small mass – much smaller than all the other elementary particles – and why this is so is also not clear.

23 Jun 2015

Vector-APP Coronagraph Reveals Image of Exoplanet Next to Parent Star

Astronomers have successfully commissioned a new type of optic that can reveal the image of an exoplanet next to its parent star. The ‘vector Apodizing Phase Plate’ (vector-APP) coronagraph was installed at the 6.5-m Magellan Clay telescope in Chile in May 2015, and the first observations demonstrated an unprecedented contrast performance very close to the star, where planets are more likely to reside. These results will be presented by PhD student Gilles Otten this Monday afternoon to the scientific community at the "In the Spirit of Lyot" conference organized by the Centre for Research in Astrophysics of Québec and researchers at the University of Montreal.

23 Jun 2015

854 Ultra-Dark Galaxies Discovered in the Coma Cluster

A team of researchers from Stony Brook University and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) have discovered 854 “ultra-dark galaxies” in the Coma Cluster by analyzing data from the 8.2-meter Subaru Telescope. The new discovery, published in the June 2015 edition of the Astrophysical Journal Letters, surpasses the 2014 discovery of 47 mysterious dark galaxies by more than 800 and suggests that galaxy clusters are the key environment for the evolution of these mysterious dark galaxies.

23 Jun 2015

New Report Analyzes Worldwide Markets for Quantum Dots

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Quantum Dots - Global Strategic Business Report" report to their offering.

22 Jun 2015

International Scientists Converge at 15th Electromagnetic & Light Scattering Conference

From June 22 to June 26 2015 scientists from all over the world meet at the 15th Electromagnetic & Light Scattering Conference ELS XV.

22 Jun 2015

SLAC Develops New Technologies for ATLAS Experiments at Upgraded Large Hadron Collider

Research with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has officially resumed: After more than two years of upgrades and tests, the world’s largest particle accelerator at CERN, the European particle physics laboratory, began on June 3 to collect data at a new record energy that could hold the key to new scientific discoveries. To keep up with the boost in performance, researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have developed new technologies for ATLAS – one of two experiments involved in the 2012 discovery of the Higgs boson.

22 Jun 2015

Violent Mergers Between Galaxies Gives Birth to Quasars

Using the Hubble Space Telescope's infrared vision, astronomers have unveiled some of the previously hidden origins of quasars, the brightest objects in the universe. A new study finds that quasars are born when galaxies crash into each other and fuel supermassive, central black holes.

19 Jun 2015

Hubble's Infrared Vision Helps Uncover Mysterious Early Formative Years of Quasars

Astronomers have used the Hubble Space Telescope's infrared vision to uncover the mysterious early formative years of quasars, the brightest objects in the universe. Hubble's sharp images unveil chaotic galaxy collisions that give birth to quasars by fueling their energy source: a supermassive central black hole devouring infalling material.

19 Jun 2015

Astronomers Discover Magnetic Field Coiled Around Galaxy's Main Spiral Arm

Astronomers making a detailed, multi-telescope study of a nearby galaxy have discovered a magnetic field coiled around the galaxy's main spiral arm. The discovery, they said, helps explain how galactic spiral arms are formed. The same study also shows how gas can be funneled inward toward the galaxy's center, which possibly hosts a black hole.

19 Jun 2015

Hubble Images Gathering of Four Cosmic Companions

This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a gathering of four cosmic companions. This quartet forms part of a group of galaxies known as the Hickson Compact Group 16, or HCG 16 -- a galaxy group bursting with dramatic star formation, tidal tails, galactic mergers and black holes.

19 Jun 2015

Central Supermassive Black Hole has 140 Million Times the Mass of the Sun

A research group led by Kyoko Onishi at the SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), including a researcher in the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS), observed the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1097 with ALMA and found that the central supermassive black hole (SMBH) has a mass 140 million times the mass of the Sun.

19 Jun 2015

Highly Precise Innovative Technique to Measure Mass of 'Strange' Atomic Nucleus

An international team of physicists working at the Institute of Nuclear Physics at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has measured the mass of a "strange" atomic nucleus with the aid of an innovative technique that is capable of significantly greater precision than that of previous methods.

18 Jun 2015

Scientists Image Rare Environment Where Stars Could Collide

Scientists have imaged a cluster of stars, heavily obscured by material in our galaxy, where stars are so densely packed that it is likely a rare environment where stars can collide. "It's a bit like a stellar billiards table; where the probability of collisions depends on the size of the table and on the number of billiard balls on it," said Francesco R. Ferraro of the University of Bologna (Italy), one of the team members who used the Gemini Observatory to make the observations.

18 Jun 2015

EPS-QEOD Honors Swiss CSEM Engineer with 2015 Thesis Prize

The Quantum Electronics and Optics Division (QEOD) of the European Physical Society (EPS) has awarded the 2015 Thesis Prize for applied aspects to Dr. Tobias Herr.

18 Jun 2015

First Generation of Stars Could Lurk Within Brightest Galaxy in the Early Universe

Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have discovered by far the brightest galaxy yet found in the early universe and found strong evidence that examples of the first generation of stars lurk within it.

18 Jun 2015

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UC Riverside Physicists Search for Evidence of Majorana Neutrinos at the Large Hadron Collider

Vector-APP Coronagraph Reveals Image of Exoplanet Next to Parent Star

854 Ultra-Dark Galaxies Discovered in the Coma Cluster

New Report Analyzes Worldwide Markets for Quantum Dots

International Scientists Converge at 15th Electromagnetic & Light Scattering Conference

SLAC Develops New Technologies for ATLAS Experiments at Upgraded Large Hadron Collider

Violent Mergers Between Galaxies Gives Birth to Quasars

Hubble's Infrared Vision Helps Uncover Mysterious Early Formative Years of Quasars

Astronomers Discover Magnetic Field Coiled Around Galaxy's Main Spiral Arm

Hubble Images Gathering of Four Cosmic Companions

Central Supermassive Black Hole has 140 Million Times the Mass of the Sun

Highly Precise Innovative Technique to Measure Mass of 'Strange' Atomic Nucleus

Scientists Image Rare Environment Where Stars Could Collide

EPS-QEOD Honors Swiss CSEM Engineer with 2015 Thesis Prize

First Generation of Stars Could Lurk Within Brightest Galaxy in the Early Universe

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