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Astronomers Discover Oldest Known Stars near Milky Way Centre

Astronomers have discovered the oldest known stars, dating from before the Milky Way Galaxy formed, when the Universe was just 300 million years old.

13 Nov 2015

High Plasma Pressure May Increase Power and Efficiency of Magnetic Fusion Energy

The way to increase the power and efficiency of magnetic fusion energy may be to risk running the plasma - hotter than 100-million-degrees C - closer than ever to the wall, according to new experimental results achieved by the first U.S.-China fusion research team.

13 Nov 2015

Physicists Create Additional Orbital Path for BESSY II Synchrotron Radiation Source

The particle accelerator team at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) has demonstrated that BESSY II, the 3rd generation synchrotron radiation source in Berlin, can be operated with not just one, but two simultaneous electron paths. By precisely tuning the magnetic components, physicists can create an additional orbital path.

12 Nov 2015

Astronomers Identify Some of the Oldest Stars in our Galaxy

An international team of astronomers, led researchers from the University of Cambridge and the Australian National University, have identified some of the oldest stars in our galaxy, which could contain vital clues about the early Universe, including an indication of how the first stars died.

12 Nov 2015

Classic Wallis Formula for Pi Derived from Quantum Mechanics

While most people associate the mathematical constant ð (pi) with arcs and circles, mathematicians are accustomed to seeing it in a variety of fields. But two University of Rochester scientists were still surprised to find it lurking in a quantum mechanics formula for the energy states of the hydrogen atom.

12 Nov 2015

Simple Test to Clearly Separate Planets from Other Celestial Bodies

Since the late 1980s, scientists have discovered nearly 5,000 planetary bodies orbiting stars other than the sun. But astronomers are still working on what exactly we should call them.

12 Nov 2015

Atomic Gas Part of Star Formation Process

Astronomers have identified for the first time one of the key components of many stars, a study suggests.

12 Nov 2015

Dust from Ancient Comet Regularly Pelts Planet Mercury

The planet Mercury is being pelted regularly by bits of dust from an ancient comet, a new study has concluded. This has a discernible effect in the planet's tenuous atmosphere and may lead to a new paradigm on how these airless bodies maintain their ethereal envelopes.

12 Nov 2015

Six PNNL Researchers Honored with 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Hot on the tail of this year's Nobel prize in physics, another prize came to the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Collaboration -- the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. The honor went to researchers -- six of whom are now at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory -- "for the fundamental discovery of neutrino oscillations, revealing a new frontier beyond, and possibly far beyond, the standard model of particle physics."

11 Nov 2015

New Positron Beam to Help Explore Advanced Materials

Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington are developing a next generation positron beam facility that will enable them to analyze the properties of advanced materials for future electronics applications such as ultra compact high-speed computers and ultra small high-powered batteries.

11 Nov 2015

New Space Telescope to Peer into Darkness of 'Near Space'

Peering into darkness can strike fear into the hearts of some, but a new space telescope will soon peer into the darkness of "near space" (within a few thousand light years of Earth). Scientists are using the telescope to seek answers related to the field of high-energy astrophysics.

11 Nov 2015

MIT Physicists Contribute to Project That Wins Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

MIT researchers took home several awards last night at the 2016 Breakthrough Prize ceremony at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.

11 Nov 2015

Researchers Achieve Record Measurement of Extreme Photon Entanglement

An experiment in Singapore has pushed quantum weirdness close to its absolute limit. Researchers from the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT) at the National University of Singapore and the University of Seville in Spain have reported the most extreme ‘entanglement’ between pairs of photons ever seen in the lab. The result was published 30 October 2015 in Physical Review Letters.

11 Nov 2015

New Methods for Imaging Microwave Fields Exploit Change in Spin States

Microwave field imaging is becoming increasingly important, as microwaves play an essential role in modern communications technology and can also be used in medical diagnostics. Researchers from the Swiss Nanoscience Institute and the Department of Physics at the University of Basel have now independently developed two new methods for imaging microwave fields. Both methods exploit the change in spin states induced by an applied microwave field, as reported by the researchers in the “New Journal of Physics”.

11 Nov 2015

Record-Low Laser Energies for Accelerating Electron Beams Could Enable Inexpensive, Portable Particle Accelerators

Conventional particle accelerators are typically big machines that occupy a lot of space. Even at more modest energies, such as that used for cancer therapy and medical imaging, accelerators need large rooms to accommodate the required hardware, power supplies and radiation shielding.

6 Nov 2015

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Astronomers Discover Oldest Known Stars near Milky Way Centre

High Plasma Pressure May Increase Power and Efficiency of Magnetic Fusion Energy

Physicists Create Additional Orbital Path for BESSY II Synchrotron Radiation Source

Astronomers Identify Some of the Oldest Stars in our Galaxy

Classic Wallis Formula for Pi Derived from Quantum Mechanics

Simple Test to Clearly Separate Planets from Other Celestial Bodies

Atomic Gas Part of Star Formation Process

Dust from Ancient Comet Regularly Pelts Planet Mercury

Six PNNL Researchers Honored with 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

New Positron Beam to Help Explore Advanced Materials

New Space Telescope to Peer into Darkness of 'Near Space'

MIT Physicists Contribute to Project That Wins Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Researchers Achieve Record Measurement of Extreme Photon Entanglement

New Methods for Imaging Microwave Fields Exploit Change in Spin States

Record-Low Laser Energies for Accelerating Electron Beams Could Enable Inexpensive, Portable Particle Accelerators

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