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Peking University Researcher Earns Coveted Award for Research on Superconductivity

On April 1st, 2015, the award ceremony of the Sir Martin Wood China Prize was held on the opening ceremony of the 14th National Seminar of Low Temperature Physics. The inspectors finally decided on two researchers as the prize-winners. They were Li Shiyan from Fudan University and Wang Jian from Peking University. Zhao Zhongxian, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, hosted the ceremony.

22 Apr 2015

NIST Announces Record Performance of JILA's Strontium Lattice Atomic Clock

In another advance at the far frontiers of timekeeping by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers, the latest modification of a record-setting strontium atomic clock has achieved precision and stability levels that now mean the clock would neither gain nor lose one second in some 15 billion years*—roughly the age of the universe.

22 Apr 2015

Researchers Reveal Molecular Structure of Water's Liquid Surface Using New Quantum Model

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the UK's National Measurement Institute in collaboration with IBM and the University of Edinburgh, has used a new quantum model to reveal the molecular structure of water's liquid surface.

22 Apr 2015

Dawn Space Probe Resumes Sending Images of Dwarf Planet Ceres

It was an arrival and a farewell at the same time: On 6 March of this year, when NASA’s Dawn space probe finally arrived at Ceres after a two-and-a-half-year flight through the asteroid belt, the spherical dwarf planet initially disappeared into the darkness. As the space probe was approaching its destination from the dark side, the onboard scientific camera system was unable to take any new pictures. For five long weeks. Now, Ceres has come into view again. Photos from mid-April afford a first glimpse of the north pole of the dwarf planet.

21 Apr 2015

EPS Honors SLAC and Stanford Theoretical Physicist with 2015 High Energy and Particle Physics Prize

James D. Bjorken, a theoretical physicist and professor emeritus at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and at Stanford University, has been awarded the 2015 High Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the European Physical Society (EPS). Along with four other scientists, he was honored for theoretical work that revolutionized our understanding of the internal structure of the proton.

21 Apr 2015

Direct Evidence of Pulsing Quasar Could Substantiate Existence of Black Hole Binaries

As two galaxies enter the final stages of merging, scientists have theorized that the galaxies' supermassive black holes will form a "binary," or two black holes in such close orbit they are gravitationally bound to one another. In a new study, astronomers at the University of Maryland present direct evidence of a pulsing quasar, which may substantiate the existence of black hole binaries.

21 Apr 2015

Supermassive Black Hole Exists in Dwarf Starburst Galaxy

Dartmouth astrophysicists and their colleagues have not only proven that a supermassive black hole exists in a place where it isn't supposed to be, but in doing so have opened a new door to what things were like in the early universe.

21 Apr 2015

Asteroid Vesta was well on its Way in Developing into a Planet

Only around 60 million kilometres closer to the Sun than Ceres, another large rock is orbiting in the remote asteroid belt: Vesta. Although its diameter of approximately 530 kilometres makes it a bit too small to be counted as a dwarf planet, it is nevertheless big enough to be the second heaviest and third largest body in this region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

21 Apr 2015

LSST Telescope Construction Begins at Cerro Pachón Site in Chilean Andes

The first stone of the future LSST telescope was laid on 14 April 2015 by the Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, at the Cerro Pachón site in the Chilean Andes. The LSST is the result of a public-private partnership involving several research institutions worldwide, and will be equipped with the most powerful digital camera ever built, partly developed in CNRS laboratories. The 8.4-meter-diameter telescope will shed light on the nature of dark energy, which accelerates the expansion of the Universe.

21 Apr 2015

Possible Explanation for Existence of the Cold Spot in Eridanus Constellation

In 2004, astronomers examining a map of the radiation leftover from the Big Bang (the cosmic microwave background, or CMB) discovered the Cold Spot, a larger-than-expected unusually cold area of the sky. The physics surrounding the Big Bang theory predicts warmer and cooler spots of various sizes in the infant universe, but a spot this large and this cold was unexpected.

20 Apr 2015

First Results from New LBT Exozodi Exoplanet Common Hunt Survey

Astronomers have probed deeper than before into a planetary system 130 light-years from Earth. The observations mark the first results of a new exoplanet survey called LEECH (LBT Exozodi Exoplanet Common Hunt), and are published today in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics.

20 Apr 2015

Special Activities to Mark Hubble Space Telescope’s 25 Years

The Hubble Space Telescope — one of mankind’s most successful scientific creations — will turn 25 years on Friday, April 24. To celebrate, the Physics and Astronomy Department at UC Riverside will be holding special activities the week from April 20 to April 24. All activities are free and open to the public.

20 Apr 2015

NASA MESSENGER Spacecraft to Study Mercury Will Impact the Planet’s Surface

After extraordinary science findings and technological innovations, a NASA spacecraft launched in 2004 to study Mercury will impact the planet’s surface, most likely on April 30, after it runs out of propellant.

20 Apr 2015

Dawn Spacecraft Captures Several Views of Dwarf Planet Ceres’ Sunlit North Pole

After spending more than a month in orbit on the dark side of dwarf planet Ceres, NASA's Dawn spacecraft has captured several views of the sunlit north pole of this intriguing world. These images were taken on April 10 from a distance of 21,000 miles (33,000 kilometers), and they represent the highest-resolution views of Ceres to date.

20 Apr 2015

University of Vienna Professor to Deliver Robert Hofstadter Memorial Lectures

It may be too early for Halloween. But later this month a lauded scientist will come to Stanford to discuss an observation Albert Einstein once described as "spooky."

20 Apr 2015

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Peking University Researcher Earns Coveted Award for Research on Superconductivity

NIST Announces Record Performance of JILA's Strontium Lattice Atomic Clock

Researchers Reveal Molecular Structure of Water's Liquid Surface Using New Quantum Model

Dawn Space Probe Resumes Sending Images of Dwarf Planet Ceres

EPS Honors SLAC and Stanford Theoretical Physicist with 2015 High Energy and Particle Physics Prize

Direct Evidence of Pulsing Quasar Could Substantiate Existence of Black Hole Binaries

Supermassive Black Hole Exists in Dwarf Starburst Galaxy

Asteroid Vesta was well on its Way in Developing into a Planet

LSST Telescope Construction Begins at Cerro Pachón Site in Chilean Andes

Possible Explanation for Existence of the Cold Spot in Eridanus Constellation

First Results from New LBT Exozodi Exoplanet Common Hunt Survey

Special Activities to Mark Hubble Space Telescope’s 25 Years

NASA MESSENGER Spacecraft to Study Mercury Will Impact the Planet’s Surface

Dawn Spacecraft Captures Several Views of Dwarf Planet Ceres’ Sunlit North Pole

University of Vienna Professor to Deliver Robert Hofstadter Memorial Lectures

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