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NSF Announces Awards for Five Physics Frontiers Centers

Whether they are describing the physics of how multicellular groups form from individual living cells, assembling the building blocks for quantum computing and quantum engineering, or investigating how massive elements came into being after our universe's beginning, the National Science Foundation's (NSF) newest Physics Frontiers Center awardees represent the leading edge of physics research.

1 Apr 2015

Planck and Herschel Missions Identify Oldest, Rarest Galaxy Clusters in the Distant Cosmos

One telescope finds the treasure chest, and the other narrows in on the gold coins. Data from two European Space Telescope missions, Planck and Herschel, have together identified some of the oldest and rarest clusters of galaxies in the distant cosmos.

1 Apr 2015

Direct Coupling of Quantum Dots and Trapped Ions May Help Advance Development of Quantum Computers

Physicists at the Universities of Bonn and Cambridge have succeeded in linking two completely different quantum systems to one another. In doing so, they have taken an important step forward on the way to a quantum computer.

1 Apr 2015

Escaping Limitations of Quantum Physics to Obtain Precise Measurements of Ultra-Small Magnetic Fields

There are electrical signals in the nervous system, the brain and throughout the human body and there are tiny magnetic fields associated with these signals that could be important for medical science.

1 Apr 2015

Leading Researchers Take Part in Quantum Symposium at Singapore

A Quantum Symposium held 26-27 March at the National University of Singapore brought together leading researchers in quantum technologies from the UK and Singapore. The event was jointly organised by the Centre for Quantum Technologies and the British High Commission's Science and Innovation team.

31 Mar 2015

NSF Awards New Five-Year Grant for Joint Quantum Institute's Physics Frontier Center

The National Science Foundation (NSF) renewed its support for the Joint Quantum Institute's (JQI) Physics Frontier Center with a new five-year grant. JQI is a partnership between the University of Maryland and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), with support from the Laboratory for Physical Sciences.

31 Mar 2015

Cornell to Take Part in NANOGrav PFC to Detect Low-Frequency Gravitational Waves

A full century after Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity proclaimed that gravitational waves cause ripples in spacetime, humanity may finally have the tools to detect these waves.

31 Mar 2015

Magnetic Fields Influence Star Formation on a Variety of Scales

Stars form when gravity pulls together material within giant clouds of gas and dust. But gravity isn't the only force at work. Both turbulence and magnetic fields battle gravity, either by stirring things up or by channeling and restricting gas flows, respectively.

31 Mar 2015

North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves Awarded NSF Grant for Physics Frontiers Center

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) $14.5 million over 5 years to create and operate a Physics Frontiers Center (PFC).

31 Mar 2015

Muon-Based Technology for Imaging Nuclear Fuel Debris Inside Fukushima Dai-Ichi Reactor

Toshiba Corporation and the International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning (IRID) today announced the development of a muon[1]-based technology for imaging and mapping nuclear fuel debris inside the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant. The system was developed as the part of sub-project for “Development of Fuel Debris Sensing Technology for Nuclear Reactors” financed by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy.

30 Mar 2015

Simulation Proves Effect of Galactic Rocket Engine in Galaxy Collisions

Cosmic accidents are frequent occurrences in space: two or more disk galaxies collide and form elliptical systems. These contain regions in which the stars orbit the centre in precisely the opposite direction to what happens in the rest of the galaxy. Previous attempts to explain this assumed the colliding galaxies had a special relative orientation (“retrograde”). Athanasia Tsatsi, a doctoral student at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, has now found a further possibility: the mass loss of the galaxies involved acts as a kind of huge rocket engine.

30 Mar 2015

Muons in Stishovite Exist as Muoniums with a Captured Electron in Interstitial Positions

A research group led by Associate Professor Nobumasa Funamori, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, along with research groups specialized in high-pressure Earth science and muon science, including the Institute of Materials Structure Science, jointly studied the condition of muons (µ+, mu particles) implanted in stishovite, a high-pressure phase of quartz, using the muon spin rotation method, and found that muons exist in interstitial positions in the form of muoniums with a captured electron.

30 Mar 2015

Quantum Entanglement Among Individual Photon Pairs in a Squeezed Light Beam

In a recent study published in Physical Review Letters and highlighted by the magazine Science News, the research group led by ICREA Prof at ICFO Morgan Mitchell has detected, for the first time, entanglement among individual photon pairs in a beam of squeezed light.

30 Mar 2015

High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory Begins Gathering Information on Cosmic Gamma Rays

In the shadow of Mexico’s tallest mountain, an array of 300 water-filled silver tanks is capturing the calling cards left by powerful visitors from our galaxy and beyond. The tanks are the most visible components of the High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory (HAWC), a one-of-its-kind facility designed to gather information about high-energy gamma rays entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

30 Mar 2015

Dark Matter May Not Be Composed of Particles

When galaxy clusters collide, their dark matters pass through each other, with very little interaction. Deepening the mystery, a study by scientists at EPFL and the University of Edinburgh challenges the idea that dark matter is composed of particles.

27 Mar 2015

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NSF Announces Awards for Five Physics Frontiers Centers

Planck and Herschel Missions Identify Oldest, Rarest Galaxy Clusters in the Distant Cosmos

Direct Coupling of Quantum Dots and Trapped Ions May Help Advance Development of Quantum Computers

Escaping Limitations of Quantum Physics to Obtain Precise Measurements of Ultra-Small Magnetic Fields

Leading Researchers Take Part in Quantum Symposium at Singapore

NSF Awards New Five-Year Grant for Joint Quantum Institute's Physics Frontier Center

Cornell to Take Part in NANOGrav PFC to Detect Low-Frequency Gravitational Waves

Magnetic Fields Influence Star Formation on a Variety of Scales

North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves Awarded NSF Grant for Physics Frontiers Center

Muon-Based Technology for Imaging Nuclear Fuel Debris Inside Fukushima Dai-Ichi Reactor

Simulation Proves Effect of Galactic Rocket Engine in Galaxy Collisions

Muons in Stishovite Exist as Muoniums with a Captured Electron in Interstitial Positions

Quantum Entanglement Among Individual Photon Pairs in a Squeezed Light Beam

High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory Begins Gathering Information on Cosmic Gamma Rays

Dark Matter May Not Be Composed of Particles

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