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Neutrinos May Provide Key to the Evolution of the Universe

Every second, a trillion neutrinos from the sun and other celestial objects pass through our bodies like we’re invisible. And while neutrinos are the most abundant subatomic particles with mass in the universe –– a billion times more than those that make up the planets, stars and humans –– they so rarely interact with other matter that they are poorly understood and tricky to detect.

13 Aug 2015

MicroBooNE Detector Records Images of Tracks of Cosmic Muons

A school bus-sized detector packed with 170 tons of liquid argon has seen its first particle footprints.

13 Aug 2015

Successful Production of Holmium Samples Could Enable Sensitive Measurement of Neutrino Mass

To measure the mass of neutrinos, scientists study radioactive decays in which they are emitted. An essential ingredient is the decay energy which corresponds to the mass difference between the mother and daughter nuclei. This decay energy must be known with highest precision.

13 Aug 2015

Researchers Successfully Implement Superposition of Quantum Gates in the Lab

Since its conception, quantum mechanics has defied our natural way of thinking, and it has forced physicists to come to grips with peculiar ideas. Although they may be difficult to digest, quantum phenomena are real.

12 Aug 2015

Researchers Perform Precision Measurements of Magnetic Properties of Francium Nucleus

Precise information about the magnetic properties of nuclei is critical for studies of what’s known as the ‘weak force.’ While people do not feel this force in the same way they feel electricity or gravity, its effects are universal.

12 Aug 2015

Short-Baseline Neutrino Program Uses Three Detectors Positioned Along One of Fermilab's Neutrino Beams

In 1995, physicists working on the Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector, or LSND, at Los Alamos National Laboratory stumbled upon some curious results.

12 Aug 2015

Astronomers Identify Smallest Supermassive Black Hole at Center of RGG 118 Galaxy

Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the 6.5-meter Clay Telescope in Chile have identified the smallest supermassive black hole ever detected in the center of a galaxy. This oxymoronic object could provide clues to how larger black holes formed along with their host galaxies 13 billion years or more in the past.

12 Aug 2015

Astrophysics Professor to Render Modern Rethink to Einstein’s Theory at Sydney Science Festival

Warp drives might be the stuff of science fiction, but they could be a step closer to reality if we look to Einstein's theory of gravity, according to a University of Sydney researcher.

12 Aug 2015

MIT Physicists Create Superfluid Gas in Record-High Magnetic Field

MIT physicists have created a superfluid gas, the so-called Bose-Einstein condensate, for the first time in an extremely high magnetic field. The magnetic field is a synthetic magnetic field, generated using laser beams, and is 100 times stronger than that of the world’s strongest magnets.

12 Aug 2015

NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers 10th Circumbinary Planet

A team of astronomers including a San Francisco State University researcher has discovered a new planet orbiting a pair of stars, the 10th "circumbinary" planet discovered by NASA's Kepler Mission and a milestone for the 6-year-old spacecraft.

11 Aug 2015

Team of Engineers and Scientists Met for the First Time to Plan NASA's Mission to Europa

They're united by a lofty goal -- to investigate whether Jupiter's moon Europa could harbor primitive life under its icy shell. Last week, a team of scientists and engineers for NASA's planned mission to Europa met for the first time at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, to begin turning that goal into reality.

11 Aug 2015

MIT Researchers Propose New Design for Practical Compact Tokamak Fusion Reactor

It's an old joke that many fusion scientists have grown tired of hearing: Practical nuclear fusion power plants are just 30 years away -- and always will be.

11 Aug 2015

GAMA Project Team Releases Measurements of Energy Output of Over 200 000 Galaxies at IAU general Assembly

An international team of astronomers studying more than 200 000 galaxies has measured the energy generated within a large portion of space more precisely than ever before. This represents the most comprehensive assessment of the energy output of the nearby Universe.

11 Aug 2015

High-Precision Optical Position Sensor Could Extend Quantum Feedback Control to Engineered Mechanical Devices

EPFL scientists have used feedback to cool the motion of a micron-sized glass string to near absolute zero. This required building a sensor capable of resolving the smallest vibration allowed by quantum mechanics.

11 Aug 2015

University of Minnesota Physicists to Present First Results from NOvA Experiment

University of Minnesota physicists Professor Greg Pawloski and Dr. Jianming Bian will present the first results from the NOvA experiment at a Special Elementary Particle Physics seminar Wednesday, August 12, at 3:00 PM in Room 110 Physics and Nanotechnology Building.

10 Aug 2015

Quantum Science News

Neutrinos May Provide Key to the Evolution of the Universe

MicroBooNE Detector Records Images of Tracks of Cosmic Muons

Successful Production of Holmium Samples Could Enable Sensitive Measurement of Neutrino Mass

Researchers Successfully Implement Superposition of Quantum Gates in the Lab

Researchers Perform Precision Measurements of Magnetic Properties of Francium Nucleus

Short-Baseline Neutrino Program Uses Three Detectors Positioned Along One of Fermilab's Neutrino Beams

Astronomers Identify Smallest Supermassive Black Hole at Center of RGG 118 Galaxy

Astrophysics Professor to Render Modern Rethink to Einstein’s Theory at Sydney Science Festival

MIT Physicists Create Superfluid Gas in Record-High Magnetic Field

NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers 10th Circumbinary Planet

Team of Engineers and Scientists Met for the First Time to Plan NASA's Mission to Europa

MIT Researchers Propose New Design for Practical Compact Tokamak Fusion Reactor

GAMA Project Team Releases Measurements of Energy Output of Over 200 000 Galaxies at IAU general Assembly

High-Precision Optical Position Sensor Could Extend Quantum Feedback Control to Engineered Mechanical Devices

University of Minnesota Physicists to Present First Results from NOvA Experiment

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