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Multiple-Star System Observed During Earliest Stage of Formation

This week an international team of astronomers reports the first multiple-star system to be observed during the earliest stage of formation. This finding supports model predictions about how two- and three-star systems form by University of Massachusetts Amherst astrophysicist Stella Offner.

12 Feb 2015

Quadruple Star System Forms from Filamentary Gas Cloud Fragments

An international team of astrophysicists has witnessed a unique event: for the first time, researchers have discovered the formation of a quadruple star system from widely separated fragments of a filamentary gas cloud in the Perseus constellation.

12 Feb 2015

BNL Begins Latest Round of Collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider

If you want to unravel the secrets of proton spin, put a "twist" in your colliding proton beams. This technique, tried and perfected at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)—a particle collider and U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory—orients the colliding protons' spins in a particular direction, somewhat like tiny bar magnets with their North poles all pointing up.

12 Feb 2015

Quantum Dots Market Estimated to Grow at 63.23% CAGR

According to a new market research report, "Quantum Dots Market by Product (Display, Medical Devices, Batteries, Solar Cells, Sensors, and Others), Material, Application (Healthcare, Consumer, Defense, and Industry), and Geography- Forecast up to 2020", published by MarketsandMarkets, the Quantum Dot Market is estimated to reach $4,704.86 Million by 2020, at a CAGR of 63.61% from 2014 to 2020.

11 Feb 2015

Researchers Wind Light Wave into a Möbius Strip

Physics sometimes borders on light art. An international team headed by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) can easily compete with the light artists, at least as far as the skill of forming light is concerned.

11 Feb 2015

K-State Physics Professor to Receive Prestigious Humboldt Research Award

A Kansas State University physics professor has been chosen as one of the 100 researchers internationally to receive the prestigious Humboldt Research Award this year.

11 Feb 2015

New Experiment Uses Quantum Information Techniques for Precision Test of Lorentz Invariance

A new experiment conducted at the University of California at Berkeley used quantum information techniques for a precision test of a cornerstone principle of physics, namely Lorentz invariance.

10 Feb 2015

New Planck Maps Show Entire Sky in ‘Polarised’ Light from the Early Universe

New maps from ESA’s Planck satellite show the entire sky in the ‘polarised’ light from the early Universe, revealing that the first stars formed approx. 100 million years later than previously thought. They also shed new light onto our own Milky Way, whose dust reveals spectacular views of Galactic magnetic fields. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics have developed important software components for Planck and were intensively involved in evaluation the scientific interpretation of the mission data.

10 Feb 2015

Astronomers Discover Close Pair of White Dwarf Stars

The team of astronomers, led by Miguel Santander-García (Observatorio Astronómico Nacional, Alcalá de Henares, Spain; Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (CSIC - http://www.icmm.csic.es/), Madrid, Spain), has discovered a close pair of white dwarf stars -- tiny, extremely dense stellar remnants -- that have a total mass of about 1.8 times that of the Sun. This is the most massive such pair yet found [1] and when these two stars merge in the future they will create a runaway thermonuclear explosion leading to a Type Ia supernova [2].

10 Feb 2015

New Second Laws of Thermodynamics Noticeable on Quantum Scales

New research from UCL and the Universities of Gdansk, Singapore, and Delft has uncovered additional second laws of thermodynamics which complement the ordinary second law of thermodynamics, one of the most fundamental laws of nature. These new second laws are generally not noticeable except on very small scales, at which point, they become increasingly important.

10 Feb 2015

Scientists Obtain Direct Proof of Presence of Dark Matter in the Innermost Part of the Milky Way

The ubiquitous presence of dark matter in the universe is today a central tenet in modern cosmology and astrophysics. Its existence in galaxies was robustly established in the 1970s with a variety of techniques, including the measurement of the rotation speed of gas and stars, which provides a way to effectively 'weigh' the host galaxy and determine its total mass. These measurements showed that the visible matter only accounts for a fraction of the total weight, the predominant part is delivered by dark matter.

10 Feb 2015

Tinkering with Ferromagnetic Topological Insulators Spoils Desired Effects

Exotic new materials called “ferromagnetic topological insulators” were supposed to be the next big thing, offering potential breakthroughs in electronics and new insights into the physics of solids – but it hasn’t happened.

9 Feb 2015

Overwhelmingly Response at Southwest Quantum Technologies Group Workshop

The goal of the SWQT is to bring together the quantum expertise in the GW4, as well as industry in the southwest and beyond, that may not normally get a chance to interact, foster collaboration, and ultimately strengthen the quantum community, leading to more resources and opportunities for quantum technology research and innovation in the future.

9 Feb 2015

Future Affects the Past in the Quantum World

We’re so used to murder mysteries that we don’t even notice how mystery authors play with time. Typically the murder occurs well before the midpoint of the book, but there is an information blackout at that point and the reader learns what happened then only on the last page.

9 Feb 2015

Young, Pulsating Stars Discovered in Far Side of the Milky Way

A cluster of young, pulsating stars discovered in the far side of the Milky Way may mark the location of a previously unseen dark-matter dominated dwarf galaxy hidden behind clouds of dust.

9 Feb 2015

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Multiple-Star System Observed During Earliest Stage of Formation

Quadruple Star System Forms from Filamentary Gas Cloud Fragments

BNL Begins Latest Round of Collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider

Quantum Dots Market Estimated to Grow at 63.23% CAGR

Researchers Wind Light Wave into a Möbius Strip

K-State Physics Professor to Receive Prestigious Humboldt Research Award

New Experiment Uses Quantum Information Techniques for Precision Test of Lorentz Invariance

New Planck Maps Show Entire Sky in ‘Polarised’ Light from the Early Universe

Astronomers Discover Close Pair of White Dwarf Stars

New Second Laws of Thermodynamics Noticeable on Quantum Scales

Scientists Obtain Direct Proof of Presence of Dark Matter in the Innermost Part of the Milky Way

Tinkering with Ferromagnetic Topological Insulators Spoils Desired Effects

Overwhelmingly Response at Southwest Quantum Technologies Group Workshop

Future Affects the Past in the Quantum World

Young, Pulsating Stars Discovered in Far Side of the Milky Way

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