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First Proton Collisions at CERN to Take Place in June

First collisions of protons at the world's largest science experiment are expected to start the first or second week of June, according to a senior research scientist with CERN's Large Hadron Collider in Geneva.

29 Apr 2015

New Planets Discovered by Detecting Wobble of HD 7924 Star

A team of astronomers using ground-based telescopes in Hawaiʻi, California and Arizona recently discovered a planetary system orbiting a nearby star that is only 54 light-years away. All three planets orbit their star at a distance closer than Mercury orbits the sun, completing their orbits in just 5, 15 and 24 days.

29 Apr 2015

Special Spectroscopy Enables Direct Detection of Cyclotron Radiation from Individual Electrons

A year before Albert Einstein came up with the special theory of relativity, or E=mc2, physicists predicted the existence of something else: cyclotron radiation. Scientists predicted this radiation to be given off by electrons whirling around in a circle while trapped in a magnetic field. Over the last century, scientists have observed this radiation from large ensembles of electrons but never from individual ones.

29 Apr 2015

Negative Electronic Compressibility Realized in 3D Material

Add water to a half-filled cup and the water level rises. This everyday experience reflects a positive material property of the water-cup system. But what if adding more water lowers the water level by deforming the cup? This would mean a negative compressibility.

29 Apr 2015

Astrophysicists Create 3D Map of Universe

Astrophysicists have created a 3D map of the universe that spans nearly two billion light years and is the most complete picture of our cosmic neighbourhood to date.

28 Apr 2015

New Study Shows that Not All "Engine-driven" Supernova Explosions Cause Gamma-ray Bursts

Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array (VLA) have found a long-sought "missing link" between supernova explosions that generate gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and those that don't.

28 Apr 2015

Researchers Suggest that Holographic Principle Could Hold in Flat Spacetime

At first glance, there is not the slightest doubt: to us, the universe looks three dimensional. But one of the most fruitful theories of theoretical physics in the last two decades is challenging this assumption.

28 Apr 2015

Research Shows How Heat is Converted to Spin Current in Magnetic Superconductors

Physicists have shown how heat can be exploited for controlling magnetic properties of matter. The finding helps in the development of more efficient mass memories. The result was published yesterday in Physical Review Letters. The international research group behind the breakthrough included Finnish researchers from the University of Jyväskylä and Aalto University.

27 Apr 2015

Inelastic Neutron Scattering Experiments Reveal Coexistence of Superconductivity and Magnetism

Inelastic neutron scattering experiments on a copper-oxide superconductor reveal nearly static, spatially modulated magnetism. Because static magnetism and superconductivity do not like to coexist in the same material, the superconducting wave function is also likely modulated in space and phase-shifted to minimize overlap, consistent with recent theory.

27 Apr 2015

New Mathematical Proof Reveals a Much Tighter Limit on How Fast Quantum Information Can Propagate

If you’re designing a new computer, you want it to solve problems as fast as possible. Just how fast is possible is an open question when it comes to quantum computers, but JQI physicists have narrowed the theoretical limits for where that “speed limit” is. The work implies that quantum processors will work more slowly than some research has suggested.

27 Apr 2015

Mathematicians Develop New Method that Simplifies Big Data Using Ideas from Quantum Theory

Analysing the large volumes of data gathered by modern businesses and public services is problematic. Traditionally, relationships between the different parts of a network have been represented as simple links, regardless of how many ways they can actually interact, potentially loosing precious information.

27 Apr 2015

Entangled Photons Cast a New Light on Quantum Cause and Effect

Does taking a drug and then getting better mean that the drug made you better? Did that tax cut really stimulate the economy or did it recover on its own? The problem of answering such questions – of inferring causal relationships from correlations – reaches across the sciences, and beyond.

27 Apr 2015

AAS/SPD and AGU/SPA to Meet in Indiana for First Triennial Earth-Sun Summit

The American Astronomical Society's Solar Physics Division (AAS/SPD) and the American Geophysical Union's Space Physics and Aeronomy Section (AGU/SPA) will meet together at the Westin Indianapolis in Indiana for the first Triennial Earth-Sun Summit (TESS), 26-30 April 2015.

25 Apr 2015

Some Galaxies Can Be Thrown Away From Their Host Clusters

Astronomers think, that there are dozens of billions undetectable free floating planets that straggle along our Milky Way galaxy, being not gravitationally bound to any star.

25 Apr 2015

Hubble's 25th Anniversary Celebrated with Vibrant Image of Westerlund 2 Star Cluster

The glittering tapestry of young stars flaring to life in this new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image aptly resembles an exploding shell in a fireworks display. This vibrant image of the star cluster Westerlund 2 has been released to celebrate Hubble's 25th year in orbit and a quarter of a century of new discoveries, stunning images and outstanding science.

25 Apr 2015

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First Proton Collisions at CERN to Take Place in June

New Planets Discovered by Detecting Wobble of HD 7924 Star

Special Spectroscopy Enables Direct Detection of Cyclotron Radiation from Individual Electrons

Negative Electronic Compressibility Realized in 3D Material

Astrophysicists Create 3D Map of Universe

New Study Shows that Not All "Engine-driven" Supernova Explosions Cause Gamma-ray Bursts

Researchers Suggest that Holographic Principle Could Hold in Flat Spacetime

Research Shows How Heat is Converted to Spin Current in Magnetic Superconductors

Inelastic Neutron Scattering Experiments Reveal Coexistence of Superconductivity and Magnetism

New Mathematical Proof Reveals a Much Tighter Limit on How Fast Quantum Information Can Propagate

Mathematicians Develop New Method that Simplifies Big Data Using Ideas from Quantum Theory

Entangled Photons Cast a New Light on Quantum Cause and Effect

AAS/SPD and AGU/SPA to Meet in Indiana for First Triennial Earth-Sun Summit

Some Galaxies Can Be Thrown Away From Their Host Clusters

Hubble's 25th Anniversary Celebrated with Vibrant Image of Westerlund 2 Star Cluster

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