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Quantum Dots Forum 2015: Nanoco to Present on Mass Manufacture of Heavy Metal-Free Quantum Dots

Nanoco Group plc, a world leader in the development and manufacture of cadmium-free quantum dots and other nanomaterials, today announced that Dr. Nigel Pickett, the Company’s Chief Technology Officer, will present at the Quantum Dots Forum on March 18, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. PDT. Dr. Pickett will discuss the “Mass Manufacture of Heavy Metal-Free Quantum Dots for Display Applications,” a highly relevant issue as the world’s leading television manufacturers bring cadmium-free and heavy-metal free displays to market.

18 Mar 2015

Lasers for Cooling Nanospheres May Help Create Quantum Phenomena in Larger Objects

A team of scientists at UCL led by Peter Barker and Tania Monteiro (UCL Physics and Astronomy) has developed a new technology which could one day create quantum phenomena in objects far larger than any achieved so far. The team successfully suspended glass particles 400 nanometres across in a vacuum using an electric field, then used lasers to cool them to within a few degrees of absolute zero. These are the key prerequisites for making an object behave according to quantum principles.

18 Mar 2015

Scientists Examine Detailed "Time Lapse" X-Ray Image of Expansion of GK Persei Nova Explosion

Scientists in a collaboration led by Dai Takei of the RIKEN SPring-8 Center in Japan have, for the first time, examined a detailed 'time lapse' X-ray image of the expansion of a classical nova explosion using the GK Persei nova -- a binary star system which underwent a nova explosion in 1901.

18 Mar 2015

QD Vision to Play Prominent Role in Quantum Dots Forum 2015

QD Vision, the leading manufacturer of quantum dot solutions for display products, will play prominently in this year’s Quantum Dots Forum. The second-annual event is hosted by Smithers Apex and takes place March 18 at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco.

17 Mar 2015

NASA Offers New Asteroid Hunting Application

A software application based on an algorithm created by a NASA challenge has the potential to increase the number of new asteroid discoveries by amateur astronomers.

17 Mar 2015

Four Brookhaven Lab Scientists Honored as American Physical Society Fellows

Four scientists who have made significant contributions to ongoing research at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory were among those recently named Fellows of the American Physical Society (APS), the world's second-largest organization of physicists. Election to APS Fellowship is limited to no more than one half of one percent of its membership in a given year, and election for this honor indicates recognition by scientific peers for exceptional contributions to physics.

16 Mar 2015

NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale Spacecraft Positioned to Study Magnetic Reconnection

Following a successful launch at 10:44 p.m. EDT Thursday, NASA's four Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft are positioned in Earth's orbit to begin the first space mission dedicated to the study of a phenomenon called magnetic reconnection. This process is thought to be the catalyst for some of the most powerful explosions in our solar system.

16 Mar 2015

Global-Scale Maps of Mercury's Surface Chemistry Reveal Previously Unrecognized Geochemical Terranes

Two new papers from members of the MESSENGER Science Team provide global-scale maps of Mercury's surface chemistry that reveal previously unrecognized geochemical terranes -- large regions that have compositions distinct from their surroundings. The presence of these large terranes has important implications for the history of the planet.

16 Mar 2015

CERN’s Large Hadron Collider Ready to Start up Again

The 27 km long subterranean particle accelerator, the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) at CERN is ready to start up again. The LHC is the largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world. After a break of two years, which was a technical stop to prepare the machinery to run at almost double the energy levels, they are ready to start a new three-year period.

16 Mar 2015

Hubble Provides Best Evidence for Underground Saltwater Ocean on Jupiter's Largest Moon

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has the best evidence yet for an underground saltwater ocean on Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon. The subterranean ocean is thought to have more water than all the water on Earth's surface.

16 Mar 2015

Abundance of Methane Spews into Atmosphere of Saturn’s Icy Moon Enceladus

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has measured a curious abundance of methane spewing into the atmosphere of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus. A team of American and French scientists published findings in Geophysical Research Letters suggesting two scenarios that could explain the methane abundance observed in the plumes.

16 Mar 2015

Ghent University Leads Research and Training Program on Quantum Dots

Professor François Légaré of the INRS Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Centre has been awarded the 2015 Herzberg Medal by the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) in recognition of his outstanding contributions in ultrafast molecular imaging and the development of high peak power infrared lasers for high harmonic generation and tissue imaging using optical nonlinear microscopy.

16 Mar 2015

Solar Dynamics Observatory Captures Image of Mid-Level Solar Flare

The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 12:22 p.m. EDT on March 11, 2015. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of the event. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation.

13 Mar 2015

Rare Rare ‘Quantum Jitters’ Appear to Tune Frequency of Spontaneous Mutations"Quantum Jitters" May Have Far-Reaching Consequences

The molecular machines that copy DNA in a living cell are amazingly fast and accurate at pairing up the correct bases -- G with C and A with T -- into each new double helix.

13 Mar 2015

Hydrothermal Activity May Be Taking Place Within Saturn’s Moon Enceladus

A new study by a team of Cassini mission scientists led by the University of Colorado Boulder have found that microscopic grains of rock detected near Saturn imply hydrothermal activity is taking place within the moon Enceladus.

13 Mar 2015

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Quantum Dots Forum 2015: Nanoco to Present on Mass Manufacture of Heavy Metal-Free Quantum Dots

Lasers for Cooling Nanospheres May Help Create Quantum Phenomena in Larger Objects

Scientists Examine Detailed "Time Lapse" X-Ray Image of Expansion of GK Persei Nova Explosion

QD Vision to Play Prominent Role in Quantum Dots Forum 2015

NASA Offers New Asteroid Hunting Application

Four Brookhaven Lab Scientists Honored as American Physical Society Fellows

NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale Spacecraft Positioned to Study Magnetic Reconnection

Global-Scale Maps of Mercury's Surface Chemistry Reveal Previously Unrecognized Geochemical Terranes

CERN’s Large Hadron Collider Ready to Start up Again

Hubble Provides Best Evidence for Underground Saltwater Ocean on Jupiter's Largest Moon

Abundance of Methane Spews into Atmosphere of Saturn’s Icy Moon Enceladus

Ghent University Leads Research and Training Program on Quantum Dots

Solar Dynamics Observatory Captures Image of Mid-Level Solar Flare

Rare Rare ‘Quantum Jitters’ Appear to Tune Frequency of Spontaneous Mutations"Quantum Jitters" May Have Far-Reaching Consequences

Hydrothermal Activity May Be Taking Place Within Saturn’s Moon Enceladus

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