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Scientists Discover Septuplet of Ghostly Galaxies

Yale University astronomers, using a new type of telescope made by stitching together telephoto lenses, recently discovered seven celestial surprises while probing a nearby spiral galaxy. The previously unseen galaxies may yield important insights into dark matter and galaxy evolution, while possibly signaling the discovery of a new class of objects in space.

14 Jul 2014

Stars Form Like a String of Blue Pearls

Stars forming like a string of blue pearls along two elliptical galaxies could be the result of a galactic merger, according to an international team of astronomers. The structure could reveal rare insights about elliptical galaxies.

14 Jul 2014

New Technique for Measuring Age of a Star Using its Spin

Defining what makes a star "Sun-like" is as difficult as defining what makes a planet "Earth-like." A solar twin should have a temperature, mass, and spectral type similar to our Sun. We also would expect it to be about 4.5 billion years old. However, it is notoriously difficult to measure a star's age so astronomers usually ignore age when deciding if a star counts as "Sun-like."

14 Jul 2014

Hubble Captures Merging of Galaxies

The Universe is filled with objects springing to life, evolving and dying explosive deaths. This new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures a snapshot of some of this cosmic movement. Embedded within the egg-shaped blue ring at the centre of the frame are two galaxies. These galaxies have been found to be merging into one and a "chain" of young stellar superclusters are seen winding around the galaxies’ nuclei.

14 Jul 2014

Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors with Decoupled Spin Charge Doping Mechanism Hold Promise for New Spintronics

Diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMS) have received much attention due to their potential application in spintronics, or the storage and transfer of information by using an electron's spin state, its magnetic moment and its charge.

14 Jul 2014

Arecibo Radio Telescope Discovers Split-Second Burst of Radio Waves from Deep Outer Space

The discovery of a split-second burst of radio waves using the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico provides important new evidence of mysterious pulses that appear to come from deep in outer space.

14 Jul 2014

Novel Method Estimates Uncertainties in Computer Calculations Used in Search for New Materials

Scientists at Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have found a way to estimate uncertainties in computer calculations that are widely used to speed the search for new materials for industry, electronics, energy, drug design and a host of other applications. The technique, reported in the July 11 issue of Science, should quickly be adopted in studies that produce some 30,000 scientific papers per year.

14 Jul 2014

Astronomers Monitor ‘Heartbeats’ of Baby Stars

An International team of astronomers using data from two space telescopes - the Canadian Space Agency’s MOST satellite and the French CoRoT mission - announced that they are able to monitor the “heartbeats” of baby stars.

11 Jul 2014

Physicists Explore Dynamics of Correlated Quantum Systems

In quantum mechanics, interactions between particles can give rise to entanglement, which is a strange type of connection that could never be described by a non-quantum, classical theory.

11 Jul 2014

Microsoft and Niels Bohr Institute QDev Partner to Realise Quantum Information

The next great leap in the computing world is expected to be quantum technology and, as part of their investment in research into quantum information technology, Microsoft is collaborating with Professor Charles Marcus, head of the Center for Quantum Devices (QDev) at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen.

From Microsoft 11 Jul 2014

Hubble Photographs Corkscrew-Shaped String of Pearls and Winds around Two Colliding Galaxies

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed an unusual structure 100,000 light years long, which resembles a corkscrew-shaped string of pearls and winds around the cores of two colliding galaxies.

11 Jul 2014

New Technology Could Make Colder Objects in Deep Space More Visible

Too cool and faint, many objects in the universe are impossible to detect with visible light. Now a Northwestern University team has refined a new technology that could make these colder objects more visible, paving the way for enhanced exploration of deep space.

11 Jul 2014

Friction May be the Key to Survival for Distant Planets Traveling in Dangerous Orbits

As anybody who has started a campfire by rubbing sticks knows, friction generates heat. Now, computer modeling by NASA scientists shows that friction could be the key to survival for some distant Earth-sized planets traveling in dangerous orbits.

11 Jul 2014

Researchers Make Measurements of How Dust Around Supernova Absorbs Light

The origin of cosmic dust in galaxies is still a mystery [1]. Astronomers know that supernovae may be the primary source of dust, especially in the early Universe, but it is still unclear how and where dust grains condense and grow.

11 Jul 2014

Quasiparticle Excitations in Many-Body Quantum Systems Controlled in Trapped Ultracold Ions

Christian Roos' research team at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Innsbruck has established a new experimental platform for investigating quantum phenomena: In a string of trapped ultracold ions they can precisely initialise, control and measure the states and properties of quasiparticle excitations in a many-body quantum system.

10 Jul 2014

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Scientists Discover Septuplet of Ghostly Galaxies

Stars Form Like a String of Blue Pearls

New Technique for Measuring Age of a Star Using its Spin

Hubble Captures Merging of Galaxies

Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors with Decoupled Spin Charge Doping Mechanism Hold Promise for New Spintronics

Arecibo Radio Telescope Discovers Split-Second Burst of Radio Waves from Deep Outer Space

Novel Method Estimates Uncertainties in Computer Calculations Used in Search for New Materials

Astronomers Monitor ‘Heartbeats’ of Baby Stars

Physicists Explore Dynamics of Correlated Quantum Systems

Microsoft and Niels Bohr Institute QDev Partner to Realise Quantum Information

Hubble Photographs Corkscrew-Shaped String of Pearls and Winds around Two Colliding Galaxies

New Technology Could Make Colder Objects in Deep Space More Visible

Friction May be the Key to Survival for Distant Planets Traveling in Dangerous Orbits

Researchers Make Measurements of How Dust Around Supernova Absorbs Light

Quasiparticle Excitations in Many-Body Quantum Systems Controlled in Trapped Ultracold Ions

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Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

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