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Astrophysicists Provide New Measurement of Dark Matter in the Milky Way Galaxy

A new measurement of dark matter in the Milky Way has revealed there is half as much of the mysterious substance as previously thought.

10 Oct 2014

NASA's NuSTAR Records High-Energy X-rays Streaming from Rare and Mighty Pulsar

A supernova is the cataclysmic death of a star, but it seems its remnants shine on. Astronomers have found a pulsating, dead star beaming with the energy of about 10 million suns.

10 Oct 2014

Hubble Reveals Secrets of Air Temperatures and Water Vapor of Turbulent Exoplanet

A team of scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has made the most detailed global map yet of the glow from a turbulent planet outside our solar system, revealing its secrets of air temperatures and water vapor.

10 Oct 2014

New Technique to Analyze ‘Weak Link’ Superfluid Circuit Component

In certain exotic situations, a collection of atoms can transition to a superfluid state, flouting the normal rules of liquid behavior. Unlike a normal, viscous fluid, the atoms in a superfluid flow unhindered by friction.

9 Oct 2014

Optical Quantum Physics Researcher Awarded IUPAP ‘Young Scientist Prize in Optics’

Albert Schliesser, a research assistant professor at Quantop at the Niels Bohr Institute has been awarded the research prize ‘Young Scientist Prize in Optics’ by the international physics organisation, the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, IUPAP.

9 Oct 2014

On the Brink of Detecting Gravitational Waves

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences has received a major grant to upgrade the cyberinfrastructure used by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) to search for gravitational waves.

9 Oct 2014

Pulsating Dead Star Beams Energy of 10 Million Suns

Astronomers working with NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), led by Caltech's Fiona Harrison, have found a pulsating dead star beaming with the energy of about 10 million suns. The object, previously thought to be a black hole because it is so powerful, is in fact a pulsar—the incredibly dense rotating remains of a star.

By Kimm Fesenmaier 9 Oct 2014

P13 Black Hole Consumes Gas 10 Times Faster Than Believed

Astronomers have discovered a black hole that is consuming gas from a nearby star 10 times faster than previously thought possible. The black hole—known as P13—lies on the outskirts of the galaxy NGC7793 about 12 million light years from Earth and is ingesting a weight equivalent to 100 billion billion hot dogs every minute.

9 Oct 2014

Radio-Telescope Images Pinpoint Locations of Nova Gamma Ray Stellar Explosions

Highly-detailed radio-telescope images have pinpointed the locations where a stellar explosion called a nova emitted gamma rays, the most energetic form of electromagnetic waves. The discovery revealed a probable mechanism for the gamma-ray emissions, which mystified astronomers when first observed in 2012.

9 Oct 2014

Postdoctoral Fellow Works on Development of X-ray Free Electron Laser SwissFEL

Julia H. Smith is a postdoctoral fellow working on detectors for the SwissFEL x-ray free electron laser, which can be envisioned as “the eyes” of the new PSI large-scale facility. During her time at PSI, she has a good chance of accompanying “her” detector up to its use at the new facility.

8 Oct 2014

Study Confirms Time Dilation Predicted for High Velocities in the Theory of Relativity

To explore any possible limits of the two theories, they have been experimentally verified many times already and both have passed all the tests so far. Hence, scientists look for deviations in experiments with increasing precision or under extreme conditions.

8 Oct 2014

Bosonic Super-WIMPs May Not Constitute All Dark Matter

The XMASS collaboration, led by Yoichiro Suzuki at the Kavli IPMU, has reported its latest results on the search for warm dark matter. Their results rule out the possibility that super-weakly interacting massive bosonic particles (bosonic super-WIMPs) constitute all dark matter in the universe. This result was published in the September 19th issue of the Physical Review Letters as an Editors' Suggestion.

8 Oct 2014

NOvA Begins Study of Elusive Subatomic Particles

With construction completed, the NOvA experiment has begun its probe into the mysteries of ghostly particles that may hold the key to understanding the universe.

7 Oct 2014

Quantum Computing May Help Create Smarter and More Creative Robots

Quantum computing will allow for the creation of powerful computers, but also much smarter and more creative robots than conventional ones. This was the conclusion arrived at by researchers from Spain and Austria, who have confirmed that quantum tools help robots learn and respond much faster to the stimuli around them.

7 Oct 2014

Scientists Demonstrate Quantum Entanglement in the Macroscopic Realm

EPFL scientists have designed a first-ever experiment for demonstrating quantum entanglement in the macroscopic realm. Unlike other such proposals, the experiment is relatively easy to set up and run with existing semiconductor devices.

6 Oct 2014

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Astrophysicists Provide New Measurement of Dark Matter in the Milky Way Galaxy

NASA's NuSTAR Records High-Energy X-rays Streaming from Rare and Mighty Pulsar

Hubble Reveals Secrets of Air Temperatures and Water Vapor of Turbulent Exoplanet

New Technique to Analyze ‘Weak Link’ Superfluid Circuit Component

Optical Quantum Physics Researcher Awarded IUPAP ‘Young Scientist Prize in Optics’

On the Brink of Detecting Gravitational Waves

Pulsating Dead Star Beams Energy of 10 Million Suns

P13 Black Hole Consumes Gas 10 Times Faster Than Believed

Radio-Telescope Images Pinpoint Locations of Nova Gamma Ray Stellar Explosions

Postdoctoral Fellow Works on Development of X-ray Free Electron Laser SwissFEL

Study Confirms Time Dilation Predicted for High Velocities in the Theory of Relativity

Bosonic Super-WIMPs May Not Constitute All Dark Matter

NOvA Begins Study of Elusive Subatomic Particles

Quantum Computing May Help Create Smarter and More Creative Robots

Scientists Demonstrate Quantum Entanglement in the Macroscopic Realm

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