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New ALMA Data Shows First Steps of Galaxy Merger in Early Universe

Nestled among a triplet of young galaxies more than 12.5 billion light-years away is a cosmic powerhouse: a galaxy that is producing stars nearly 1,000 times faster than our own Milky Way. This energetic starburst galaxy, known as AzTEC-3, together with its gang of calmer galaxies may represent the best evidence yet that large galaxies grow from the merger of smaller ones in the early Universe, a process known as hierarchical merging.

11 Nov 2014

Interactions in Certain Quantum Materials Hold Potential for Better Electronics

Scientists have discovered that interactions in certain quantum materials could naturally produce the effects needed for ultra-efficient computers and other electronics.The field of spintronics — a short form of spin transport electronics — seeks to understand and power electronic devices using the quantum property known as electron spin rather than an electron’s charge. Spintronics could lead to efficient circuits and electrical devices that do not waste energy through friction and heat.

11 Nov 2014

Study Findings Provide New Insights into Global Architecture of Planetary Systems

Researchers studying what appears to be a beefed-up version of our solar system have discovered that it is encased in a halo of fine dust. The findings are based on infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory, in which NASA is a partner.

11 Nov 2014

Johns Hopkins University Professor Recognized for Co-Discovery of Dark Energy

Adam Riess, a professor of physics and astronomy at the Johns Hopkins University and a Nobel laureate, has been named a recipient of the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for the discovery of the continuing acceleration of the universe.

11 Nov 2014

Researchers Observe Collision of Galaxy with a Galaxy Cluster

A University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) assistant physics professor is on the first scientific team to use new observation equipment to observe the collision of a galaxy he discovered with a galaxy cluster – a kind of slow-motion cosmic car wreck.

11 Nov 2014

Astronomers Explore Remains of a Supernova Using Radio Telescopes

In research published today in the Astrophysical Journal, an Australian led team of astronomers has used radio telescopes in Australia and Chile to see inside the remains of a supernova.

11 Nov 2014

IC 310 Observations Provide Clue to How Jets Form Near Black Holes

The radio galaxy IC 310 in the Perseus constellation is approximately 260 million light years away from Earth. Astronomers assume there is a supermassive black hole at its centre. This black hole was the setting for an extremely powerful outburst of gamma rays which was observed by the MAGIC telescopes on La Palma in the Canary Islands. The source exhibited one of the fastest radiation variations which researchers have ever been able to detect in an extragalactic object at these energies.

10 Nov 2014

Smithers Apex Announces Date and Venue for Quantum Dots Forum 2015

Smithers Apex is pleased to announce its second annual edition of Quantum Dots Forum 2015, taking place on March 18th at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco. The one-day event will cover market opportunities, developments in technologies, end user opportunities and challenges, innovations in applications and environmental issues related to Quantum Dots.

10 Nov 2014

New LMT Observations Provide Key Insights into Star-Forming Centers of Galaxies

Astronomers working to estimate the rate of star formation inside murky distant galaxies, those shrouded in dust clouds that make it very difficult to study them, have published data from a brand new instrument, providing the most precise picture yet of what happened 4 billion years ago at their hidden centers.

10 Nov 2014

New Analysis Says Existing CERN Data About Higgs Particle was Inconclusive

Last year CERN announced the finding of a new elementary particle, the Higgs particle. But maybe it wasn't the Higgs particle, maybe it just looks like it. And maybe it is not alone.

10 Nov 2014

Seemingly Simple Phase Changes May Be More Complex Than Previously Known

The seemingly simple process of phase changes--those transitions between states of matter--is more complex than previously known, according to research based at Princeton University, Peking University and New York University.

7 Nov 2014

Astronomers Capture Best Image Ever of Planet Formation around Infant Star

Astronomers have captured the best image ever of planet formation around an infant star as part of the testing and verification process for the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array's (ALMA) new high-resolution capabilities.

7 Nov 2014

Caltech Astronomers Detect Diffuse Cosmic Glow

Using an experiment carried into space on a NASA suborbital rocket, astronomers at Caltech and their colleagues have detected a diffuse cosmic glow that appears to represent more light than that produced by known galaxies in the universe.

7 Nov 2014

Hubble Completes Sensitive Visible-Light Imaging Survey of Dusty Debris Disks Around Stars

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have completed the largest and most sensitive visible-light imaging survey of dusty debris disks around other stars. These dusty disks, likely created by collisions between leftover objects from planet formation, were imaged around stars as young as 10 million years old and as mature as more than 1 billion years old.

7 Nov 2014

Novel Carbon Nanotube Mechanical Resonator May Enable Exciting Quantum Systems

In a recent paper published in Nature Nanotechnology, Joel Moser and ICFO colleagues of the NanoOptoMechanics research group led by Prof. Adrian Bachtold, together with Marc Dykman (Michigan University), report on an experiment in which a carbon nanotube mechanical resonator exhibits quality factors of up to 5 million, 30 times better than the best quality factors measured in nanotubes to date.

7 Nov 2014

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New ALMA Data Shows First Steps of Galaxy Merger in Early Universe

Interactions in Certain Quantum Materials Hold Potential for Better Electronics

Study Findings Provide New Insights into Global Architecture of Planetary Systems

Johns Hopkins University Professor Recognized for Co-Discovery of Dark Energy

Researchers Observe Collision of Galaxy with a Galaxy Cluster

Astronomers Explore Remains of a Supernova Using Radio Telescopes

IC 310 Observations Provide Clue to How Jets Form Near Black Holes

Smithers Apex Announces Date and Venue for Quantum Dots Forum 2015

New LMT Observations Provide Key Insights into Star-Forming Centers of Galaxies

New Analysis Says Existing CERN Data About Higgs Particle was Inconclusive

Seemingly Simple Phase Changes May Be More Complex Than Previously Known

Astronomers Capture Best Image Ever of Planet Formation around Infant Star

Caltech Astronomers Detect Diffuse Cosmic Glow

Hubble Completes Sensitive Visible-Light Imaging Survey of Dusty Debris Disks Around Stars

Novel Carbon Nanotube Mechanical Resonator May Enable Exciting Quantum Systems

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