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New Academic Journal Focused on Quantum Theory from Chapman University

Chapman University has introduced a new academic journal focused on quantum theory. Created and published by physicists within Chapman's Institute for Quantum Studies (IQS), the journal is called Quantum Studies: Mathematics and Foundations. Nearly a year in the works, the inaugural issue, which contains 10 submissions from physicists around the world, was just released.

20 Oct 2014

Eddington Luminosity Helps Understand Driving Force Behind Main Sequence of Quasars

There’s nothing more out of this world than quasi-stellar objects or more simply — quasars. These are the most powerful and among the most distant objects in the Universe. At their center is a black hole with the mass of a million or more Suns. And these powerhouses are fairly compact — about the size of our Solar System. Understanding how they came to be and how – or if – they evolve into the galaxies that surround us today are some of the big questions driving astronomers.

20 Oct 2014

Scientists Create Complete, 3D Map of Adolescent Universe

Using extremely faint light from galaxies 10.8-billion light years away, scientists have created one of the most complete, three-dimensional maps of a slice of the adolescent universe. The map shows a web of hydrogen gas that varies from low to high density at a time when the universe was made of a fraction of the dark matter we see today.

20 Oct 2014

Astronomers Make Reliable Remote Distance Measurement of Galaxy That Existed in Universe’s Formative Years

Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope astronomers have made what may be the most reliable distance measurement yet of an object that existed in the Universe’s formative years. The galaxy is one of the faintest, smallest and most distant galaxies ever seen and measuring its distance with this accuracy was possible due only to the incredibly detailed mapping of how giant galaxy clusters warp the space-time around them.

20 Oct 2014

Cassini Detects Strong Electrostatic Charge on Surface of Saturn’s Moon, Hyperion

Static electricity is known to play an important role on Earth's airless, dusty moon, but evidence of static charge building up on other objects in the solar system has been elusive until now.

17 Oct 2014

Researchers Measure Quantum Fluctuations Behind Ultra-Cold Ferromagnetic Phase Transition

Heat drives classical phase transitions—think solid, liquid, and gas—but much stranger things can happen when the temperature drops. If phase transitions occur at the coldest temperatures imaginable, where quantum mechanics reigns, subtle fluctuations can dramatically transform a material.

17 Oct 2014

EPA Honors QD Vision with 2014 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award

QD Vision, Inc., the leading manufacturer of quantum dot optical components for LCD products, has won the 2014 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

17 Oct 2014

Researchers Characterize Progenitor for Hydrogen-Deficient Supernova

A group of researchers led by Melina Bersten of Kavli IPMU recently presented a model that provides the first characterization of the progenitor for a hydrogen-deficient supernova. Their model predicts that a bright hot star, which is the binary companion to an exploding object, remains after the explosion.

17 Oct 2014

Astrophysical Jets Simulated in the Lab Using Laser Light and Intense Magnetic Fields

Astrophysical jets are counted among our Universe's most spectacular phenomena: From the centers of black holes, quasars, or protostars, these rays of matter sometimes protrude several light years into space.

17 Oct 2014

Protons and Neutrons That Briefly Pair Up in the Nucleus Have Higher-Average Momentum

Like dancers swirling on the dance floor with bystanders looking on, protons and neutrons that have briefly paired up in the nucleus have higher-average momentum, leaving less for non-paired nucleons.

17 Oct 2014

Curious Signal Provides Tantalising Insight into Nature of Mysterious Dark Matter

Space scientists at the University of Leicester have detected a curious signal in the X-ray sky – one that provides a tantalising insight into the nature of mysterious Dark Matter.

17 Oct 2014

Large-Scale Magnetic Field Can Confine Stellar Jets

An international team of scientists has succeeded in explaining the formation and propagation over astronomical distances of jetsof matter emitted by young stars—one of the most fascinating mysteries of modern astronomy.

17 Oct 2014

Hubble Space Telescope Spots Extremely Distant Tiny, Faint Galaxy

Peering through a giant cosmic magnifying glass, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a tiny, faint galaxy -- one of the farthest galaxies ever seen. The diminutive object is estimated to be more than 13 billion light-years away.

17 Oct 2014

APEX Telescope Makes Deepest Observations of Spiderweb Galaxy Cluster

Galaxy clusters are the largest objects in the Universe held together by gravity but their formation is not well understood. The Spiderweb Galaxy (formally known as MRC 1138-262 [1]) and its surroundings have been studied for twenty years, using ESO and other telescopes [2], and is thought to be one of the best examples of a protocluster in the process of assembly, more than ten billion years ago.

16 Oct 2014

Study Sheds Light on the Very First Stellar Buds

What makes one rose bush blossom with flowers, while another remains barren? Astronomers ask a similar question of galaxies, wondering how some flourish with star formation and others barely bloom.

16 Oct 2014

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New Academic Journal Focused on Quantum Theory from Chapman University

Eddington Luminosity Helps Understand Driving Force Behind Main Sequence of Quasars

Scientists Create Complete, 3D Map of Adolescent Universe

Astronomers Make Reliable Remote Distance Measurement of Galaxy That Existed in Universe’s Formative Years

Cassini Detects Strong Electrostatic Charge on Surface of Saturn’s Moon, Hyperion

Researchers Measure Quantum Fluctuations Behind Ultra-Cold Ferromagnetic Phase Transition

EPA Honors QD Vision with 2014 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award

Researchers Characterize Progenitor for Hydrogen-Deficient Supernova

Astrophysical Jets Simulated in the Lab Using Laser Light and Intense Magnetic Fields

Protons and Neutrons That Briefly Pair Up in the Nucleus Have Higher-Average Momentum

Curious Signal Provides Tantalising Insight into Nature of Mysterious Dark Matter

Large-Scale Magnetic Field Can Confine Stellar Jets

Hubble Space Telescope Spots Extremely Distant Tiny, Faint Galaxy

APEX Telescope Makes Deepest Observations of Spiderweb Galaxy Cluster

Study Sheds Light on the Very First Stellar Buds

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