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DSIC to Develop Muon Tracking Detectors Solution for Recovery of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Complex

Decision Sciences International Corporation (DSIC), an advanced technology provider of security and detection systems, today announced it has been awarded a contract by Toshiba Corporation (Toshiba) to support the reclamation of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear complex with the use of DSIC's revolutionary muon tracking detectors.

11 Aug 2014

IEEE Honors University of Houston's Superconductivity Researchers

Two of the University of Houston's leading superconductivity researchers will be honored this month at the Applied Superconductivity Conference in Charlotte, N.C.

11 Aug 2014

Villum Foundation Grants 1.2 Million kr for Research on ‘Unconventional Superconductors’

There are a growing number of advanced materials that possess new superconducting properties at extremely high temperatures. These materials fall within a broad category of interacting elements. Why these materials are superconducting remains a mystery and this is one of the fundamental problems in condensed matter physics.

11 Aug 2014

Internal Rotational Dynamics of Quantum Electrons Surprisingly Different from Classical Model

The dynamic behavior of electrons in magnetic fields is crucial for understanding physical processes, such as the quantum Hall effect, which are important in many areas of solid state physics, including electrical conductivity. Yet, there is much that remains unknown about exactly how electrons behave in a magnetic field.

11 Aug 2014

Earth’s Gravity Heats Soft Layer Deep Inside the Moon

An international research team, led by Dr. Yuji Harada from Planetary Science institute, China University of Geosciences, has found that there is an extremely soft layer deep inside the Moon and that heat is effectively generated in the layer by the gravity of the Earth.

11 Aug 2014

Diamonds and Nitrogen Atoms Could be Assembled to Create Topologically Protected Quantum Computer

The Quantum Computer is the Holy Grail of quantum technology. Its computing power would eclipse even the fastest classical computers we have today. A team of researchers from TU Wien (Vienna) the National Institute for Informatics (Tokyo) and NTT Basic Research Labs in Japan has now proposed a new architecture for quantum computing, based on microscopic defects in diamond.

8 Aug 2014

Collisions of White Dwarf Stars Into Neutron Stars Lead to Loneliest Supernovae

A research team led by astronomers and astrophysicists at the University of Warwick have found that some of the Universe's loneliest supernovae are likely created by the collisions of white dwarf stars into neutron stars.

8 Aug 2014

Rosetta Spacecraft Rendezvous with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

After a decade-long journey chasing its target, the European Space Agency's Rosetta, carrying three NASA instruments, became the first spacecraft to rendezvous with a comet. The last of a series of 10 rendezvous maneuvers that began in May, to adjust Rosetta's speed and trajectory to gradually match those of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, occurred today (Aug. 6, 2014).

8 Aug 2014

X-ray Laser with Attosecond Timing Resolution Helps Take Snapshots of Electrons Zipping Around Atoms

Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have developed a laser-timing system that could allow scientists to take snapshots of electrons zipping around atoms and molecules. Taking timing to this new extreme of speed and accuracy at the Linac Coherent Light Source X-ray laser, a DOE Office of Science user facility, will make it possible to see the formative stages of chemical reactions.

8 Aug 2014

Big Bang Could be a 3D ‘Mirage’ of a Collapsing Star

The big bang poses a big question: if it was indeed the cataclysm that blasted our universe into existence 13.7 billion years ago, what sparked it?

8 Aug 2014

Interdisciplinary Photocathode Research Could Potentially Improve Particle Accelerator Performance

Particle accelerators, like the Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR), are involved in fields ranging from cancer research to archaeology, art and chemistry. New interdisciplinary research on a part of the accelerator called the photocathode by physics graduate student Siddharth Karkare has the potential to dramatically improve accelerator performance.

8 Aug 2014

VLT Survey Telescope Captures Triangulum Galaxy

Messier 33, otherwise known as NGC 598, is located about three million light-years away in the small northern constellation of Triangulum (The Triangle). Often known as the Triangulum Galaxy it was observed by the French comet hunter Charles Messier in August 1764, who listed it as number 33 in his famous list of prominent nebulae and star clusters.

7 Aug 2014

Physicists Introduce the Quantum Pigeon

Recently physicists at Chapman University's Institute for Quantum Studies introduced the Quantum Cheshire Cat. Now they have introduced another quantum animal: the Quantum Pigeon as reported in worldwide media including a feature article in the July 30 issue of New Scientist, Nature, PhysicsWorld, the BBC, and more.

7 Aug 2014

NIST Ion Duet Holds Promise for Logic Operations in Future Quantum Computers

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a pas de deux of atomic ions that combines the fine choreography of dance with precise individual control.

7 Aug 2014

Zombie Star Left Behind After Weak Supernova Explosion

Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has spotted a star system that could have left behind a "zombie star" after an unusually weak supernova explosion.

7 Aug 2014

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DSIC to Develop Muon Tracking Detectors Solution for Recovery of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Complex

IEEE Honors University of Houston's Superconductivity Researchers

Villum Foundation Grants 1.2 Million kr for Research on ‘Unconventional Superconductors’

Internal Rotational Dynamics of Quantum Electrons Surprisingly Different from Classical Model

Earth’s Gravity Heats Soft Layer Deep Inside the Moon

Diamonds and Nitrogen Atoms Could be Assembled to Create Topologically Protected Quantum Computer

Collisions of White Dwarf Stars Into Neutron Stars Lead to Loneliest Supernovae

Rosetta Spacecraft Rendezvous with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

X-ray Laser with Attosecond Timing Resolution Helps Take Snapshots of Electrons Zipping Around Atoms

Big Bang Could be a 3D ‘Mirage’ of a Collapsing Star

Interdisciplinary Photocathode Research Could Potentially Improve Particle Accelerator Performance

VLT Survey Telescope Captures Triangulum Galaxy

Physicists Introduce the Quantum Pigeon

NIST Ion Duet Holds Promise for Logic Operations in Future Quantum Computers

Zombie Star Left Behind After Weak Supernova Explosion

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