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Scientists in NOvA Experiment View Their First Neutrinos

Scientists on the world’s longest-distance neutrino experiment announced today that they have seen their first neutrinos.

12 Feb 2014

Novel Method to Measure Emission of Electron Pairs

Shoot a beam of light or particles at certain special materials and you will liberate electrons -- pairs of them -- a phenomenon known as "electron pair emission, " which can reveal fundamental properties of the solid and reveal information necessary to design novel materials for future applications.

12 Feb 2014

Researchers Accurately Measure Mass of Neutrinos for First Time

Scientists have solved a major problem with the current standard model of cosmology identified by combining results from the Planck spacecraft and measurements of gravitational lensing in order to deduce the mass of ghostly sub-atomic particles called neutrinos.

11 Feb 2014

Discovery of Oldest Known Star Provides New Insights into Early Universe

A team led by astronomers at The Australian National University has discovered the oldest known star in the Universe, which formed shortly after the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago.

11 Feb 2014

Study Results Provide New Insights into Formation of First-Generation Stars

As the Big Bang’s name suggests, the universe burst into formation from an immense explosion, creating a vast soup of particles. Gigantic clouds of primordial soup, made mainly of hydrogen and helium, eventually...

10 Feb 2014

Six New Kinds of Topological Insulators May Exist

Topological insulators — materials whose surfaces can freely conduct electrons even though their interiors are electrical insulators — have been of great interest to physicists in recent years because of unusual properties that may provide insights into quantum physics. But most analysis of such materials has had to rely on highly simplified models.

By David L. Chandler 7 Feb 2014

Quantum Annealing Correction Strategy Improves Success Probability of D-Wave Two Processor

Seeking a solution to decoherence—the "noise" that prevents quantum processors from functioning properly—scientists at USC have developed a strategy of linking quantum bits together into voting blocks, a strategy that significantly boosts their accuracy.

7 Feb 2014

National Space Club Recognizes Kepler Space Telescope Mission for Revolutionizing Exoplanet Science

NASA's Kepler space telescope mission will be honored with the National Space Club's preeminent award, the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy, in March.

7 Feb 2014

Quantum Dot Nanostructures Expert Joins Natcore Technology

Dr. Som N. Dahal, an electrical engineer with particular expertise in quantum dot nanostructures and silicon solar cell fabrication has joined Natcore Technology Inc. as a Senior Research Scientist. He is based at Natcore's R&D Center in Rochester, NY.

7 Feb 2014

CERN Initiates Exploratory Study for Future Long-Term Project

Particle physics takes the long-term view. Originally conceived in the 1980s, the LHC took another 25 years to come into being. This accelerator, which is unlike any other, is just at the start of a programme which is expected to run for another 20 years. Even now, as consolidation work aimed at a restart in 2015 continues, detailed plans are being hatched for a large-scale upgrade to increase luminosity and thereby exploit the LHC to its full potential.

7 Feb 2014

Quantum Materials Closes on Funding for Increasing Tetrapod Quantum Dot Production

Quantum Materials Corp. (QMC) announced today that it has closed on funding necessary to acquire and deploy automated equipment for significantly increased Tetrapod Quantum Dot (TQD) production.

7 Feb 2014

Asteroid Itokawa has a Highly Varied Structure

Using very precise ground-based observations, Stephen Lowry (University of Kent, UK) and colleagues have measured the speed at which the near-Earth asteroid (25143) Itokawa spins and how that spin rate is changing over time. They have combined these delicate observations with new theoretical work on how asteroids radiate heat.

6 Feb 2014

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Scientists in NOvA Experiment View Their First Neutrinos

Novel Method to Measure Emission of Electron Pairs

Researchers Accurately Measure Mass of Neutrinos for First Time

Discovery of Oldest Known Star Provides New Insights into Early Universe

Study Results Provide New Insights into Formation of First-Generation Stars

Six New Kinds of Topological Insulators May Exist

Quantum Annealing Correction Strategy Improves Success Probability of D-Wave Two Processor

National Space Club Recognizes Kepler Space Telescope Mission for Revolutionizing Exoplanet Science

Quantum Dot Nanostructures Expert Joins Natcore Technology

CERN Initiates Exploratory Study for Future Long-Term Project

Quantum Materials Closes on Funding for Increasing Tetrapod Quantum Dot Production

Asteroid Itokawa has a Highly Varied Structure

Vanadium Dioxide Integrated Onto Silicon Chips Paves Way for Multifunctional Spintronic Smart Sensors

New Experiment Probes Properties of Mirror Symmetry of Quarks

Researchers Provide Unambiguous Demonstration of Coherent Transport of Phonons

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

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