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EPFL LASTRO Scientists Win ‘GRavitational LEnsing Accuracy Testing’ Image Processing Challenge

Scientists from the EPFL Laboratory of Astrophysics (LASTRO) win the GREAT3 image processing competition

7 May 2014

Advances in Controlling Appearance of Superconducting Phase in Materials

For the first time, scientists have a clearer understanding of how to control the appearance of a superconducting phase in a material, adding crucial fundamental knowledge and perhaps setting the stage for advances in the field of superconductivity.

6 May 2014

Interstellar Medium Used as a Giant Lens to Make Precise Measurement of Spinning Neutron Star

An international team of astronomers has made a measurement of a distant neutron star that is one million times more precise than the previous world’s best.

6 May 2014

Important Discoveries Made Regarding Basic Structure of Mesons

Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University have made several important discoveries regarding the basic structure of mesons—subatomic particles long thought to be composed of one quark and one antiquark and bound together by a strong interaction.

5 May 2014

Researchers Create and Observe Several Atoms of Superheavy Element 117

Several atoms of the superheavy element with atomic number 117 have been created and observed by an international collaboration working at the GSI accelerator laboratory in Germany.

5 May 2014

Astronomers Discover Three Exploding Stars Far Behind Massive Clusters of Galaxies

What could be more exciting than watching the fireworks of cataclysmic stellar explosions outshining entire galaxies of stars? How about watching them through the funhouse lens of a massive cluster of galaxies whose powerful gravity warps space around it?

5 May 2014

Segue 1 May Have Failed in Trying to Become a Big Galaxy

Out on the edge of the universe, 75,000 light years from us, a galaxy known as Segue 1 has some unusual properties: It is the faintest galaxy ever detected.

5 May 2014

Physicists Gather to Explore High-Energy Physics Beyond CERN's Large Hadron Collider

An international group of about 100 physicists gathered last week for the first formal workshop at SLAC to explore the world of high-energy physics beyond CERN's Large Hadron Collider, which is famous for unearthing the Higgs boson – and even beyond the International Linear Collider, a facility that hasn't been built yet.

5 May 2014

Realistic Theoretical Model for Condensing Photons in 3-D Cavities

The first model for capturing and condensing light under realistic conditions has been realized by a student at EPFL, and published in Physical Review A.

5 May 2014

Rice University Physicist Elected Member of American Philosophical Society

Rice University physicist Eshel Ben-Jacob has been elected a member of the American Philosophical Society, the oldest learned society in the United States.

5 May 2014

Cassini Captures Image of Ice-Giant Planet Uranus Beyond Saturn's Rings

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured its first-ever image of the pale blue ice-giant planet Uranus in the distance beyond Saturn's rings.

5 May 2014

Novel Method for Accurate Measurement of Surface Temperature of Nanoscale Objects

Temperature measurements in our daily life are typically performed by bringing a thermometer in contact with the object to be measured. However, measuring the temperature of nanoscale objects is a much more tricky task due to their size - up to a thousand times smaller than the width of a human hair.

5 May 2014

Researchers Report Detailed Calculations of Dynamics of Positronium Bose-Einstein Condensate

Twenty years ago, Philip Platzman and Allen Mills, Jr. at Bell Laboratories proposed that a gamma-ray laser could be made from a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of positronium, the simplest atom made of both matter and antimatter. That was a year before a BEC of any kind of atom was available in any laboratory.

2 May 2014

Astronomers Measure Magnification of Gravitational Lenses Using Supernovae

Distant exploding stars observed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are providing astronomers with a powerful tool to determine the strength of naturally-occurring "cosmic lenses" that are used to magnify objects in the remote universe.

2 May 2014

Researchers Seek Ways to Synchronize Magnetic Spins to Build Powerful Nanoscale Antennas

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory are seeking ways to synchronize the magnetic spins in nanoscale devices to build tiny yet more powerful signal-generating or receiving antennas and other electronics.

2 May 2014

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EPFL LASTRO Scientists Win ‘GRavitational LEnsing Accuracy Testing’ Image Processing Challenge

Advances in Controlling Appearance of Superconducting Phase in Materials

Interstellar Medium Used as a Giant Lens to Make Precise Measurement of Spinning Neutron Star

Important Discoveries Made Regarding Basic Structure of Mesons

Researchers Create and Observe Several Atoms of Superheavy Element 117

Astronomers Discover Three Exploding Stars Far Behind Massive Clusters of Galaxies

Segue 1 May Have Failed in Trying to Become a Big Galaxy

Physicists Gather to Explore High-Energy Physics Beyond CERN's Large Hadron Collider

Realistic Theoretical Model for Condensing Photons in 3-D Cavities

Rice University Physicist Elected Member of American Philosophical Society

Cassini Captures Image of Ice-Giant Planet Uranus Beyond Saturn's Rings

Novel Method for Accurate Measurement of Surface Temperature of Nanoscale Objects

Researchers Report Detailed Calculations of Dynamics of Positronium Bose-Einstein Condensate

Astronomers Measure Magnification of Gravitational Lenses Using Supernovae

Researchers Seek Ways to Synchronize Magnetic Spins to Build Powerful Nanoscale Antennas

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