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LLNL Deputy Director to Discuss Impacts of Modern Physics at Clarkson University

The New Horizons in Engineering Distinguished Lectureship Series at Clarkson University has announced that Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Deputy Director for Science & Technology William H. Goldstein will speak next month in a presentation titled "Does Physics Still Matter?"

25 Oct 2013

First Direct Observation of Rare Hybrid Disk Containing Both Gas and Dust

Planets are formed in disks of gas and dust around nascent stars. Now, combined observations with the compound telescope ALMA and the Herschel Space Observatory have produced a rare view of a planetary construction site in an intermediate state of evolution: Contrary to expectations, the disk around the star HD 21997 appears to contain both primordial gas left over from the formation of the star itself and dust that appears to have been produced in collisions between planetesimals - small rocks that are the building blocks for the much larger planets.

25 Oct 2013

Theoretical Astrophysicist Avery Broderick to Lecture About Black Holes at Perimeter Institute

Almost every galaxy has at its core a supermassive black hole, millions of times more massive than our sun, each gravitationally dictating the fate of its host. Though black holes reveal much about gravity and its effects on the visible universe, actually testing them has been impossible – until now.

25 Oct 2013

Researchers Squeeze Higher Light Modes into Nanofiber with Unprecedented Efficiency and Purity

Light can be confined inside a reflective medium—a stream of water, a thread of glass fiber. In fiber optics, the light moves, trapped in a glass strand via the mechanism of total internal reflection. Light “totally” bounces at the surfaces, back and forth, carrying information over vast distances.

25 Oct 2013

New Way to Edge Around a Difficult Quantum Physics Problem

Scientists have a new way to edge around a difficult problem in quantum physics, now that a research team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and University of Maryland's Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have proved* their recent theory about how particles of light flow within a novel device they built.

24 Oct 2013

Study Results Hold Potential for Future Spintronic Devices

EPFL scientists have provided the first evidence ever that it is possible to generate a magnetic field by using heat instead of electricity. The phenomenon is referred to as the Magnetic Seebeck effect or ‘thermomagnetism’.

24 Oct 2013

Researchers Validate Quantum Magnetic Ordering Using Numerical Simulations

A new study set out to use numerical simulations to validate previous theoretical predictions describing materials exhibiting so-called antiferromagneting characteristics. A recently discovered theory shows that the ordering temperature depends on two factors -- namely the spin-wave velocity and the staggered magnetisation.

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 24 Oct 2013

Engineered Nanostructures Show Promise to Control Quantum Effect

You might think that a pair of parallel plates hanging motionless in a vacuum just a fraction of a micrometer away from each other would be like strangers passing in the night—so close but destined never to meet. Thanks to quantum mechanics, you would be wrong.

24 Oct 2013

Theoretical Solid-State Physicist Andreas Ludwig Selected for Alexander von Humboldt Professorship

Physicist Prof. Dr. Andreas Ludwig has been chosen for an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship, the highest international research prize in Germany. Professor Ludwig, who is currently at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA may be researching at the University of Cologne in the future. The awards ceremony is taking place in Berlin on 7 May, 2014.

23 Oct 2013

CERN Launches Accelerate@CERN Programme

CERN is launching Accelerate @ CERN, its new country specific one month research award for artists who have never had a longer stay at a science laboratory before. It is the sister strand of CERN's successful flagship artists residency programme, Collide @ CERN. Both are part of Arts @ CERN, which was initiated by CERN’s Cultural Policy, Great Arts for Great Science in 2011.

23 Oct 2013

Atomic-Scale Stress Test Using SLAC's X-Ray Laser

Scientists used the powerful X-ray laser at the U.S. Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to create movies detailing trillionths-of-a-second changes in the arrangement of copper atoms after an extreme shock. Movies like these will help researchers create new kinds of materials and test the strength of existing ones.

23 Oct 2013

SSRL Scientist Sean Brennan Receives Annual Synchrotron Award

Sean Brennan's decades of X-ray expertise keep pulling him back to SLAC even though he formally retired in 2008. During a recent visit to the lab, he accepted the Farrel W. Lytle Award for his extensive contributions to SLAC's Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL).

23 Oct 2013

D-Wave Transfers Process Technology for Building Quantum Computing Microprocessors to Cypress Foundry

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. and D-Wave Systems Inc., the world's first commercial quantum computing company, today announced that D-Wave has successfully transferred its proprietary process technology for building quantum computing microprocessors to Cypress’s Wafer Foundry located in Bloomington, Minnesota.

23 Oct 2013

Detection of B-Modes Leads to Better Maps of Matter Across Universe

The journey of light from the very early universe to modern telescopes is long and winding. The ancient light traveled billions of years to reach us, and along the way, its path was distorted by the pull of matter, leading to a twisted light pattern.

22 Oct 2013

IBM and SLAC Scientists Precisely Control Metal-Insulator Transition Temperature of Vanadium Dioxide

Working with a metal oxide that shows promise for future generations of electronic devices, IBM and SLAC scientists have shown they can precisely control the temperature at which it flips from being an electrical conductor to an insulator – and thus functions as an electronic switch.

22 Oct 2013

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LLNL Deputy Director to Discuss Impacts of Modern Physics at Clarkson University

First Direct Observation of Rare Hybrid Disk Containing Both Gas and Dust

Theoretical Astrophysicist Avery Broderick to Lecture About Black Holes at Perimeter Institute

Researchers Squeeze Higher Light Modes into Nanofiber with Unprecedented Efficiency and Purity

New Way to Edge Around a Difficult Quantum Physics Problem

Study Results Hold Potential for Future Spintronic Devices

Researchers Validate Quantum Magnetic Ordering Using Numerical Simulations

Engineered Nanostructures Show Promise to Control Quantum Effect

Theoretical Solid-State Physicist Andreas Ludwig Selected for Alexander von Humboldt Professorship

CERN Launches Accelerate@CERN Programme

Atomic-Scale Stress Test Using SLAC's X-Ray Laser

SSRL Scientist Sean Brennan Receives Annual Synchrotron Award

D-Wave Transfers Process Technology for Building Quantum Computing Microprocessors to Cypress Foundry

Detection of B-Modes Leads to Better Maps of Matter Across Universe

IBM and SLAC Scientists Precisely Control Metal-Insulator Transition Temperature of Vanadium Dioxide

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