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Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron’s Former Accelerator Division Director Passes Away

Prof. Gustav-Adolf Voss, former director of the accelerator division at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, passed away on 5 October in Hamburg at the age of 84.

8 Oct 2013

Cosmic Radiation May Not Play a Role in Influence of Aerosols on Climate Change

In a paper published today in the journal Nature, the CLOUD experiment at CERN reports a major advance towards solving a long-standing enigma in climate science: how do aerosols - tiny solid or liquid particles suspended in the air - form in the atmosphere, and which gases are responsible? This is a key question in understanding the climate, since aerosols cause a cooling effect by reflecting sunlight and by seeding cloud droplets.

7 Oct 2013

Ukraine Signs CERN Associate Membership Agreement

CERN Director General Rolf Heuer and Mr. Kostyantyn Ivanovych Gryschenko, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine today signed a document admitting Ukraine to CERN Associate Membership, subject to ratification by Ukraine’s Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada.

4 Oct 2013

New York University Physicist Receives ERC Grant for Black Hole Research

New York University physicist Georgi Dvali has been awarded a $1.5 million grant by the European Research Council (ERC) to investigate the properties of black holes.

4 Oct 2013

Quantum-Inspired Technique Facilitates Ultra-Sensitive Angular Measurements

Novel optical devices that 'twist' and 'untwist' a beam of light enable a promising new measurement technique, researchers from Singapore, Italy and Spain have shown. The international team published its results 18 September in Nature Communications and has applied for a patent on the technology.

4 Oct 2013

NIST's Micro-Drum Shows Promise to be Used as Quantum Memory

Extending evidence of quantum behavior farther into the large-scale world of everyday life, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have "entangled"—linked the properties of—a microscopic mechanical drum with electrical signals.

4 Oct 2013

Researchers Find Quantum-Like Behavior of Bouncing Droplets

A research team led by Yves Couder at the Université Paris Diderot recently discovered that it's possible to make a tiny fluid droplet levitate on the surface of a vibrating bath, walking or bouncing across, pro...

3 Oct 2013

New University - Industry Collaboration to Advance Commercialization of Tetrapod Quantum Dots

Quantum Materials Corporation today announced it has entered into an MOU and University – Industry Partnership Agreement with Texas State University (TSU) in San Marcos, Texas, a short distance from Quantum Materials Corp headquarters at STAR Park.

3 Oct 2013

Research Team Records Drastically Reduced Measurement of Casimir Effect

A research team that includes a physics professor at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) has recorded a drastically reduced measurement of the Casimir effect, a fundamental quantum phenomenon experienced between two neutral bodies that exist in a vacuum.

3 Oct 2013

Researchers Explore Effciency of Quantum Dots and Nanowires in Harvesting Solar Energy

A trio of researchers at North Dakota State University, Fargo, and the University of South Dakota have turned to computer modeling to help decide which of two competing materials should get its day in the sun as the nanoscale energy-harvesting technology of future solar panels -- quantum dots or nanowires.

3 Oct 2013

TWAS-Lenovo Science Prize Awarded to Theoretical Physicist Claudio Bunster Weitzman

The TWAS-Lenovo Science Prize, one of the most prestigious prizes given to scientists in the developing world, has been awarded to Chilean theoretical physicist Claudio Bunster Weitzman for his contributions to understanding gravity and the quirky physics of tiny, fundamental particles of matter.

3 Oct 2013

Nanosys Ships Over 2000kg of Quantum Dot Concentrate for Producing Quantum Dot Enhancement Films

Nanosys, enabling a new generation of perfect-color fidelity, energy-efficient displays with its quantum-dot technology, today announced that it has passed a major production milestone at its recently opened 60,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Milpitas, CA.

1 Oct 2013

Niels Bohr Institute Discovery Center for Particle Physics Receives Research Grant

The Discovery Center for Particle Physics at the Niels Bohr Institute has received a grant of 40 million kroner from the Danish National Research Foundation. This grant means that the Discovery Center, which was established in January 2010, can continue as a Center of Excellence for an additional five years from January 2015 through the end of 2019.

1 Oct 2013

Perimeter Institute Releases New ‘Career Moves’ Educational Resource

To help equip students with the skills they need for success in the 21st century, Perimeter Institute released today its new “Career Moves” educational resource, made possible by support from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario).

1 Oct 2013

Black Holes May Have Hair

A black hole. A simple and clear concept, at least according to the hypothesis by Roy Kerr, who in 1963 proposed a "clean" black hole model, which is the current theoretical paradigm. From theory to reality things may be quite different. According to a new research carried out by a group of scientists that includes Thomas Sotiriou, a physicist of the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) of Trieste, black holes may be much "dirtier" than what Kerr believed.

1 Oct 2013

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Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron’s Former Accelerator Division Director Passes Away

Cosmic Radiation May Not Play a Role in Influence of Aerosols on Climate Change

Ukraine Signs CERN Associate Membership Agreement

New York University Physicist Receives ERC Grant for Black Hole Research

Quantum-Inspired Technique Facilitates Ultra-Sensitive Angular Measurements

NIST's Micro-Drum Shows Promise to be Used as Quantum Memory

Researchers Find Quantum-Like Behavior of Bouncing Droplets

New University - Industry Collaboration to Advance Commercialization of Tetrapod Quantum Dots

Research Team Records Drastically Reduced Measurement of Casimir Effect

Researchers Explore Effciency of Quantum Dots and Nanowires in Harvesting Solar Energy

TWAS-Lenovo Science Prize Awarded to Theoretical Physicist Claudio Bunster Weitzman

Nanosys Ships Over 2000kg of Quantum Dot Concentrate for Producing Quantum Dot Enhancement Films

Niels Bohr Institute Discovery Center for Particle Physics Receives Research Grant

Perimeter Institute Releases New ‘Career Moves’ Educational Resource

Black Holes May Have Hair

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