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Extrasolar Planet Forming Quite Far From its Star

A team of researchers has discovered evidence that an extrasolar planet may be forming quite far from its star—about twice the distance Pluto is from our Sun. The planet lies inside a dusty, gaseous disk around a small red dwarf TW Hydrae, which is only about 55% of the mass of the Sun. The discovery adds to the ever-increasing variety of planetary systems in the Milky Way. The research is published in the Astrophysical Journal.

15 Jun 2013

Physics Nobel Laureates Tell Their Story in New Book on Superconductivity

The work of ten great scientists is presented in the new book Superconductivity: Discoveries and Discoverers – Ten Physics Nobel Laureates Tell Their Story. The author Kristian Fossheim describes who they were and are, their personal background and how they achieved their outstanding results and took their prominent place in science history.

15 Jun 2013

Study Confirms How Stellar-Mass Black Holes Produce High-Energy Light

A new study by astronomers at NASA, Johns Hopkins University and Rochester Institute of Technology confirms long-held suspicions about how stellar-mass black holes produce their highest-energy light.

15 Jun 2013

Hungarian Data Centre Inaugurated by CERN and Wigner Research Centre for Physics

Geneva 13 June 2013. CERN and the Wigner Research Centre for Physics2 today inaugurated the Hungarian data centre in Budapest, marking the completion of the facility hosting the extension for CERN computing resources. About 500 servers, 20,000 computing cores, and 5.5 Petabytes of storage are already operational at the site.

15 Jun 2013

Compelling Evidence of Planet Forming at a Great Distance from its Star

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found compelling evidence of a planet forming 7.5 billion miles away from its star, a finding that may challenge current theories about planet formation.

15 Jun 2013

Researchers Stack up Galaxy Signals to Determine Hydrogen Content

Researchers from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have proven a new technique that will provide a clearer picture of the Universe’s history and be used with the next generation of radio telescopes such as the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).

14 Jun 2013

New Strategy for Collaboration, Communication and Investment in Particle Physics across Europe

On May 30, the CERN Council adopted an update on its 2006 European strategy for particle physics in a meeting hosted by the European Commission in Brussels. EPFL Professors Tatsuya Nakada and Oliver Schneider participated in the historical event as Secretary of the European Strategy Session of Council and Swiss Scientific Delegate to the CERN Council, respectively.

14 Jun 2013

Quantum Mechanical Coupling of Atoms to Fiber Cables May Help Realize Global Quantum Networks

Researchers at the Vienna University of Technology quantum mechanically couple atoms to glass fiber cables. Now, they have shown that their technique enables storage of quantum information over a sufficiently long period of time to realize global quantum networks based on optical fibers.

14 Jun 2013

Unprecedented Bonanza of Black Holes Discovered in the Andromeda Galaxy

Using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have discovered an unprecedented bonanza of black holes in the Andromeda Galaxy, one of the nearest galaxies to the Milky Way.

14 Jun 2013

Quantum Dot Technique Evades Problems in Nanoscale Microscopy

It's not reruns of "The Jetsons", but researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new microscopy technique that uses a process similar to how an old tube television produces a picture—cathodoluminescence—to image nanoscale features.

14 Jun 2013

Astronomers Discover New Type of Variable Star

Astronomers using the Swiss 1.2-metre Euler telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile have found a new type of variable star. The discovery was based on the detection of very tiny changes in brightness of stars in a cluster. The observations revealed previously unknown properties of these stars that defy current theories and raise questions about the origin of the variations.

13 Jun 2013

Blueprint Published for International Linear Collider Particle Physics Project

A five-volume report containing the blueprint for a future particle physics project, the International Linear Collider (ILC), was published today. In three consecutive ceremonies in Asia, Europe and the Americas, the authors of the Technical Design Report for the International Linear Collider, a next-generation particle collider to complement and advance beyond the physics of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, officially handed the report over to the international oversight board for projects in particle physics, the International Committee for Future Accelerators ICFA.

13 Jun 2013

Spin-Resolved ARPES Needed to Study Magnetism and Spintronics

One of the world’s brightest sources of soft x-rays, Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source (ALS) is a premier facility for studying the properties of materials. It’s no surprise that ALS beamlines excel at ARPES – angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy – a fundamental technique for examining electronic structure.

12 Jun 2013

Saturn’s Density Waves May Help Probe it’s Interior

Astronomers know that gravity from Saturn’s various moons tug at the planet’s rings and make spirals in them. But the catalyst for certain spiral patterns has been difficult to pin down. Now, two Cornell astronomers have determined the source: Saturn itself.

12 Jun 2013

Scientists Measure Least Massive Galaxy in the Known Universe

The least massive galaxy in the known universe has been measured by UC Irvine scientists, clocking in at just 1,000 or so stars with a bit of dark matter holding them together.

11 Jun 2013

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Extrasolar Planet Forming Quite Far From its Star

Physics Nobel Laureates Tell Their Story in New Book on Superconductivity

Study Confirms How Stellar-Mass Black Holes Produce High-Energy Light

Hungarian Data Centre Inaugurated by CERN and Wigner Research Centre for Physics

Compelling Evidence of Planet Forming at a Great Distance from its Star

Researchers Stack up Galaxy Signals to Determine Hydrogen Content

New Strategy for Collaboration, Communication and Investment in Particle Physics across Europe

Quantum Mechanical Coupling of Atoms to Fiber Cables May Help Realize Global Quantum Networks

Unprecedented Bonanza of Black Holes Discovered in the Andromeda Galaxy

Quantum Dot Technique Evades Problems in Nanoscale Microscopy

Astronomers Discover New Type of Variable Star

Blueprint Published for International Linear Collider Particle Physics Project

Spin-Resolved ARPES Needed to Study Magnetism and Spintronics

Saturn’s Density Waves May Help Probe it’s Interior

Scientists Measure Least Massive Galaxy in the Known Universe

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