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Scientists Discover Millisecond Pulsar Star with Dual Identity

A fleet of orbiting X-ray telescopes that includes NASA's Swift orbiting observatory, which is controlled by Penn State, has been used by an international team of scientists in the discovery of a "millisecond pulsar" star with a dual identity.

27 Sep 2013

Quantum Light Source Coaxed to Emit Ultrashort Burst of Light at a Desired Moment in Time

Usually, an elementary light source – such as an excited atom or molecule – emits light at an unpredictable instance in time. This spontaneous emission of light is a fundamental process within applications such as LEDs and lasers. However, for other applications it is desirable to receive single photons (light) at a specific moment with as little uncertainty as possible.

27 Sep 2013

Scientists Observe Elementary Quantum Magnetic Phenomena in Ferromagnetic Quantum Crystals

Simulating solid state properties with precisely controlled quantum systems is an important goal of the Quantum Many-Body Systems Division at MPQ. Now the team around Professor Immanuel Bloch (Chair for Experimental Physics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich and Director at MPQ) has come again a step closer to it – to be precise, to the understanding of processes in ferromagnetic solid state crystals in which elementary excitations, so-called magnons, can emerge.

27 Sep 2013

Scientists Employ Neutron Source to Determine Sodium Ion Path Movement in Future Battery Material

Lithium ion batteries are highly efficient and provide electrical energy for laptops, mobile phones and lately also for the growing electric car market. But there are drawbacks to this technology: lithium is expensive and its extraction rather harmful to the environment.

27 Sep 2013

Students Measure Cosmic Particles on International Cosmic Day

On September 25, 2013 the 2nd International Cosmic Day took place: an international event on astroparticle physics, targeted at high-school students. The International Cosmic Day was initiated by DESY and Netzwerk Teilchenwelt in Germany as well as by Fermilab with its student outreach project QuarkNet in the U.S. On that day, students from all over the world have measured particles that are produced in space and that carry information about the structure and origin of the universe to us.

27 Sep 2013

New Class of Topological Materials Transport Zero-Resistance Edge Current Above Room Temperature

The group of Xiao Hu (WPI-MANA PI), Qi-Feng Liang (MANA Research Associate) and Long-Hua Wu (NIMS Junior Researcher) has designed successfully a class of new topological materials, which, at the optimal condition, can transport zero-resistance edge current even above room temperature due to the large spin-orbit coupling. This quantized current is fully spin polarized and can be inverted by electric field, and therefore is useful for spintronics.

26 Sep 2013

Multi-Institution Center for Integrated Quantum Materials Receives $20 Million NSF Fund

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded $20 million to fund a new Science and Technology Center, the Center for Integrated Quantum Materials. During the next five years, the multi-institution center will support science and education programs that explore the unique electronic behavior of quantum materials.

26 Sep 2013

Companion Star Fuels Neutron Star to Transform from Radio Pulsar into an X-Ray Pulsar and Back Again

Astronomers have uncovered the strange case of a neutron star with the peculiar ability to transform from a radio pulsar into an X-ray pulsar and back again. This star's capricious behavior appears to be fueled by a nearby companion star and may give new insights into the birth of millisecond pulsars.

26 Sep 2013

ArTeMiS Instrument Successfully Installed on Atacama Pathfinder Experiment

A new instrument called ArTeMiS has been successfully installed on APEX — the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment. APEX is a 12-metre diameter telescope located high in the Atacama Desert, which operates at millimetre and submillimetre wavelengths — between infrared light and radio waves in the electromagnetic spectrum — providing a valuable tool for astronomers to peer further into the Universe. The new camera has already delivered a spectacularly detailed view of the Cat’s Paw Nebula.

26 Sep 2013

UMD Atomic Physicist Honored as 2013 MacArthur Foundation Fellow

Ana Maria Rey, a former UMD graduate student who did her thesis work with Charles Clark, was named a 2013 MacArthur Foundation Fellow. Rey, a native of Colombia, is currently a JILA fellow and University of Colorado professor.

26 Sep 2013

Researchers Coax Photons into Binding Together to Form Molecules

Harvard and MIT scientists are challenging the conventional wisdom about light, and they didn't need to go to a galaxy far, far away to do it.

26 Sep 2013

Hydrogen Formation Influences Alignment of Interstellar Dust Grains with Magnetic Fields

For astrophysicists, the interplay of hydrogen — the most common molecule in the universe — and the vast clouds of dust that fill the voids of interstellar space has been an intractable puzzle of stellar evolution.

26 Sep 2013

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron Celebrates Topping-Out Ceremony for FLASH Experimental Hall

The building shell of the FLASH II experimental hall is finished. On 25 September, DESY, building firms and architects celebrated the completion of the roof of the experimental hall with a traditional topping out ceremony.

26 Sep 2013

Oxide Compound BaBiO3 Combines Topological Insulator and Superconductivity Properties

Most materials show one function, for example, a material can be a metal, a semiconductor, or an insulator. Metals such as copper are used as conducting wires with only low resistance and energy loss. Superconductors are metals which can conduct current even without any resistance, although only far below room temperature.

26 Sep 2013

Researchers Employ Synchrotron X-rays to Study the Physics of Deep Earthquakes

Scientists have broken new ground in the study of deep earthquakes, a poorly understood phenomenon that occurs when tectonics drive the oceanic crust under continental plates.

25 Sep 2013

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Scientists Discover Millisecond Pulsar Star with Dual Identity

Quantum Light Source Coaxed to Emit Ultrashort Burst of Light at a Desired Moment in Time

Scientists Observe Elementary Quantum Magnetic Phenomena in Ferromagnetic Quantum Crystals

Scientists Employ Neutron Source to Determine Sodium Ion Path Movement in Future Battery Material

Students Measure Cosmic Particles on International Cosmic Day

New Class of Topological Materials Transport Zero-Resistance Edge Current Above Room Temperature

Multi-Institution Center for Integrated Quantum Materials Receives $20 Million NSF Fund

Companion Star Fuels Neutron Star to Transform from Radio Pulsar into an X-Ray Pulsar and Back Again

ArTeMiS Instrument Successfully Installed on Atacama Pathfinder Experiment

UMD Atomic Physicist Honored as 2013 MacArthur Foundation Fellow

Researchers Coax Photons into Binding Together to Form Molecules

Hydrogen Formation Influences Alignment of Interstellar Dust Grains with Magnetic Fields

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron Celebrates Topping-Out Ceremony for FLASH Experimental Hall

Oxide Compound BaBiO3 Combines Topological Insulator and Superconductivity Properties

Researchers Employ Synchrotron X-rays to Study the Physics of Deep Earthquakes

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