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Dartmouth Astrophysicists Document Immense Power of Quasar Radiation

Quasars are among the brightest, oldest, most distant, and most powerful objects in the universe. Powered by massive black holes at the center of most known galaxies, quasars can emit enormous amounts of energy, up to a thousand times the total output of the hundreds of billions of stars in our entire Milky Way.

25 Jul 2013

First Definitive Observation of Transformation of Muon Neutrinos to Electron Neutrinos

A team of international scientists, including several at the University of Rochester, has announced the first definitive observation of the transformation of muon neutrinos to electron neutrinos – a type of neutrino oscillation that had not previously been observed. The researchers reported the new results this week at the European Physical Society meeting in Stockholm.

24 Jul 2013

Purple Bacteria Survives Under Alien Light

Purple bacteria contain pigments that allow them to use sunlight as their source of energy, hence their color. Small as they are, these microbes can teach us a lot about life on Earth, because they have been around longer than most other organisms on the planet.

24 Jul 2013

Scientists Create Unprecedented Cosmic X-ray Catalogue

Scientists led by the University of Leicester have set a new record for cosmic X-ray sources ever sighted – creating an unprecedented cosmic X-ray catalogue that will provide a valuable resource allowing astronomers to explore the extreme Universe.

24 Jul 2013

SU Physicists Contribute to Rare Particle Decay Discovery

Physicists in The College of Arts and Sciences are part of a global team of scientists that has discovered a rare particle decay, giving them an indirect way to test models of new physics.

24 Jul 2013

Einstein@Home Radio Pulsars Search Project to be Enabled for Android-Based Volunteer Computing

Android users can now boast of another capability on their smartphones and tablets: fighting AIDS and discovering new stars.

23 Jul 2013

Forecast Report on Global Photonic IC & Quantum Computing Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Photonic Integrated Circuit (IC) & Quantum Computing Market (2012 - 2022): By Application (Optical Fiber Communication, Optical Fiber Sensors, Biomedical); Components (Lasers, Attenuators); Raw Materials (Silica on Silicon, Silicon on Insulator)" report to their offering.

22 Jul 2013

T2K Collaboration Observes Muon Neutrino to Electron Neutrino Transformation

Today at the European Physical Society meeting in Stockholm, the international T2K collaboration announced definitive observation of muon neutrino to electron neutrino transformation. In 2011, the collaboration announced the first indication of this process, a new type of neutrino oscillation, then; now with 3.5 times more data this transformation is firmly established.

22 Jul 2013

Physicists Discover Rare Particle Decay

After a quarter of a century of searching, physicists have discovered a rare particle decay that gives them an indirect way to test models of new physics.

22 Jul 2013

New Breakthrough in Understanding Neutrinos

Today TRIUMF, a Canadian laboratory for nuclear and particle physics that works in partnership with York University and University of Toronto, announced a new breakthrough in understanding neutrinos – nature’s most elusive particles.

20 Jul 2013

Rice Researchers Contribute to Measurement of Predicted Particle Decay

A discovery facilitated by Rice University’s contribution to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will impact scientists’ search for dark matter in the universe.

20 Jul 2013

SOFIA to Study Celestial Objects Taking Advantage of Southern Hemisphere's Orientation

NASA's SOFIA airborne observatory will be based in New Zealand for the next two weeks, taking advantage of the Southern Hemisphere's orientation to study celestial objects that are difficult or impossible to see in the northern sky.

20 Jul 2013

Planets Orbiting Cool Stars May be Warmer and Less Icy

In a bit of cosmic irony, planets orbiting cooler stars may be more likely to remain ice-free than planets around hotter stars. This is due to the interaction of a star’s light with ice and snow on the planet’s surface.

20 Jul 2013

Measurements of Rarest Measureable Processes in Physics to be Presented at EPS-HEP Conference

New results to be presented at the EPS-HEP conference in Stockholm, Sweden, this afternoon have put the Standard Model of particle physics to one of its most stringent tests to date. The CMS and LHCb experiments at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider will present measurements of one of the rarest measureable processes in physics: the decay of a Bs (pronounced B-sub-s) particle into two muons.

20 Jul 2013

More Elegant Way to Fine-Tune Topological Insulator Behavior

Physicists at the University of Michigan say they have devised a more elegant way to fine-tune the behavior of topological insulators—peculiar, two-faced materials whose electrical properties differ markedly between their surface and their interior.

19 Jul 2013

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Dartmouth Astrophysicists Document Immense Power of Quasar Radiation

First Definitive Observation of Transformation of Muon Neutrinos to Electron Neutrinos

Purple Bacteria Survives Under Alien Light

Scientists Create Unprecedented Cosmic X-ray Catalogue

SU Physicists Contribute to Rare Particle Decay Discovery

Einstein@Home Radio Pulsars Search Project to be Enabled for Android-Based Volunteer Computing

Forecast Report on Global Photonic IC & Quantum Computing Market

T2K Collaboration Observes Muon Neutrino to Electron Neutrino Transformation

Physicists Discover Rare Particle Decay

New Breakthrough in Understanding Neutrinos

Rice Researchers Contribute to Measurement of Predicted Particle Decay

SOFIA to Study Celestial Objects Taking Advantage of Southern Hemisphere's Orientation

Planets Orbiting Cool Stars May be Warmer and Less Icy

Measurements of Rarest Measureable Processes in Physics to be Presented at EPS-HEP Conference

More Elegant Way to Fine-Tune Topological Insulator Behavior

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