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The Standard Model of Particle Contains 12 Fermions

How many matter particles exist in nature? Particle physicists have been dealing with this question for a long time. The 12 matter particles contained in the standard model of particle physics? Or are there further particles with too high a mass to be produced by the experiments performed so far? These questions are now answered by researchers of KIT, CERN, and Humboldt University in the current issue of the Physical Review Letters. (DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.241802)

14 Dec 2012

Black Hole Jets Share Striking Similarities Regardless of Mass, Age or Environment

Black holes range from modest objects formed when individual stars end their lives to behemoths billions of times more massive that rule the centers of galaxies. A new study using data from NASA's Swift satellite and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope shows that high-speed jets launched from active black holes possess fundamental similarities regardless of mass, age or environment. The result provides a tantalizing hint that common physical processes are at work.

14 Dec 2012

CQT and New Scientist Magazine Launch Competition for Short Films Inspired by Quantum Physics

In July, the Centre for Quantum Technologies in partnership with New Scientist magazine launched a competition for short films inspired by quantum physics.

14 Dec 2012

UB Researchers Celebrate the Discovery of New Subatomic Particle

UB researchers drew a crowd of about 100 people to HiggsFest, an event held last week that celebrated the discovery of the Higgs boson, an important new subatomic particle.

14 Dec 2012

The Centre for Quantum Technologies Presents CQTian of the Year 2012 Award

The Centre for Quantum Technologies likes to celebrate the achievements of its staff, scientific or otherwise. Two awards were made on 12 December to people who shine for their contributions to the CQT community: Evon Tan, Admin Executive, was named CQTian of the Year 2012 for all she does to keep the Centre running smoothly, and Troy Lee, Senior Research Fellow, was selected from a crop of excellent performers as the winner in the CQT's Got Talent competition.

14 Dec 2012

Physicists Win International Awards for Research on Quantum Properties of Black Holes

Davide Gaiotto, a Perimeter Institute faculty member, and Stephen Hawking, a Perimeter Distinguished Visiting Research Chair, along with other celebrated physicists, have been awarded prizes from the Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation. Gaiotto has won a $100,000 New Horizons in Physics Prize for emerging work as a young researcher, and Stephen Hawking was awarded a $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize for his work on black holes.

From Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics 14 Dec 2012

Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy Discusses Doomsday Prophecies

This year's winter solstice will take place on Dec. 21, the same date on which some believe the world will come to an end, coinciding with the end of the Mayan long-count calendar. Doomsday prophecies even prompted NASA to address people's concerns. Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy Ned Ladd says the world will end, just not this month.

13 Dec 2012

Bingeing Black Hole Sheds New Light on X-ray Sources in Other Galaxies

The discovery of a bingeing black hole that is expelling powerful beams of material has shed new light on some of the brightest X-ray sources seen in other galaxies, according to new research led by Durham University.

13 Dec 2012

Scientists Use LCLS X-ray Laser to Study Massive Cosmic Phenomena

Scientists have used powerful X-rays from the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, to study and measure, in atomic detail, a key process at work in extreme plasmas like those found in stars, the rims of black holes and other massive cosmic phenomena.

13 Dec 2012

Colossal Black Hole is 10 Times More Massive than Sun

For the first time, astronomers have found a microquasar -- a black hole devouring material from a companion star -- in a galaxy beyond our own Milky Way. The object, pumping out X-rays and bright bursts of radio waves, ...

13 Dec 2012

Physicists Use Quantum Superfluid to Grow Helium Crystals under Zero Gravity

A group of physicists from Japan have taken to the skies to grow crystals under zero gravity.

13 Dec 2012

Black Holes Have Properties That Resemble Dynamics of both Solids and Liquids

Black holes are surrounded by many mysteries, but now researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute, among others, have come up with new groundbreaking theories that can explain several of their properties. The research shows that black holes have properties that resemble the dynamics of both solids and liquids. The results are published in the prestigious scientific journal, Physical Review Letters.

12 Dec 2012

New Report on Photonic IC + Quantum Computing Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Photonic Integrated Circuit (IC) & Quantum Computing Market-By Application, Integration, Components, Raw Materials & Geography (2012 - 2022)" report to their offering.

12 Dec 2012

Fundamental Physics Prize for Effort to Discover Higgs-Like Particle

The Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation Selection Committee, which is comprised of prior recipients of the Fundamental Physics Prize and includes Nima Arkani-Hamed, Alan Guth, Alexei Kitaev, Maxim Kontsevich, Andrei Linde, Juan Maldacena, Nathan Seiberg, Ashoke Sen and Edward Witten,.

11 Dec 2012

Development of Quantum Dots for Molecular and Cellular Imaging Earns 2012 AAAS Fellow Distinction

Three Emory University professors representing chemistry, biochemistry and biochemical engineering have been selected as 2012 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor AAAS members bestow upon their peers. AAAS is the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.

11 Dec 2012

Quantum Science News

The Standard Model of Particle Contains 12 Fermions

Black Hole Jets Share Striking Similarities Regardless of Mass, Age or Environment

CQT and New Scientist Magazine Launch Competition for Short Films Inspired by Quantum Physics

UB Researchers Celebrate the Discovery of New Subatomic Particle

The Centre for Quantum Technologies Presents CQTian of the Year 2012 Award

Physicists Win International Awards for Research on Quantum Properties of Black Holes

Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy Discusses Doomsday Prophecies

Bingeing Black Hole Sheds New Light on X-ray Sources in Other Galaxies

Scientists Use LCLS X-ray Laser to Study Massive Cosmic Phenomena

Colossal Black Hole is 10 Times More Massive than Sun

Physicists Use Quantum Superfluid to Grow Helium Crystals under Zero Gravity

Black Holes Have Properties That Resemble Dynamics of both Solids and Liquids

New Report on Photonic IC + Quantum Computing Market

Fundamental Physics Prize for Effort to Discover Higgs-Like Particle

Development of Quantum Dots for Molecular and Cellular Imaging Earns 2012 AAAS Fellow Distinction

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