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Physicists Solve Low-Temperature Magnetic Mystery

Researchers at the University of Connecticut have made an experimental breakthrough in explaining a rare property of an exotic magnetic material, potentially opening a path to a host of new technologies

Iowa State Physicists Ready for the Higher Energies of Run II at the Large Hadron Collider

Four Iowa State physicists and their team of postdoctoral research associates and graduate students are ready for some new data from the second run of the 17-miles-around collider near Geneva, Switzerland.

HAWC Captures Evidence of Powerful Cosmic Visitors

Through the High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory (HAWC), scientists will gather information on gamma rays that carry about a trillion times more energy than the photons that enter our eyes and allow us to see.

Frustrated Magnets – New Experiment Reveals Clues to their Discontent

An experiment conducted by Princeton researchers has revealed an unlikely behavior in a class of materials called frustrated magnets, addressing a long-debated question about the nature of these discontented quantum materials.

Arthur Bienenstock Honored with First Endowed Professorship to Link SLAC and Stanford

The holder of the Wallenberg-Bienenstock Professorship will have a joint appointment on the faculties of SLAC and a Stanford science or engineering department. The professorship honors Bienenstock for his efforts to strengthen ties between Stanford and Swedish universities.

Tunneling Across a Tiny Gap

Study at MIT finds “phonon tunneling” explains heat flow across nanometer-wide gaps.

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Carnegie Mellon University Chemists Create Tiny Gold Nanoparticles That Reflect Nature’s Patterns

New research from Carnegie Mellon chemists has revealed that tiny, synthetic gold nanoparticles exhibit some of nature’s most intricate patterns.

A New Map For a Greenhouse Gas

Scientists at Boston University supported by NASA, the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy, have developed a more precise way to tally the carbon dioxide emissions of vehicles.

Once More Unto the Breach

As the Large Hadron Collider commences its second run, University of California Santa Barbara researchers ready themselves again to reverse engineer the universe.

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Physicists Celebrate Second Act of Large Hadron Collider

Several UC Riverside physicists are involved in research using one of the four particle detectors at the collider.

NIU Physicists Excited About Restart of Large Hadron Collider

Scientists from the Northern Illinois University physics department are preparing to join thousands of their international colleagues to study the highest-energy particle collisions ever achieved in the laboratory.

New Material Could Boost Batteries, Fuel Cells and Power Plants

Researchers at Clemson, the University of South Carolina and Brookhaven’s Center for Functional Nanomaterials have developed a new material that could make for more powerful batteries and more efficient power plants.