UO plays key role in LIGO's new view of a cosmic event
An international team of physicists, including University of Oregon scientists, has concluded that last February's intense burst of gamma rays possibly coming from the Andromeda Galaxy lacked a gravitational wave. That absence, they say, rules out an initial interpretation that the burst came from merging neutron stars or black holes within... view more... (2008-01-04)
More solid than solid: A potential hydrogen-storage compound
One of the key engineering challenges to building a clean, efficient, hydrogen-powered car is how to design the fuel tank. Storing enough raw hydrogen for a reasonable driving range would require either impractically high pressures for gaseous hydrogen or extremely low temperatures for liquid hydrogen. view more (2008-04-03)
Part-time pulsar yields new insight into inner workings of cosmic clocks
Astronomers using the 76-m Lovell radio telescope at the University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Observatory have discovered a very strange pulsar that helps explain how pulsars act as 'cosmic clocks' and confirms theories put forward 37 years ago to explain the way in which pulsars emit their regular beams of radio waves-considered to be one of... view more... (2006-03-03)
Cannibal stars like their food hot, XMM-Newton reveals
ESA's XMM-Newton has seen vast clouds of superheated gas, whirling around miniature stars and escaping from being devoured by the stars' enormous gravitational fields-giving a new insight into the eating habits of the galaxy's 'cannibal' stars. view more (2006-03-24)
ESA`s X-ray space telescope proves supernova can cause mysterious gamma-ray bursts
Gamma-ray bursts are the most powerful explosions ever detected in the Universe. They are also one of the greatest mysteries of modern astronomy, since so far no clear evidence has existed to prove what causes them. Until now, there have been two `prime suspects` for what makes gamma-ray bursts, the collision of neutron stars - dead, ultra-dense... view more... (2002-04-04)
Stellar forensics with striking new image from Chandra
A spectacular new image shows how complex a star's afterlife can be. By studying the details of this image made from a long observation by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers can better understand how some stars die and disperse elements like oxygen into the next generation of stars and planets. view more (2007-10-24)
Candy-coating keeps proteins sweet
Sugar-frosting isn't just for livening up boring bran flakes; it can also preserve important therapeutic proteins. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a fast, inexpensive and effective method for evaluating the sugars pharmaceutical companies use to stabilize protein-drugs for storage at room... view more... (2008-08-20)
Scientists get new facility to study materials
A new scientific research instrument on the Isis Facility at the CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory was officially inaugurated today, Friday 6 October. The Osiris spectrometer will provide scientists with the unrivalled combination of a spectrometer and a diffractometer in the same instrument. Using this they will be able to measure where the... view more... (2000-10-06)
Researchers peg magnetism as key driver of high-temperature superconductivity
When it comes to superconductivity, magnetic excitations may top good vibrations. view more (2006-07-06)
XMM-Newton's anniversary view of supernova SN 1987A
Twenty years after the first detection of SN 1987A, the nearest supernova ever detected since the invention of the telescope, XMM-Newton provided a fresh-new view of this object. The source keeps brightening-XMM-Newton confirms. view more (2007-02-26)
Lise Meitner Prize 2002 Of The European Physical Society
Berlin, May 2002 The European Physical Society announces that the Lise Meitner Prize 2002 is awarded to Prof. James Philip Elliott, University of Sussex (UK) Prof. Francesco Iachello, University of Yale (USA) For their innovative applications of group theoretical methods to the understanding of atomic nuclei. The physics case The study of the... view more... (2002-08-19)
New space telescope aims to seek out and record explosive gamma ray bursts.
A state of the art space telescope built by scientists at UCL will make its way to the Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland, USA on a mission to unravel the mysteries of the universes gamma rays. The telescope - called UVOT - will be one of three telescopes on a special NASA orbiting space observatory planned for launch in 2003. The observatory... view more... (2002-05-31)
New vista of Milky Way center unveiled
A dramatic new vista of the center of the Milky Way galaxy from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory exposes new levels of the complexity and intrigue in the Galactic center. view more (2009-09-23)
New contrast agents may be on horizon for better medical imaging
Research by scientists based at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign may lead to the development of a new breed of "multimodal" contrast agents that could work within a host of medical imaging platforms — from ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) to magnetic resonance imaging and molecular imaging. view more (2006-06-08)
CCLRC to host new synchrotron source
The new source will sit alongside the spallation neutron source, ISIS, the Central Laser Facility, and other major scientific facilities, to provide a unique combination of research opportunities on the RAL site. CCLRC will work closely with the research community to ensure maximum interaction and synergy between these complementary facilities... view more... (2000-03-13)
CSI: Milky Way team works scene of dead star
Like a team of forensic detectives in a television show that could be called "CSI: Milky Way," a University of Chicago astrophysicist and his associates are piecing together how a mysterious infrared ring got left around a dead star that displays a magnetic field trillions of times more intense than Earth's. view more (2008-05-29)
CCLRC to play key strategic role in UK science research
The report of the quinquennial review of the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC), announced today by Science and Innovation Minister Lord Sainsbury, provides a clear statement of confidence in the work of the council and establishes a blueprint for its future. CCLRC Chief Executive Professor John Wood welcomes the... view more... (2002-05-01)
Twenty-year Italian / Anglo science collaboration to continue
Scientists from the UK and Italy have signed an agreement which builds on a close and very successful collaboration that has lasted for 20 years. Professor Adriano De Maio, president of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR - the Italian National Research Council) and Professor John Wood, Chief Executive of CCLRC, signed a Memorandum of... view more... (2004-05-28)
NASA's Fermi Telescope Reveals Best-Ever View of Gamma-Ray Sky
A new map combining nearly three months of data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is giving astronomers an unprecedented look at the high-energy cosmos. To Fermi's eyes, the universe is ablaze with gamma rays from sources ranging from within the solar system to galaxies billions of light-years away. view more (2009-03-12)
On the path to metallic hydrogen
Hydrogen, the most common element in the universe, is normally an insulating gas, but at high pressures it may turn into a superconductor. view more (2009-08-04)
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