Betelgeuse: A Hotheaded Superstar Aug 4, 2009
A second team, led by Keiichi Ohnaka (Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy), coupled the output from three 1. 8-meter telescopes at the VLT site to create an near-infrared interferometer with a virtual aperture some 157 feet (48 meters) across. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Breakdown In Planck's Law Of Heat Transfer Jul 31, 2009
Planck's blackbody radiation law, formulated in 1900 by German physicist Max Planck, describes how energy is dissipated, in the form of different wavelengths of radiation, from an idealized non-reflective black object, called a blackbody. The law says that the relative thermal emission of radiation at different wavelengths follows a precise pattern that varies according to the temperature of the object. (Science Daily)
Cell Membranes Applied To Manufactured Surfaces Could Lead To New Class Of Self-assembling Materials Jul 26, 2009
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research. (Mar. (Science Daily)
EXTRA CREDIT Jul 13, 2009
Northway, an engineering physics major in the engineering honors program, is participating in a three-month summer internship at the Max Planck Institute of Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, Germany. Claire M. Northway, East Gull Lake, recently graduated magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Innovative Technology Shatters The Barriers Of Modern Light Microscopy Jul 6, 2009
ScienceDaily (July 5, 2009) Researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum M. nchen and the Technische Universit. (Science Daily)
Largest Ever Survey Of Very Distant Galaxy Clusters Completed Jul 3, 2009
H.K.C. Yee of the University of Toronto, Canada; Mark Lacy and Jason Surace of the Spitzer Science Center/California Institute of Technology; Henk Hoekstra of Leiden University; Michael Balogh and David Gilbank of the University of Waterloo, Canada; Kris Blindert of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany; Subhabrata Majumdar of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India; Jonathan P. Gardner of the Goddard Space Flight Center; Mike Gladders of the University of Chicago; and Carol... (Science Daily)
"Geyser" Moon Sprinkles Salt on Saturn's Rings Jun 25, 2009
"It's really hard to explain [salt in the E ring], other than [the theory] that there is a saltwater reservoir feeding the plumes. That's by far the most plausible explanation," said study co-author Frank Postberg, of the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, Germany. In a paper appearing in this week's issue of the journal Nature, Postberg suggests that water exists in deep caverns under the moon's ice. (National Geographic)
A "Briny Deep" Inside Enceladus? Jun 25, 2009
Frank Postberg (Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics) and others reveal that about 6% of the tiny particles in Saturn's E ring are quite salty, containing up to 1;% sodium chloride (NaCl). This makes sense if the ocean inside Enceladus has been in contact with deep-seated rocks for millions of years, long enough for sodium and other elements to leach into the water. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Saturn moon hints it could host life Jun 25, 2009
Frank Postberg of the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg said the presence of sodium salts was compelling evidence, indicating salty minerals were washed out from rock on Enceladus in the same way oceans absorb salt on Earth. He and colleagues reported that they had found salty grains of ice after analyzing data from Cassini s cosmic dust detector as it flew through Saturn s outermost ring, where Enceladus orbits. (Boston Globe)
Meteorite grains divulge Earth's cosmic roots Jun 16, 2009
Ulrich Ott, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany. Matthias M.M. Meier, Institute of Isotope Geology and Mineral Resources, Zurich, Switzerland. (EurekAlert!)
Goal: Developing The Best Atomic Clock In The World Jun 5, 2009
It is already a prime example of good cooperation between completely different but perfectly complementary partners: Next to PTB as the state research institute of the Federal Ministry of Economics (BMWi) with its special knowledge in the field of metrology, i.e. precise measurement technologies, there are six institutes from the Leibniz University of Hannover, the Laser Zentrum Hannover, the German-British Gravitational Wave Detector GEO600 in Ruthe, the Center of Applied Space Technology and... (Science Daily)
Einstein’s General Theory Of Relativity: Celebrating The 20th Century's Most Important Experiment Jun 2, 2009
(July 31, 2006) With the "Genesis of General Relativity," the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science has just published the most comprehensive study to date of the structures of a scientific revolution. The. (Science Daily)
Breakthrough In Quantum Control Of Light May 31, 2009
7, 2004) Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Garching and the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen have proposed a scheme to transfer the quantum state of a pulse of light onto a set. . (Science Daily)
Rare radio supernova in nearby galaxy is nearest supernova in five years May 28, 2009
Bower's colleagues are Andreas Bunthaler, Karl M. Menten and Christian Henkel of the Max Planck Institute for Radioastronomy in Bonn, Germany; Mark J. Reid of Harvard University's Center for Astrophysics; and Heino Falcke of the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands. The radio supernova was discovered on April 8 in M82, a small irregular galaxy located nearly 12 million light years from Earth in the M81 galaxy group, by the Very Large Array, a New Mexico facility operated by the National... (EurekAlert!)
* Science Express brings future one station at a time May 24, 2009
Peter Steiner of the Max Planck Society, which runs the train along with some of Germanys leading companies such as Siemens and Volkswagen, was delighted with the public response to the project, which was officially opened by German Chancellor Angela Merkel on April 24. Its only our first day and we have already had over 2,000 visitors with 400 or 500 children, he said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Cosmology's Best Standard Candles Get Even Better May 23, 2009
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics and at the National Astronomical Institute of Italy have now found a way to use these. (Nov. (Science Daily)
Fast Laser Research And Theory Building On Einsten's Work By Timing Electrons Emissions May 23, 2009
7, 2005) Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, investigating the chaotic behaviour of the quantum world, have been able to give the first ever demonstration of quantum chaos during atom. . (Science Daily)
Fundamental Mechanism For Cell Organization Discovered May 23, 2009
The discovery, which was made during the 2008 Physiology course at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), is reported in the May 21 early online edition of Science by Clifford P. Brangwynne and Anthony A. Hyman of the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, and their colleagues, including Frank J. licher of the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, also in Dresden. (Science Daily)
Astronomy: Peek-a-boo May 15, 2009
Max Planck founded quantum theory, and thus wrecked the Newtonian universe. And William Herschel discovered Uranus, the first planet unknown to the astrologers of old. (The Economist)
Two Telescopes to Measure the Big Bang May 15, 2009
The Planck telescope, named after the German physicist Max Planck, aims to reveal more about how the universe was formed nearly 14 billion years ago by mapping "fossil light." This relic radiation of the Big Bang part of the Cosmic Microwave Background should tell astronomers more about how the large-scale structures of the universe formed and evolved. Planck will also attempt an extraordinary mathematical feat: calculating the total number of atoms in the universe. (Time.com)
Composing across continents May 15, 2009
The concert will bring together three large ensembles: the symphony, Oregon State University Brass Ensemble and the Max Planck High School Big Band from Schorndorf, Germany ... The third premiere will be an arrangement that combines the visiting Max Planck High School Big Band with the symphony orchestra ... Director Martin Drechsler founded the the Max Planck High School Big Band in 1998 and has taken the group on three previous U.S. tours in 2002, 2004, 2006. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Global Warming Curbed By Lead Pollution May 13, 2009
At the Sphinx Observatory, a Swiss research station on the Jungfraujoch at an altitude of 3,580 meters, scientists from various institutions, including the Universities of Frankfurt and Mainz, and the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, investigated the chemical composition of clouds in the winters of 2006 and 2007 ... The atmospheric physicist is the head of the "Department of Particle Chemistry, a joint venture of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and the Institute for... (Science Daily)
Microscope Capable Of Live Imaging At Double The Resolution Of Fluorescence Microscopy Developed May 12, 2009
(June 3, 2005) Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for biophysical Chemistry in G. ttingen establish a new law allowing unlimited optical resolution in fluorescence. (Science Daily)
AGU Journal highlights -- May 6, 2009 May 7, 2009
Markus Reichstein: Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany. Source: Geophysical Research Letters (GRL) paper 10. (EurekAlert!)
Salt in ice plumes hint at liquid sea on Saturn's moon May 1, 2009
According to a report in New Scientist, Frank Postberg of the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, Germany, and colleagues, found traces of sodium in the form of salt and sodium bicarbonate. The chemicals would have originated in the rocky core of Enceladus, so to reach a plume they must have leached from the core via liquid water. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
New signs of hidden sea on Saturn moon May 1, 2009
At a meeting of European geoscientists in Vienna last week, Frank Postberg with Germany's Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics and colleagues explained that the sodium is, in fact, there it was simply bound in a form (sodium chloride) not detectable by Earth-bound telescopes. "This is only possible if the plume source is liquid water that is or has been in contact with the rocky material of Enceladus' core," the scientists wrote in the EGU General Assembly's 2009 Geophysical Research... (MSNBC -- Technology)
Pizza Tossing Art Unlocks Secrets Of Tiny Motors Apr 29, 2009
22, 2005) Max Planck scientists show that the cooperation of a small number of molecular motors yields cargo transport over large. (Mar. (Science Daily)
At The Limits Of The Photoelectric Effect Apr 28, 2009
7, 2005) Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, investigating the chaotic behaviour of the quantum world, have been able to give the first ever demonstration of quantum chaos during atom. (Oct. (Science Daily)
Spider silk-metal combo makes for tough tool Apr 28, 2009
It could make very strong thread for surgical operations, researcher Seung-Mo Lee of the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle, Germany, said in a telephone interview. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Magic in gamma ray astronomy Apr 28, 2009
However, the project's manager Florian Goebel of the Max Planck Institute of Physics in Munich (MPI) died while working on the telescope's camera a week before the initial inauguration date. Speed limit. (BBC News -- Science)
Bridging the gap in nanoantennas Apr 20, 2009
In a recent publication in Nature Photonics, a joint team of researchers at CIC nanoGUNE, Donostia International Physics Center DIPC, Centro de Fsica de Materiales of CSIC/UPV-EHU in San Sebastian (Spain), Harvard University (USA) and the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Munich (Germany) reports an innovative method for controlling light on the nanoscale by adopting tuning concepts from radio-frequency technology ... They mapped the near-field oscillations of the different antennas with... (EurekAlert!)
Next Generation Nanofilms Created Apr 20, 2009
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research ... 9, 2007) As thin as it gets: the carbon membranes recently created by Max Planck scientists are only one atom thick. (Science Daily)
Martin Klein, at 84; editor of Einstein papers collection Apr 5, 2009
Dr. Klein had done previous work on Einstein and had analyzed the research of Einstein's fellow physicists Max Planck, Erwin Schroedinger, Niels Bohr, Josiah Willard Gibbs, and Paul Ehrenfest. In 1970, he published a biography, "Paul Ehrenfest: The Making of a Theoretical Physicist" (North Holland Publishing Co.). (Boston Globe)
How Do We Support Today's Einsteins? Apr 3, 2009
When Max Planck accidentally discovered quantum theory, he kick-started the most significant scientific revolution of the 20th century; his colleague, Wilhelm R. ntgen's experiments with cathode rays led inadvertently to the discovery of X-rays, which ultimately revolutionised modern medical practice; and US physicists at Bell Labs, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, detected cosmic wave background radiation -- the echo of the Big Bang -- when trying to get rid of the annoying noise being picked up... (Science Daily)
New EINSTEIN@HOME effort launched: home computers to search Arecibo data for new pulsars Mar 25, 2009
The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) is the largest research institute in the world devoted to the study of general relativity ... The Albert Einstein Institute for Gravitational Physics is supported by the Max Planck Society and the University of Hannover. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Holy photons Mar 25, 2009
Originated in work conducted by Max Planck and Albert Einstein at start of 20th Century They discovered that light comes in discrete packets, or quanta, which we call photons The Heisenberg Uncertainty principle says certain features of subatomic particles like momentum and position cannot be known precisely at the same time Gaps remain, like attempts to find the 'God Particle' that scientists hope to spot in the Large Hadron Collider. It is required to give other particles mass. (BBC News -- Science)
Joint ESA/NASA mission using SPICE to explore the center of the solar system Mar 22, 2009
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (United Kingdom), Max Planck Institute (Germany), Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (France) and Institute for Theoretical Physics (Norway). The Solar Orbiter spacecraft is currently scheduled for launch in 2017. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Physicists Offer New Theory For Iron Compounds Mar 20, 2009
16, 2007) A team of physicists from Rice University, Rutgers University, and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden, Germany, reports this week in the journal Science the discovery. (July 22, 2008) Physicists have gained new insight into the origins of superconductivity -- a property of metals where electrical resistance vanishes -- by studying exotic chemical compounds that contain neptunium. (Science Daily)
Transparent Metal Under Pressure? Mar 14, 2009
To test this unexpected prediction, Ma and Oganov contacted Mikhail Eremets, the leader of an experimental group at Max Planck Institute of Chemistry, Mainz (Germany). Eremets was initially skeptical of the Ma-Oganov predictions, yet he was undeterred by extreme technical challenges of reaching pressures of over 2 million atmospheres. (Science Daily)
Chimp collects rocks to throw at people later Mar 11, 2009
The observations confirmed the result of a staged laboratory experiment reported in 2006 by scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. In that case, orangutans and bonobos were able to figure out which tool would work in an effort to retrieve grapes, and were able to remember to bring that tool along hours later. (San Francisco Chronicle)
More Than Just a Theory -- New Book Introduces Theories On Space, Time, and Matter Feb 26, 2009
After years of working in the electronic industry, he worked in the Max Planck Institute for Physics under the direction of Werner Heisenberg, leading discoverer of quantum mechanics. In 1962, he emigrated to the United States, where for the next forty-five years he taught graduate level physics at the United States Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. (Primezone Releases)
Most Extreme Gamma-ray Blast Ever Feb 23, 2009
A team led by Jochen Greiner at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, Germany, established that the blast occurred 12. 2 billion light-years away using the Gamma-Ray Burst Optical/Near-Infrared Detector (GROND) on the 2. (Science Daily)
Astronomers spot 'strongest-ever gamma ray explosion' Feb 21, 2009
Subsequently, a team led by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany, established that the blast occurred 12. 2 billion light-years away using the Gamma- Ray Burst Optical/Near-Infrared Detector on the telescope at the European Southern Observatory in La Silla, Chile. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
NASA Spacecraft Falling For Mars Feb 20, 2009
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany; DLR Institute for Planetary Research, Berlin; Italian National Institute for Astrophysics, Rome; and the Italian Space Agency. Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Va. (Science Daily)
Scientists excited by universe's brightest explosion Feb 20, 2009
Using the Gamma-Ray Burst Optical/Near-Infrared Detector (GROND) on a telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile, a team led by Jochen Greiner of Germany's Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics determined that the huge gamma-ray burst occurred 12. 2 billion light years away. (The Age, Australia -- World)
NASA's Fermi sees most extreme Gamma-ray blast Feb 20, 2009
Nearly 32 hours after the blast, Jochen Greiner of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, Germany, led a group that searched for the explosion's fading afterglow. The team simultaneously captured the field in seven wavelengths using the Gamma-Ray Burst Optical/Near-Infrared Detector, or GROND, on the 2. (Xinhuanet, China)
PU researchers figure in another LHC project Feb 17, 2009
Their participation is supported by Union department of science and technology and Max Planck Institute, Germany, with DST meeting the travel and living expenses. Zeus is one of the largest multi-purpose detectors and research at Zeus focuses on investigating the structure of the proton, fundamental interactions between particles and on searches for physics beyond the standard model. (Times of India)
A New View of Galaxy Formation Feb 11, 2009
Reinhard Genzel of the Max Planck Institute, whose group is collaborating with the HU researchers. Each galaxy contains about 100 billion radiant stars such as our Sun. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Black Holes Linked With Galaxy Creation Feb 8, 2009
John Kormendy of the University of Texas at Austin and Ralf Bender of Germany's Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics used the Hubble Space Telescope and other telescopes around the world to study the biggest galaxies in the universe -- "elliptical galaxies" -- that are shaped roughly like footballs and can be made of as many as a thousand billion stars. Virtually all of those galaxies contain a black hole at their center. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Super-resolution Microscopy In 3-D Feb 7, 2009
15, 2006) A microscope used to scan nanostructures can be dramatically enhanced by using a "superlens," reports an international team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry and the. . (Science Daily)
Holographic Universe: Discovery Could Herald New Era In Fundamental Physics Feb 7, 2009
GEO600 is a joint project of scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, or AEI), Leibniz Universit ... It is funded jointly by the Max Planck Society in Germany and the Science and Technology Facilities Council in UK. ... Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute). (Science Daily)
Stars Form At Record Speeds In Infant Galaxy Feb 7, 2009
Recent measurements of an international team led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy provide the first concrete evidence that star-forming regions in infant galaxies are indeed small - but also hyperactive, producing stars at astonishingly high rates ... An international team led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy is now much closer to being able to answer these questions ... "This galaxy's rate of star production is simply astonishing," says the... (Science Daily)
