A quasiparticle quest

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Physicists have developed a device that could provide conclusive evidence for the existence (or not) of non-Abelian anyons.
via Science Daily

One of the oldest objects in the universe observed

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Astronomers report that they have detected the second most distant dusty, star-forming galaxy ever found in the universe -- born in the first one billion years after the Big Bang. It is the oldest object ever detected by the LMT.
via Science Daily
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Heating ocean moon Enceladus for billions of years

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Enough heat to power hydrothermal activity inside Saturn’s ocean moon Enceladus for billions of years could be generated through tidal friction if the moon has a highly porous core, a new study finds, working in favour of the moon as a potentially habitable world. 

via ESA Space Science
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Cassini-Huygens/Heating_ocean_moon_Enceladus_for_billions_of_years