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TAU-US team discovers new extrasolar plane

The Jerusalem Post

13 May, 2013

ERC grantee Prof. Tsevi Mazeh and his team have participated in research efforts leading to the discovery of a new planet, reports The Jerusalem Post.

Astronomers used a novel detection method based on Einstein's Theory of General Relativity. For that reason, the Tel-Aviv University’s team and their US colleagues have dubbed the Jupiter-sized sphere the “Einstein Planet” - officially named Kepler-76b by the NASA.

“At first, I did not believe it is possible, but I slowly got into it. Luckily, we got the support of the European Research Council to carry this project forward (…). In the end we found Kepler-76b! [A] dream comes true”, explains Prof. Tsevi Mazeh in the newspaper.

He received a € 1.7 million ERC Advanced grant in 2011.

Quantenphysiker Peter Zoller mit renommiertem Wolf-Preis geehrt

Der Standard

5 May, 2013

The Austrian daily Der Standard reports that Austrian ERC grantee Peter Zoller received the prestigious Wolf Prize in Physics 2013 together with fellow physicist Ignacio Cirac. The ceremony took place on the 5th of May in Jerusalem. Prof. Zoller and Prof. Cirac were awarded for their "groundbreaking theoretical contributions to quantum-information processing, quantum optics and the physics of quantum gases."

Besides Der Standard, also the Austrian newspapers Wiener Zeitung, Kleine Zeitung, Tiroler Tageszeitung and the Italian Südtirol News website reported on this news. All articles mention the ERC highlight, using the following quote from Peter Zoller: "It is a great honour and privilege to receive this prize together with Juan Ignacio Cirac. This award is recognition of a long and fruitful scientific collaboration."

Astrónomos provam que Einstein tinha razão

Expresso

26 April, 2013

Portuguese weekly newspaper Expresso reports on the observations of an international research team that confirm Einstein’s theory on general relativity.

The astronomers discovered and analysed a system with unusual properties, which weighs twice as much as the Sun, making it the most massive neutron star to date.

The findings partly result from the ERC funded project "BEACON" led by Portuguese researcher Paulo Freire (see ERC story).

Swedish national radio reports on ERC Vice President Carl-Henrik Heldin nomination as new Chairman of the Nobel Foundation Board

Sveriges Radio

11 April, 2013

"I am pleased and honoured by the Nobel Foundation’s expression of trust and look forward to this important and exciting assignment. The Nobel Prize has a unique international status and I will do my utmost to contribute to the Nobel Foundation’s efforts to preserve this position and to further develop its activities", said Prof. Heldin in the Nobel Foundation’s press statement, taken up by the Sveriges Radio. His nomination was widely covered by different media in Sweden.

Carl-Henrik Heldin is a Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He is also the Branch Director of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in Uppsala and Professor in Molecular Cell Biology at Uppsala University.

ERC grantee featured on Slovenian radio

Radio Slovenija

8 April, 2013

The weekly programme “View into Science” interviews the first Slovenian grantee ever, Dr Nedjeljka Zagar, about her ERC funded research in meteorology. In this 25 minutes-long programme, she says that by combining current observations of the atmosphere with modelling, she expects to provide a better understanding of weather and climate variability. The reporter mentions that the innovativeness of her project could be made possible by her 4-year ERC grant.

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