Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

Newborn Stars Discovered in Barnard 59’s Cosmic Cluster

The two baby stars were found in the [BHB2007] 11 system – the youngest member of a small stellar cluster in the Barnard 59 dark nebula, which is part of the…

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Physicists from Ulm put Einstein to the test – Atomic clock on space-time voyage: a quantum-mechanical twin paradox

Physicists from Einstein's hometown Ulm and from Hannover have taken on the challenge of investigating the intersections of the theory of relativity and…

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New 'fuzzy' dark matter research disrupts conventional thinking

New research conducted at the University of Sussex has simulated dark matter in a new way for the first time, disrupting conventional thinking about the…

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Beyond Einstein: Solving the Mystery of Photon Momentum

Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize for explaining the photoelectric effect: in its most intuitive form, a single atom is irradiated with light. According…

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High-Energy Neutrino Detected from Distant Cosmic Collider

On July 12, 2018, the IceCube collaboration announced the detection of the first high-energy neutrino, IceCube-170922A, which could be traced back to a distant…

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Can we peek at Schrödinger's cat without disturbing it?

Quantum physics is difficult and explaining it even more so. Associate Professor Holger F. Hofmann from Hiroshima University and Kartik Patekar from the Indian…

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Curved Nanochannels: Tuning Charge and Spin Currents Effectively

Das started with two main questions: how to tune spin current using geometry, and how to create spin transport in a 3D nanostructure. Electron spin is a…

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Discovering Hidden Gas Giants: New Exoplanets Await Discovery

There is an as-yet-unseen population of Jupiter-like planets orbiting nearby Sun-like stars, awaiting discovery by future missions like NASA's WFIRST space…

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CCNY Physicists Achieve Breakthroughs in LED Research

The research is led by graduate physics student Jie Gu and post-doctoral fellow Biswanath Chakraborty, in collaboration with another graduate student, Mandeep…

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Weak Spots Discovered in Ceramic-Graphene Composites

Physicists and materials scientists from Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) found out the structures in nanomaterials made of ceramic…

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Life's building blocks may have formed in interstellar clouds

Essential building blocks of DNA — compounds called nucleobases — have been detected for the first time in a simulated environment mimicking gaseous clouds…

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New Tool Uses Laser and Crystal to Study Molecules

Researchers have built a new tool to study molecules using a laser, a crystal and light detectors. This new technology will reveal nature's smallest sculptures…

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MSU Researchers Discover New Insights in Radioactive Decay

An atomic nucleus with many more neutrons than protons is neutron-rich and unstable. It will get rid of excess neutrons to become stable through the beta-decay…

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NASA visualization shows a black hole's warped world

Bright knots constantly form and dissipate in the disk as magnetic fields wind and twist through the churning gas. Nearest the black hole, the gas orbits at…

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'Valley states' in this 2D material could potentially be used for quantum computing

New research on two-dimensional tungsten disulfide (WS2) could open the door to advances in quantum computing.

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'Nanochains' could increase battery capacity, cut charging time

Materials with a higher lithium ion storage capacity are either too heavy or the wrong shape to replace graphite, the electrode material currently used in…

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