By using phenomena like superposition and entanglement, quantum computing and quantum communication promise superior computing powers and unbreakable…
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the events have become more common and are occurring in more regions around the world than…
Individual atomic impurities are also present in other materials, for example in gemstones. They are responsible for various effects in quantum physics and are…
The research team of Prof. Massimiliano Esposito of the University of Luxembourg studies the thermodynamics of small nanomachines only consisting of a few…
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provided the earliest insights on May 30 when it observed an accumulation of dust in the atmosphere near Perseverance…
The measurement of magnetic fields has become a standard practice in medical diagnostics. Smallest electrical currents flow inside the nerve cells of brains…
In two articles published online in March 2018 and appearing in the April 5, 2018 issue of the journal Nature, the team reported the twisted bilayer graphene…
Part of the data from TESS's initial science orbit includes a detailed picture of the southern sky taken with all four of the planet-hunter's wide-field…
A gold tellurite with the chemical formula AuTe2, calaverite may not only be a source of gold, but displays highly incommensurate modulation in the positions…
Black holes are objects with such strong gravitational fields that not even light travels quickly enough to escape their grasp, hence the description 'black'….
Sun-like stars rotate up to two and a half times faster at the equator than at higher latitudes, a finding by researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi that challenges…
Then, in a phase transition, they combined and formed hadrons, among them the building blocks of atomic nuclei, protons and neutrons. In the current issue of…
When a solid body is irradiated with X-rays, electrons separate from it and move towards the surface. But how long does this take? This question was…
NOEMA (NOrthern Extended Millimeter Array) is part of a completely new generation of radio telescopes: it consists of an array of several movable telescopes…
Efficiency from spinning electrons
“This particular neutron star belongs to a group of seven nearby X-ray pulsars–nicknamed 'the Magnificent Seven'–that are hotter than they ought to be…