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Astronomers Identify Numerous Elements in a Distant Star in Milky Way

In the sun’s neighborhood of the Milky Way Galaxy is a fairly bright star. Astronomers have successfully recognized the broadest variety of elements in this star that lies beyond the solar system for the first time.

11 May 2022

Scientists Develop New Method to Synchronize Devices on Earth Using Cosmic Rays

To synchronize their actions, different technologies, networks, and institutions benefit from or need precise time keeping. Existing practices of time synchronization have various flaws, which a new suggested technique aims to overcome.

10 May 2022

Researchers Discover Over 700 Ultracool Dwarfs Using LAMOST DR7

A team of researchers led by Dr Youfen Wang and Professor Ali Luo from the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) found 734 ultracool dwarfs, which are candidates for brown dwarfs, using LAMOST DR7 low-resolution spectral data.

9 May 2022

New Study Reveals the Flare-Driven Mechanism of Extreme-Ultraviolet Waves

Researchers headed by Dr Xinping Zhou of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Yunnan Observatories and associated partners have discovered solid evidence of coronal waves caused by flares.

9 May 2022

Innovative Method to Switch Magnetization in Magnetic Material

By slanting the appropriate material at the appropriate angle, scientists from Cornell University were able to discover a way to switch the magnetization in a ferromagnet’s thin layers—an approach that could ultimately result in the creation of magnetic memory devices with high energy efficiency.

6 May 2022

Researchers Produce Polarized X-Rays with Unprecedented Purity

At the European XFEL in Hamburg, investigators were able to produce polarized X-rays with exceptional purity.

6 May 2022

Mutations in Molecules can Arise due to Strange Rules of the Quantum World

The molecules of life, DNA, replicate with astounding precision, yet this process is not immune to mistakes and can lead to mutations. Using sophisticated computer modelling, a team of physicists and chemists at the University of Surrey have shown that such errors in copying can arise due to the strange rules of the quantum world.

6 May 2022