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Study Focuses on Light-Matter Interactions in Chiral Materials Under a Magnetic Field

In nature, many molecules possess a property called chirality, which means that they cannot be superimposed on their mirror images (like a left and right hand).

22 Apr 2021

Astronomers Discover Fragments of Titanium Blasting Out of a Famous Supernova

Scientists have found fragments of titanium blasting out of a famous supernova. This discovery, made with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, could be a major step in pinpointing exactly how some giant stars explode.

22 Apr 2021

Researchers Detect Largest, Violent Flare from the Sun’s Nearest Neighbor

Researchers have discovered that the star Proxima Centauri, the closest neighbor of the Sun, emitted the largest flare to be ever recorded.

22 Apr 2021

New Pulsar Discovered Using Low-Frequency Radio Telescope

A pulsar, a dense and quickly spinning neutron star that emits radio waves into the cosmos, has been found by astronomers with the help of a low-frequency radio telescope in outback Australia.

21 Apr 2021

Scientists Identify the Largest-Ever Sample of Galaxy Clusters

Galaxy clusters, the most enormous gravitationally bound systems found in the universe, include a huge number of galaxies and lots of dark matter and gas.

20 Apr 2021

Researchers Detect New Exoplanet Revolving Around Red Dwarf Star

In the recent past, red dwarf stars have been thoroughly studied to detect exoplanets orbiting around them.

19 Apr 2021

Experiments Shatter the Dream of Quantum Spin Liquids

When temperatures drop below zero degrees Celsius, water turns to ice. But does everything actually freeze if you just cool it down enough- In the classical picture, matter inherently becomes solid at low temperatures. Quantum mechanics can, however, break this rule.

19 Apr 2021

New NASA Visualization Traces How Binary Black Holes Distort and Redirect Light

A pair of orbiting black holes millions of times the Sun's mass perform a hypnotic pas de deux in a new NASA visualization. The movie traces how the black holes distort and redirect light emanating from the maelstrom of hot gas - called an accretion disk - that surrounds each one.

16 Apr 2021

The History of LCHb in Investigating Heavy Quarks Physics

A new review published in EPJ H by Clara Matteuzzi, Research Director at the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) and tenured professor at the University of Milan, examines the three decades of the LHCb experiment, its achievements and future potential.

16 Apr 2021