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Survey of Milky Way’s Central Molecular Zone Could Help Study Star Formation

The central molecular zone (CMZ) of the Milky Way galaxy covers the innermost 1600 light-years of the galaxy, including a huge complex of molecular clouds that contain nearly 60 million solar-masses of molecular gas.

22 Feb 2021

Lower Speed Limit Also Applies to Complex Quantum Processes

Even in the realm of the tiniest particles with their own unique rules, things cannot continue extremely fast.

22 Feb 2021

A Novel Method to Characterize Topological Phases of Light Using Nonlinear Instabilities

We are most familiar with the four conventional phases of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. Changes between two phases, known as phase transitions, are marked by abrupt changes in material properties such as density.

22 Feb 2021

Precise Control of Quantum Jumps in Atomic Nuclei Using X-Ray Light

From atomic clocks to secure communication to quantum computers: these developments are based on the increasingly better control of the quantum behaviour of electrons in atomic shells with the help of laser light.

22 Feb 2021

Insight-HXMT Identifies the Origin of Fast Radio Bursts

The latest observations from Insight-HXMT were published online in Nature Astronomy on Feb. 18. Insight-HXMT has discovered the very first X-ray burst associated with a fast radio burst (FRB) and has identified that it originated from soft-gamma repeater (SGR) J1935+2154, which is a magnetar in our Milky Way.

22 Feb 2021

CLASP2 Sounding Rocket Provides New Insight into Solar Magnetic Field

Cooperative operations between a solar observation satellite and a sounding-rocket telescope have measured the magnetic field strength in the photosphere and chromosphere above an active solar plage region. This is the first time that the magnetic field in the chromosphere has been charted all the way up to its top. This finding brings us closer to understanding how energy is transferred between layers of the Sun.

22 Feb 2021

Study Investigates Wave Property of Atomic Nuclei Motion with Highest Accuracy

Under the guidance of Professor Stephan Schiller, PhD, from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), a working group has utilized an innovative, high-precision laser spectroscopic experiment to quantify the internal vibration of the simplest molecule.

19 Feb 2021