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Quantum Hall Ferromagnet Magnon Detection Via Noise Spectroscopy

Researchers demonstrated electrical noise spectroscopy as a highly sensitive tool for detecting magnons in quantum Hall ferromagnets, advancing spintronics applications.

19 Jun 2024

Galaxy's Brightness Spike Hints at Black Hole Activity

Astronomers from the European Southern Observatory have tracked changes in the galaxy's brightness using data from a number of space and ground-based observatories, such as the Very Large Telescope (VLT).

19 Jun 2024

3D-Printed Vacuum System for Dark Matter Axion Detection

Scientists from the University of Nottingham’s School of Physics and Astronomy have developed a 3D-printed vacuum system that will be used in a novel experiment to lower the density of gas before adding ultra-cold lithium atoms to detect dark walls.

18 Jun 2024

Examining Variations in Plasma Within Nuclear Fusion Reactors

Matheus Palmero and Iberê Caldas of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, have investigated the features of the intermittent plasma behavior within fusion reactors, and their findings have been published in the journal Fundamental Plasma Physics.

18 Jun 2024

NOIRLab's GNIRS Instrument Uncovers Most Distant Quasar Merger at Cosmic Dawn

Astronomers at NOIRLab have identified a groundbreaking pair of quasars using the powerful GNIRS instrument on the Gemini North telescope, part of the International Gemini Observatory operated by NSF NOIRLab.

18 Jun 2024

Archer Biochip gFET Design Fabricated on a Six-Inch Wafer by Foundry Partner in Spain

Archer Materials Limited, a semiconductor company advancing the quantum technology and medical diagnostics industries, has fabricated one of its Biochip graphene field effect transistor (“gFET”) designs through a six-inch whole wafer run by its foundry partner in Spain, Graphenea.

From Archer Materials Limited 18 Jun 2024

Harnessing Spin Excitons in Nickel Molybdate for Quantum Entanglement

To work, quantum computers, quantum networks, and quantum information transfer (quantum teleportation) require that particles are synchronized in space and time.

17 Jun 2024

Entanglement-Based Sensors Reach New Heights in Measuring Earth's Rotation

A team of researchers led by Philip Walther at the University of Vienna carried out a pioneering experiment where they measured the effect of the rotation of Earth on quantum entangled photons.

17 Jun 2024

Novel Way to Experimentally Produce Plasma ‘Fireballs’ on Earth

A multinational team of scientists, coordinated by the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford, has invented a revolutionary method for producing plasma ‘fireballs’ on Earth, ushering in a new era in laboratory astrophysics. The new findings were published in Nature Communications.

17 Jun 2024

VELOCE Discovers Double-Peaked Pattern in Cepheid Pulsation

In a recently published study in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, researchers from EPFL used Doppler effects to study the Cepheids stars. The VELOCE project, led by Richard I. Anderson, collected over 18,000 high-precision radial velocity measurements, uncovering new insights into Cepheid behavior and providing a detailed dataset to support further astronomical research.

17 Jun 2024