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Astronomers Detect Source of Powerful Radio Burst Within the Milky Way

On April 28th, 2020, a supermagnetized stellar remnant, called magnetar, emitted a concurrent mix of radio signals and X-rays that were never seen before.

5 Nov 2020

Astronomical Survey Aims to Gain New Understanding of the Cosmos

The fifth generation of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) compiled its very first observations of the cosmos at 1:47 a.m. MDT on October 24th, 2020.

3 Nov 2020

Physicists Investigate Ultrafast Fragmentation of Hydrogen Molecules in Intense Laser Fields

Using a new method, physicists at the Heidelberg Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics have investigated the ultrafast fragmentation of hydrogen molecules in intense laser fields in detail.

3 Nov 2020

Research Uncovers Chemical Structure of Defects that Emit Single Photons

Systems which can emit a stream of single photons, referred to as quantum light sources, are critical hardware components for emerging technologies such as quantum computing, the quantum internet, and quantum communications.

3 Nov 2020

Princeton Researchers Develop New Method to Measure and Control Quantum Spins

When atoms get extremely close, they develop intriguing interactions that could be harnessed to create new generations of computing and other technologies. These interactions in the realm of quantum physics have proven difficult to study experimentally due the basic limitations of optical microscopes.

2 Nov 2020

Study Shows How Massive Stars Become Isolated in the Universe

Two studies performed at the University of Michigan have shown how certain giant stars—that is, stars whose mass is eight or more times that of the Sun—become separated in the universe: generally, the star clusters of these massive stars push them out.

2 Nov 2020

Researchers Reveal the Origins of Merging Black Holes

Over the past five years, astronomy has been revolutionised as scientists have used ripples in the fabric of spacetime, called gravitational waves, to reveal the secrets of the previously hidden world of black holes.

2 Nov 2020

New Study Opens the Path Towards Control of Quantum Walks

Generally, when people flip a coin and get heads, they would take a step to the left. And if they get Tails, they would move towards the right.

30 Oct 2020

Experts Aim to Develop Quantum Sensing Devices to Understand the Hidden Secrets of Quantum Materials

When it comes to fully understanding the hidden secrets of quantum materials, it takes one to know one, scientists say: Only tools that also operate on quantum principles can get us there.

30 Oct 2020

Breakthrough Quantum-Dot Transistors Open the Door to a Host of Innovative Electronics

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory and their collaborators from the University of California, Irvine have created fundamental electronic building blocks out of tiny structures known as quantum dots and used them to assemble functional logic circuits.

30 Oct 2020