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Researchers Measure Temperature for the Largest Ever Sample of Super Flares

Ultraviolet light from giant stellar flares can destroy a planet's habitability.

8 Oct 2020

"Triplet Superconductivity" Phenomenon in Diamond Revealed

Diamonds have a firm foothold in our lexicon. Their many properties often serve as superlatives for quality, clarity and hardiness.

8 Oct 2020

Study Finds Evidence that Higgs Boson Decays into Muons

In 2012, when the Higgs boson was eventually discovered in a mix of other particles produced at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland, it gained fame overnight.

8 Oct 2020

SPRINT Funding to Support Iota Technology’s Development of Novel Geomagnetic Monitoring Satellite

Iota Technology has signed up to the national SPRINT business support programme to collaborate with the University of Southampton on a major nanosatellite design project.

8 Oct 2020

Study Supports Quantum Mechanics Interpretation Close to Classical Principles

For centuries, researchers have debated how to deduce quantum mechanics. A new study by Jussi Lindgren and Jukka Liukkonen backs an interpretation that is similar to classical scientific principles.

7 Oct 2020

Study Offers New Insights into Lithium-Rich Stars

One of the ancient elements nearly as old as the universe is lithium. Although lithium is one of the building blocks of the present-day universe, the observations of lithium in several celestial bodies are usually in disagreement with the speculations of classic theories.

6 Oct 2020

Quantum Spin Liquid Behavior Detected in Ruthenium Trichloride at High Magnetic Fields

Using a novel technique, scientists working at the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory have found evidence for a quantum spin liquid, a state of matter that is promising as a building block for the quantum computers of tomorrow.

6 Oct 2020

Study Reveals How Matter is Distributed in the Centers of Galaxies

Recently, a glimpse of the processes occurring in the centers of “active galaxies” was provided by a group of astronomers from UC San Diego’s Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences (CASS), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), the University of Maryland, and Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam in their study published in The Astrophysical Journal.

1 Oct 2020

Uniklasers Secures £800K Innovate UK Project as Part of Quantum Technology Research Drive

UniKLasers Limited, the Edinburgh-based manufacturer of high-precision scientific laser instrumentation, has secured a £800K Project funded by Innovate UK, the National Research and Innovation Agency, to help spearhead the commercial development of applications based around Quantum Technology - the term used to describe an amalgam of instrumentation developed from quantum physics, R&D and precision electronics engineering.

30 Sep 2020

Australian Quantum Vortex Team Named as Finalists for Prestigious Eureka Prize

FLEET physicists from Monash University and the University of Queensland are finalists, named today, in the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes - the nation's top science awards.

29 Sep 2020