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Reviewing Fundamental Theories Underpinning the Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect

An Australian collaboration has reviewed the fundamental theories underpinning the quantum anomalous Hall effect.

17 Sep 2020

Effective Approach to Enhance Quantum Yield of Broadband Emission in 1D Metal Halide

Low-dimensional perovskite-related metal halides have emerged as a new class of light-emitting materials with tunable broadband emission from self-trapped excitons.

17 Sep 2020

A Quantum Thermometer to Sensitively Measure the Temperature of Ultra-Cold Gas

In everyday life, measuring temperature is pretty straightforward. But in the quantum world, which deals with the super small and the ultra-cold, determining how hot or cold something is starts to get more challenging.

17 Sep 2020

New Approach to Detect Dark Matter Exposes Unknown Material Properties

A new study performed by scientists from Chalmers University of Technology and ETH Zürich, Switzerland has proposed a promising method to spot obscure dark matter particles through formerly uncharted atomic responses occurring in the detector material.

17 Sep 2020

Neutron Star Collisions Do Not Account for the Sheer Abundance of Heaviest Elements

Neutron star collisions do not create the quantity of chemical elements previously assumed, a new analysis of galaxy evolution finds.

16 Sep 2020

Scientist Explores the Evolution of a Primordial Interstellar Gas Cloud

Four-hundred fifty light-years from Earth, a young star is glowing at the center of a system of concentric rings made from gas and dust, and it is producing planets, one for each gap in the ring.

16 Sep 2020

Astronomers May Have Found a Signature of Life on Venus

The search for life beyond Earth has largely revolved around our rocky red neighbor.

15 Sep 2020

Researchers Propose Theory to Explain Unusual Properties of Neutrinos

Under the guidance of Kanazawa University, a group of researchers has recommended a new mathematical framework to interpret the properties of the underlying particles known as neutrinos.

15 Sep 2020

Warm Jupiter-Sized Planet Transiting a Low-Mass Star

A planet observed crossing in front of, or transiting, a low-mass star has been determined to be about the size of Jupiter.

15 Sep 2020

Astronomers Discover a Rare Molecule in the Clouds of Venus

An international team of astronomers, led by Professor Jane Greaves of Cardiff University, today announced the discovery of a rare molecule - phosphine - in the clouds of Venus.

15 Sep 2020