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A Force from Nothing Used to Control and Manipulate Objects

A collaboration between researchers from The University of Western Australia and The University of California Merced has provided a new way to measure tiny forces and use them to control objects.

4 Aug 2020

Astronomers Detect Electromagnetic Signal Caused by Unequal Neutron-Star Collision

When a collision occurs between a pair of neutron stars, it occasionally results in the formation of a black hole that ingests everything except the gravitational proof of the collision.

4 Aug 2020

Study on Unequal Neutron-Star Mergers Shows Larger Star Tears its Partner Apart

When two neutron stars slam together, the result is sometimes a black hole that swallows all but the gravitational evidence of the collision.

4 Aug 2020

Study Reveals Dynamical Differences Between Active and Non-Active Galaxies

After evaluating the differences between the disks of many pairs of active and non-active spiral galaxies, a study reached a conclusion that the rotational movement of the stars in the former disks is relatively more important.

3 Aug 2020

Discovery of Galaxy with Low Oxygen Abundance Shows it Formed Very Recently

Researchers have now discovered a galaxy with a very low oxygen abundance of 1.6% solar abundance, thus breaking the earlier record for the lowest-ever oxygen abundance.

3 Aug 2020

Study Investigates Microwave Response of MnNb3S6, a Chiral Magnetic Soliton

A new study performed by Prof. ZHANG Lei and his colleagues at the High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science has unraveled the anisotropic microwave response and interactions of Chiral Magnetic Soliton (CMS).

3 Aug 2020

Certain Stars Could Have Earth-Like Habitable Planets

Our solar system has one habitable planet -- Earth. A new study shows other stars could have as many as seven Earth-like planets in the absence of a gas giant like Jupiter.

3 Aug 2020

ESO’s VLT Captures Stunning Butterfly-Shaped Images of NGC 2899 Nebula

ESO’s Very Large Telescope has captured new, stunning images of a planetary nebula named NGC 2899—a striking bubble of gas that resembles a butterfly with its intricate patterns, beautiful colors, and symmetrical structure and appears to float and flutter across the sky.

31 Jul 2020

Upgraded Device Shows Excellent Potential for Harvesting Fusion Energy on Earth

The silvery metal lithium helps treat bipolar disorders and powers smartphones. It could even play a crucial role in the global effort to harvest the clean, safe, and almost unlimited fusion energy on Earth.

30 Jul 2020

Quantum Negativity can Enable Ultra-Precise Measurements of Optical Components

Researchers have discovered that “quantum negativity”—a type of physical property—can be employed to take more accurate measurements of everything, right from gravitational waves to molecular distances.

30 Jul 2020