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Antineutrino Monitoring Technique Shows Potential for Current and Future Nuclear Reactors

Technology to determine the flow of subatomic particles, called antineutrinos from nuclear reactors, could enable constant remote monitoring engineered to identify fueling variations that may denote the diversion of nuclear materials.

7 Aug 2019

Astrophysicists Detect Hot, Dense Outflowing Wind Close to a Black Hole

A very hot and dense outflowing wind has been detected near a black hole, which is at least 25,000 light-years from planet Earth. The study was carried out by an international team of astrophysicists from Oxford, Southampton, and South Africa.

7 Aug 2019

New Study Could Accelerate Plasma Self-Heating Studies to Realize Fusion Energy

A group of fusion scientists has been successful in demonstrating that it is possible to heat ions by plasma oscillations induced by high-energy particles.

7 Aug 2019

New Detection Method can Improve Magnetic Bottle that Controls Fusion Reactions

Magnetic fields are generally used by researchers to bottle up and regulate the fusion reactions on Earth. Since these fusion reactions power the stars and sun, any errors in the shape of the fields containing the reactions should be corrected.

6 Aug 2019

Anaemic Star Carries the Mark of its Ancient Ancestor

Australian-led astronomers find the most iron-poor star in the Galaxy, hinting at the nature of the first stars in the Universe.

6 Aug 2019

New Technique to Measure Quantum Entanglement in Chemical Reactions

Researchers have long doubted that a quantum phenomenon might have a role to play in photosynthesis and other natural chemical reactions. However, this was not confirmed since such a phenomenon is very difficult to detect.

5 Aug 2019

Physicists Develop New Toolkit for Quantum Simulators

Rigorous studies are being performed on quantum simulators, which have the potential to accurately measure the characteristics of intricate quantum systems, when traditional and even supercomputers prove ineffective.

5 Aug 2019

Converting Water into Ice in the Quantum Phase

When a tray of water is placed in the freezer, ice cubes are formed. Currently, scientists from CU Boulder and the University of Toronto have realized a similar transition with the help of clouds of ultracold atoms.

5 Aug 2019