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Magnetic Reconnection is the Reason Behind Northern Lights and Solar Flares

Physicists have reported unparalleled detail on a strange phenomenon that powers the solar flares, northern lights and coronal mass ejections.

31 Jan 2018

Theory Predicts Origins of Molecules in Destructive Cosmic Outflows

The origins of the presence of huge numbers of molecules in winds powered by supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies.

31 Jan 2018

Researchers Demonstrate Prospects of Using Antiferromagnets in the Field of Spintronics

Antiferromagnets in spintronics - materials that have no macroscopic magnetization but in which microscopic magnetic moments are in a staggered orientation.

31 Jan 2018

Astronomers Study Fullerenes in Interstellar Medium

Recently, the presence of fullerenes (very potent antioxidants) has been found in the interstellar medium and in winds emitted by red giants.

31 Jan 2018

Dust Analysis Dates Comet to Formation of Our Solar System

Dust collected comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko has indicated the comet’s formation happened around the same time as the formation of our Solar System.

25 Jan 2018

Theoretical Studies of Hybrid Tamm Plasmons

Scientists carried out theoretical studies of hybrid Tamm plasmons, predicting the structure to control the wavelength of these quasiparticles.

25 Jan 2018

Constraining Speeds of Invisible and Undetectable Dark Matter

The speed of dark matter is known to have far-reaching consequences for contemporary astrophysical research, but it has eluded researchers for years.

25 Jan 2018

Flow of Magnon Current Possible in Integrated Magnon Circuit

The flow of magnon current is possible in an integrated magnon circuit, leading to potential material and cost savings in future computer developments.

24 Jan 2018

Micius Satellite Enables Real-World Intercontinental Quantum Communications

Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) employs individual light quanta in quantum superposition states, to ensure security between intercontinental communications.

23 Jan 2018