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Researchers Lead National Effort to Enhance Next Generation of Gravitational Wave Detectors

Stanford scientists will lead a new national cooperative effort, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration Center for Coatings Research, to improve detection of gravitational waves at the twin LIGO facilities.

10 Nov 2017

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Observes Light Echo of Exploded Supernova

Light from a supernova explosion in the nearby starburst galaxy M82 is reverberating off a huge dust cloud in interstellar space.

10 Nov 2017

Researchers Identify a New Layered Superconducting Material Based on Tin and Arsenic

The layered superconducting material system is defined by a crystal structure wherein a Na layer (the spacer layer) and a SnAs layer (in which As and Sn are two-dimensionally bonded to develop superconductivity) are alternately laminated.

9 Nov 2017

Physicists Get One Step Closer to Discovering Dark Photons in the Universe

In the last few years of its functioning, a particle collider located in Northern California was refocused to look for the existence of new particles that may assist in filling the gap in our knowledge of the universe.

9 Nov 2017

Astronomers Discover Remarkable Zombie Star that Exploded Multiple Times

It’s the celestial equivalent of a horror movie villain—a star that wouldn’t stay dead.

9 Nov 2017

Quantum Tunneling Shows Promise for Solar Storage and Biosensing

Researchers at the University of Sydney have made use of quantum techniques for understanding the electrolysis of water, which is considered to be the application of an electric current to H2O in order to produce the constituent elements oxygen and hydrogen.

8 Nov 2017