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Study Finds Scientifically Mysterious Cloud Bigger than the Milky Way

At The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a research group has discovered a scientifically mysterious, detached cloud bigger than the Milky Way in a “no-man’s land” for galaxies.

1 Jul 2021

Researchers Observe First-Ever Merger of Black Hole and Neutron Star

For the first ever time, researchers have detected black holes devouring neutron stars, “like Pac Man”, in a breakthrough recording the collision of the two most extreme and elusive objects in the Universe.

1 Jul 2021

World's Fastest Quantum Random Number Generator Sets Standard for Size and Performance

As pervasive as they are in everyday uses, like encryption and security, randomly generated digital numbers are seldom truly random

30 Jun 2021

Two-Photon Quantum Interference Realized in Valley-Dependent Topological Insulators

Research team, led by academician GUO Guangcan from University of Science and Technology of China of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, collaborating with researchers from Sun Yat-sen University and Zhejiang University, realized two-photon quantum interference in the structure of valley-dependent topological insulators based on the valley Hall effect.

29 Jun 2021

Astronomers Observe New Type of Supernova

The first case of a new kind of supernova was recently observed by an international team of astronomers.

29 Jun 2021

Astronomers Capture Motions of Remarkable Cosmic Structure

For the first time, astronomers have quantified the movements of an extraordinary cosmic structure using the Chandra X-ray Observatory of NASA.

25 Jun 2021

Researchers Capture First High-Resolution Image of a Star Nursery in the Milky Way

The first high-resolution image of an expanding bubble of ionized gas and hot plasma where stars are born has been made by scientists from the University of Maryland.

24 Jun 2021

New Device Could Detect Fusions of Primordial Small Black Holes

The detection of primordial black holes offers a whole new perspective to interpret the origin of the Universe because these prevailing hypothetical black holes are assumed to have formed merely a few small fractions of a second after the Big Bang.

23 Jun 2021

New Platform to Realize Ultra-Strong Photon-to-Magnon Coupling

A new platform has been designed and tested by researchers from the National University of Science and Technology Misis (NUST MISIS) and MIPT to obtain the ultra-strong photon-to-magnon coupling.

22 Jun 2021

High Temperature Superfluorescence in Perovskites Could Prove Useful in Quantum Applications

A commonly studied perovskite can superfluoresce at temperatures that are practical to achieve and at timescales long enough to make it potentially useful in quantum computing applications.

22 Jun 2021