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Electron Measurement Method Holds Key Implications for Solar Industry

For the first time, physicists from Tu Bergakademie Freiberg (TU Freiberg) have used a new technique to analyze the processes in a model system, such as an organic solar cell, at the femtosecond scale.

3 Mar 2021

Formation Process of Cetus Stream Reproduced Using Supercomputer

Several river-like structures formed of numerous stars occur around the Milky Way galaxy. These structures are known as stellar streams, and how they form remains a mystery.

3 Mar 2021

Observation of Second-Order Merons by Controlling the Polarization of Light

The scientists have demonstrated how to structure light such that its polarization behaves like a collective of spins in a ferromagnet forming half-skyrmion (also known as merons).

2 Mar 2021

Harnessing Light Energy to Power Production of Chemicals from CO2

Carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere is a major factor that drives global warming. However, this gas could also be a useful resource.

2 Mar 2021

New Method to Determine Surface Temperatures of Red Supergiants

The lives of red supergiants, a class of star, end as supernova explosions. To date, there are no clear insights into their lifecycles, partially because of the difficulties in quantifying their temperatures.

1 Mar 2021

Investigating the Roles of Cooperative Effects and Disorder in Photon Escape Rates from Atomic Gases

Whilst a great deal of research has studied the rates of photons escaping from cold atomic gases, these studies have used a scalar description of light leaving some of its properties untested.

1 Mar 2021

Study Reveals the Largest Galaxy Cluster Formed in the Early Universe

A new study headed by scientists from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and performed with OSIRIS—an instrument on the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) —has identified the formation of the most thickly populated cluster of galaxies in the primitive universe.

1 Mar 2021

Study Sheds New Light on Role of Angular Momentum in Nuclear Fission

A set of experiments performed at the ALTO particle accelerator facility based in Orsay, France, has demonstrated that the fragments ensuing from nuclear fission achieve their inherent angular momentum (or spin) only after the fission reactions and not before them, as is generally believed.

26 Feb 2021

Magnetic Field Misalignment Regulates Astrophysical Jet Formation

Matter outflows are common attributes arising from systems driven by compact objects like active galactic nuclei, black holes, accreting objects like Young Stellar Objects (YSO), pulsar wind nebulae, and mature stars like the sun.

25 Feb 2021

Merger of Two Boson Stars Could Explain Existence of Dark Matter

An international research team has now demonstrated that the heaviest collision of black holes to be ever visualized and created by the gravitational-wave GW190521 could be more mysterious than previously believed—that is, the merger of a pair of boson stars.

25 Feb 2021