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Study Sheds Light on the Explosion of White Dwarfs

Astrophysicists have detected a striking flash of ultraviolet (UV) light that accompanies the explosion of a white dwarf. This is the second study of its kind to be performed, to date.

24 Jul 2020

Researchers to Develop High-Intensity Gamma Radiation Source at CERN

The “Gamma Factory initiative,” represented by an international research team, is presently investigating an innovative research tool: by using the prevailing accelerator facilities at CERN, the researchers have proposed to create a high-intensity gamma radiation source.

23 Jul 2020

New Optical Technique to Modulate Plasmonic Response of Graphene

Surface plasmons in graphene have been widely studied in the past decade due to their very appealing properties, such as the strong tunability of its optical properties through electrical gating and the relatively high plasmon lifetime.

22 Jul 2020

Excitons in van der Waals Antiferromagnet Could Help Improve Quantum Computing

While things can invariably be done faster, nothing can beat light. Calculating with light rather than electricity is considered an advancement to increase the speed of computers.

21 Jul 2020

Global Hunt to Detect Collisions in Space

The results of a long-term observation campaign to detect the collision of compact objects in the Universe has been announced by a global collaboration including The University of Western Australia.

21 Jul 2020

Studies Measure History of Cosmic Expansion in Huge Volume of Early Universe

On July 20th, 2020, the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (eBOSS) collaboration reported a series of latest scientific results in more than 20 papers.

20 Jul 2020

Researchers Demonstrate Evolution of Particles in the Vicinity of Black Hole

People’s unlimited yearning and imagination can always be aroused by the enormous scale of the universe.

17 Jul 2020

Researchers Successfully Design Optical Mirror with a Few Hundred Atoms

At the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ), physicists have designed the lightest ever optical mirror.

17 Jul 2020

New Model Successfully Explains Observations About Galaxy Structure

Astronomers studying galaxy evolution have long struggled to understand what causes star formation to shut down in massive galaxies.

17 Jul 2020

In a First, Astronomers Watch a Black Hole’s Corona Disappear, Then Reappear

It seems the universe has an odd sense of humor. While a crown-encrusted virus has run roughshod over the world, another entirely different corona about 100 million light years from Earth has mysteriously disappeared.

17 Jul 2020