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Researchers Discover New Exoplanet Using Microlensing Technique

Telescopes across the globe have been used by scientists to confirm and characterize an exoplanet orbiting an adjacent star, by means of a rare phenomenon called gravitational microlensing.

5 Nov 2019

New Theory Offers Insights into Detonation Formation in Supernovae Explosions

The thermonuclear explosion of Type Ia supernovae, which are luminous and powerful stellar explosions, can only be understood using theoretical models. Previously, such models were unable to account for the mechanism that initiated the explosion.

5 Nov 2019

Astronomers Provide a New Way to Identify an Entire Class of Black Holes

For astrophysicists, black holes represent an integral part of how they interpret the universe. Black holes are so significant that researchers have been attempting to develop a census of all the black holes present in the Milky Way galaxy.

4 Nov 2019

Patterns of Light Used to Build Light-Based Quantum Network

Structured light is not just a great way to elucidate patterns or pictures of light. It is rightfully the ideal way as it has the potential to power future communications that will be both more secure and faster.

31 Oct 2019

New Magnetic Instability Could Play Vital Role in Creating Sun’s Magnetic Field

In the rotating plasma of the sun, a hitherto unnoticed mechanism is at work: a magnetic instability that was regarded by scientists as physically improbable under such conditions.

30 Oct 2019

Developing Quantum Imaging Technologies to Create Quantum Enhanced Microscope

Existing microarray laser scanning technology and super-resolution microscopes are known for their very good resolutions and high sensitivities.

25 Oct 2019

Cosmic Mystery Grows with New Measurements of Rate of Expansion of Universe

A team led by astronomers at the University of California, Davis provides new measurements of the rate of growth of the universe, adding to a growing mystery: Estimates of a fundamental constant made with different approaches keep delivering varying results.

24 Oct 2019

Astronomers Find New Evidence for Huge Deep Space Objects

The accidental discovery of faint traces of an enormous galaxy, dating from the early universe, which was never observed before has been reported by a team of astronomers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, including assistant professor Kate Whitaker who is an expert in early galaxy formation and evolution.

23 Oct 2019

Novel Plasma Fusion Concept Possible with Plasma Liner Experiment Nearing Completion

Assembly of the Plasma Liner Experiment (PLX) at Los Alamos National Laboratory is ongoing with the setting up of 18 of 36 plasma guns in a single-minded approach to realizing controlled nuclear fusion.

22 Oct 2019

Microscopic Cavity Used to Create Efficient Quantum Light-Matter Interface

Scientists have used a microscopic cavity and successfully developed an efficient quantum-mechanical light-matter interface. Inside the cavity, an artificial atom emits and absorbs a single photon nearly 10 times.

22 Oct 2019