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Novel Stellar Phenomenon Observed by NRL Astronomers

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Very Large Array (VLA) Low-band Ionosphere and Transient Experiment (VLITE) telescope has aided astronomers verify the results of a novel stellar phenomenon that challenges existing scientific comprehension of the physics of neutron stars.

20 Jul 2023

Space Back Atop the Cabinet Agenda as Reignited National Space Council Re-Launches UK Space Superpower Ambitions

The National Space Council met for the first time since its reinstatement today (Wednesday 19 July), as part of the UK’s mission to become a true space superpower and fulfil the country’s ambition to become Europe’s leading provider of small commercial launches by 2030.

19 Jul 2023

Hiding in Plain Sight, Astronomers Find New Type of Stellar Object

An international team led by astronomers from the Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) has discovered a new type of stellar object that challenges our understanding of the physics of neutron stars.

19 Jul 2023

A Response Theory Applicable to Strongly Coupled and Multiqubit Systems Developed

A research group headed by Prof. Guoping Guo and Prof. Gang Cao from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), working together with Sigmund Kohler from Materials Science Institute of Madrid, has come up with a response theory applicable to strongly coupled and multiqubit systems.

19 Jul 2023

Russian Researchers Discover Self-Sustained Levitation of Millimeter-Sized Droplets

Self-sustained levitation of millimeter-sized droplets was recently discovered by researchers at Tyumen State University, in Russia, during an experiment to select combinations of immiscible liquids, which don't form homogeneous mixtures.

19 Jul 2023

New Evidence of “Unusual” Star Evolution

Researchers have discovered evidence that some stars have very powerful surface magnetic fields, which calls into question popular theories about how stars evolve.

18 Jul 2023

Early Career Award Enables Research on Excitons in Atomically Thin Semiconductors

Semiconductors are materials which have an electrical conductivity ranging between conductors and insulators. They can be pure elements or compounds.

18 Jul 2023

Researchers Achieve Breakthrough in Study of Vortex Motion in Superfluid Helium

Superfluids are a fascinating topic in modern physics research. Governed by quantum mechanics and known for their frictionless flow, superfluids have intrigued scientists with their unusual properties and far-reaching applications.

18 Jul 2023

Hubble Space Telescope Captures Galactic Monster

The unusual galaxy cluster eMACS J1353.7+4329, which is located around eight billion light-years from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici, has been observed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

17 Jul 2023

Quantum Interference Enables "Dual Carriageway" for Signals

Routing signals and isolating them against noise and back-reflections are essential in many practical situations in classical communication as well as in quantum processing. In a theory-experimental collaboration, a team led by Andreas Nunnenkamp from the University of Vienna and Ewold Verhagen based at the research institute AMOLF in Amsterdam has achieved unidirectional transport of signals in pairs of "one-way streets".

14 Jul 2023

Quantum Chemistry Progresses Meaningfully Towards a Fault Tolerant Regime Using Logical Qubits

Quantinuum, the world’s largest quantum computing company, has become the first to simulate a chemical molecule by implementing a fault tolerant algorithm on a quantum processor using logical qubits.

From Quantinuum Ltd 14 Jul 2023

New Insights into the Metal-Insulator Transition in Quantum Materials

New research sheds light on the mechanism behind how a special material changes from an electrically conducting metal to an electric insulator. The researchers studied lanthanum strontium nickel oxide (La1.67Sr0.33NiO4) derived from a quantum material La2NiO4.

13 Jul 2023