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Astrophysicists Reconstruct the Merger History of Milky Way

Galaxies like the Milky Way formed by the merging of smaller progenitor galaxies. An international team of astrophysicists led by Dr Diederik Kruijssen from the Centre for Astronomy at Heidelberg University has succeeded in reconstructing the merger history of our home galaxy, creating a complete family tree.

24 Nov 2020

UCF Researcher Gets Closer to the Goal of Creating Powerful Superconductors

The search for a superconductor that can work under less extreme conditions than hundreds of degrees below zero or at pressures like those near the center of the Earth is a quest for a revolutionary new power -- one that's needed for magnetically levitating cars and ultra-efficient power grids of the future.

24 Nov 2020

Visualization of Quantum Dots in Bilayer Graphene Reveals a Three-Fold Symmetry

Trapping and controlling electrons in bilayer graphene quantum dots yields a promising platform for quantum information technologies. Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have now achieved the first direct visualization of quantum dots in bilayer graphene, revealing the shape of the quantum wave function of the trapped electrons.

24 Nov 2020

Researchers Discover How Large Magellanic Cloud Warped Milky Way’s Motion

Cosmic insights offered by a new study have shattered the long-standing opinion that the Milky Way, the galaxy home to Earth and the solar system, is comparatively static.

24 Nov 2020

Entangled Collective Measurement to Reduce Quantum Measurement Backaction

Researchers have performed the first experiment using entangled collective measurement to reduce quantum measurement backaction in relation to the photonic system.

23 Nov 2020

Simple Method to Control Quantum Resonance in Quantum Dot Superlattices

Osaka City University scientists and colleagues in Japan have found a way to control an interaction between quantum dots that could greatly improve charge transport, leading to more efficient solar cells. Their findings were published in the journal Nature Communications.

23 Nov 2020

VLA Sky Survey Finds Young, Compact Jets in Distant Galaxies

Astronomers using data from the ongoing VLA Sky Survey (VLASS) have found a number of distant galaxies with supermassive black holes at their cores that have launched powerful, radio-emitting jets of material within the past two decades or so.

20 Nov 2020

Arecibo Observatory's 305-Meter Telescope to be Decommissioned Due to Safety Concerns

Following a review of engineering assessments that found damage to the Arecibo Observatory cannot be stabilized without risk to construction workers and staff at the facility, the U.S. National Science Foundation will begin plans to decommission the 305-meter telescope, which for 57 years has served as a world-class resource for radio astronomy, planetary, solar system and geospace research.

20 Nov 2020

NAU Chemical Physicist Collaborates with Lowell Planetary Scientist to Study Saturn's Moon Titan

Scientists say Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is the only body in our solar system besides Earth with liquid on its surface. However, chemical elements behave very differently there in the extremely cold and dense atmosphere, with a temperature of minus 300 degrees Fahrenheit.

20 Nov 2020

New Study Successfully Explains Unique Electron Emission in Certain Materials

In physics, electrons leaving a specific material, flying away, and then being measured is a quite common occurrence. Certain materials emit electrons upon irradiation by light.

20 Nov 2020