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New Process Simplifies the Transmission of Quantum Data

Everyone knows that the quantum world can transform communication technology.

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

Twisted Magnetic Configurations for Extreme Compression of Plasmas

A new spin on the magnetic compression of plasmas could improve materials science, nuclear fusion research, X-ray generation and laboratory astrophysics, research led by the University of Michigan suggests.

16 Jul 2020

Researchers Discover and Observe Very Short-Lived Isotope of Neptunium

The first-ever discovery of 222Np, a new, very short-lived isotope of neptunium (Np), has been reported by scientists from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) and their collaborators.

16 Jul 2020

High-Tech Telescopes Rapidly Capture Short Gamma-Ray Burst

Using two Maunakea Observatories based in Hawaii, astronomers have successfully detected a short gamma-ray burst (SGRB)—the second-most distant and confirmed explosion—to be ever studied, to date.

15 Jul 2020

Astrophysicists Detect Optical Afterglow of Short Gamma Ray Burst

The farther away an object lies in the universe, the fainter it appears through the lens of a telescope.

15 Jul 2020

New Technique to Reveal Scale of Atmosphere Loss During Planetary Collisions

The giant impacts that dominate late stages of planet formation have a wide range of consequences for young planets and their atmospheres, according to new research.

15 Jul 2020

Study Analyzes White Dwarf Found to Have Unusual Atmospheric Composition

An exploding white dwarf star blasted itself out of its orbit with another star in a 'partial supernova' and is now hurtling across our galaxy, according to a new study from the University of Warwick.

15 Jul 2020