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Final Breaths of Dying Stars Shed Light on Carbon's Origin in Milky Way

As dying stars take their final few breaths of life, they gently sprinkle their ashes into the cosmos through the magnificent planetary nebulae.

7 Jul 2020

Study Discovers, Analyzes White Dwarfs in Open Star Clusters in Milky Way

A new analysis of white dwarf stars supports their role as a key source of carbon, an element crucial to all life, in the Milky Way and other galaxies.

7 Jul 2020

New Instrument for Atom-Scale Measurements Could Help Create Quantum Computers

It images single atoms. It maps atomic-scale hills and valleys on metal and insulating surfaces. And it records the flow of current across atom-thin materials subject to giant magnetic fields.

7 Jul 2020

Light-Based Approach can Help Explore Quantum Electrodynamics Phenomena

In a paper that made the cover of the journal Applied Physics Letters, an international team of researchers has demonstrated an innovative technique for increasing the intensity of lasers.

6 Jul 2020

Researchers Observe Ionized Structural Changes at the Center of Milky Way

Figuring out how much energy permeates the center of the Milky Way--a discovery reported in the July 3 edition of the journal Science Advances--could yield new clues to the fundamental source of our galaxy's power, said L. Matthew Haffner of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

6 Jul 2020

New Spintronics-Based Concept Could Improve Magnetic Data Storage, Processing

A simple technique developed by physicists from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and Lanzhou University in China could prove helpful to considerably enhance magnetic-based data processing.

3 Jul 2020

Spintronics Helps Elucidate Mechanism of Hydrodynamic Power Generation

Researchers in the ERATO Saitoh Spin Quantum Rectification Project in the JST Strategic Basic Research Programs have elucidated the mechanism of the hydrodynamic power generation using spin currents in micrometer-scale channels, finding that power generation efficiency improves drastically as the size of the flow is made smaller.

3 Jul 2020