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Study Sheds Light on the Explosion of White Dwarfs

Astrophysicists have detected a striking flash of ultraviolet (UV) light that accompanies the explosion of a white dwarf. This is the second study of its kind to be performed, to date.

24 Jul 2020

New Study Shows that Strange Metals are a New State of Matter

Strange metals are just odd things even by the standards of quantum physicists. The materials are associated with high-temperature superconductors and have fascinating links to the properties of black holes.

24 Jul 2020

Researchers Simulate Chaotic Behavior of Strange Metals

Quantum mechanics can seem a bit confounding, so for a quantum material to be called "strange" is really saying something.

24 Jul 2020

Researchers to Develop High-Intensity Gamma Radiation Source at CERN

The “Gamma Factory initiative,” represented by an international research team, is presently investigating an innovative research tool: by using the prevailing accelerator facilities at CERN, the researchers have proposed to create a high-intensity gamma radiation source.

23 Jul 2020

New Topological Quantum Magnet Displays Novel Quantum Effects

An international team led by researchers at Princeton University has uncovered a new class of magnet that exhibits novel quantum effects that extend to room temperature.

23 Jul 2020

Researchers Discover Different Magnetic Field Structures of NGC 4217 Galaxy

The NGC 4217 galaxy, a Milky Way-like galaxy, boasts different shapes, such as giant loops, superbubbles, and X-shaped magnetic field structures.

22 Jul 2020

New Optical Technique to Modulate Plasmonic Response of Graphene

Surface plasmons in graphene have been widely studied in the past decade due to their very appealing properties, such as the strong tunability of its optical properties through electrical gating and the relatively high plasmon lifetime.

22 Jul 2020

New Study Opens Pathway to Scale Up Silicon Quantum Computers

Led by Prof. Sven Rogge, a Chief Investigator at the Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology (CQC2T), a research team has achieved a considerable increase in the coherence time of a spin-orbit qubit in silicon, which enables the preservation of quantum information for a longer time.

21 Jul 2020

Excitons in van der Waals Antiferromagnet Could Help Improve Quantum Computing

While things can invariably be done faster, nothing can beat light. Calculating with light rather than electricity is considered an advancement to increase the speed of computers.

21 Jul 2020