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New Study on Electron Behavior Could Help Analyze How Black Holes Evaporate

Research coauthored by team from the Department of Physics and Astronomy reveals that optical fields have the ability to modify electronic properties of a solid.

15 Jun 2020

Early-Stage Validation of Quantum Computing Chip Viability

Archer Materials Limited is pleased to announce the Company has reached a significant technological milestone in progressing its 12CQ technology that aims to build a room-temperature quantum computing qubit processor (“chip”). Archer is one of very few companies globally that provides investors a direct, on-market opportunity to invest in quantum computing technology.

From Archer Materials Limited 15 Jun 2020

New Results of Vector Boson Scattering Presented at LHCP 2020

New results for a physics process termed vector boson scattering were presented by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations at this year’s LHCP conference.

12 Jun 2020

New Technique to Measure Lifetime of Neutron from Space

Scientists have found a way of measuring neutron lifetime from space for the first time - a discovery that could teach us more about the early universe.

12 Jun 2020

New Technique to Drive Single-Quantum Spin Transition of Electrons

Electrons are highly susceptible to magnetic fields. Thus, researchers can use magnetic fields to control the electrons and their angular momentum, or their “spin.”

11 Jun 2020

New Technique Helps Study Photochemical Reactions of Individual Molecules

Researchers have been able to “X-ray” molecules such as oxygen and observe their movement in the microcosm using a novel experimental method.

10 Jun 2020

Researchers Observe Long-Lived Heartbeat of Supermassive Black Hole

A supermassive black hole’s heartbeat has been spotted through X-ray satellite observations after its signal was blocked by the Sun for several years.

10 Jun 2020

Study Offers New Explanation for Appearance of High-Energy Neutrinos

A new research paper co-authored by a Virginia Tech assistant professor of physics provides a new explanation for two recent strange events that occurred in Antarctica - high-energy neutrinos appearing to come up out of the Earth on their own accord and head skyward.

10 Jun 2020

Study Reveals How Quasars with Parabola-Shaped Jets Evolve into Cones

A team of researchers from Finland, Germany, Russia, and the United States has analyzed over 300 quasars, which are spinning black holes producing plasma beams.

9 Jun 2020

Astronomers Use VLA to Observe Hidden Hot Corino of Protostar Pair

In response to an intuition, a group of astronomers has presumably solved a puzzle related to young, still-forming stars and organic molecules-rich regions closely surrounding them.

9 Jun 2020