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Neutrino Study Shows Matter and Antimatter Behave Differently

Scientists from the Institute of Corpuscular Physics (IFIC), the Physics Institute of Other Energies (IFAE-Barcelona), and the Autonomous University of Madrid have discovered a fundamental property of neutrinos that had not been quantified to date.

24 Apr 2020

Mathematical Model to Accurately Gauge Temperatures of Exoplanets

Astronomers from Cornell University observed a peculiar pattern in scientific articles—describing exoplanets as cooler than predicted.

24 Apr 2020

Topological Superconductivity Could Advance Quantum Computing

Researchers at the Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, of the University of Copenhagen, used a pencil-shaped semiconductor, with a diameter of only a few hundred nanometers, to unravel a new path to Majorana zero modes and topological superconductivity.

23 Apr 2020

Huge Galaxies Expand by Devouring Smaller Ones

A new study reports that galaxies enlarge by devouring their smaller neighbors.

23 Apr 2020

Research Opens the Way Towards More Energy-Efficient Spintronics

Electron spin--a fundamentally quantum property--is central to spintronics, a technology that revolutionized data storage, and that could play a major role in creating new computer processors.

23 Apr 2020

Fast Cooling Magnon Particles to Create Quantum State of Matter

Magnon particles that cool quickly offer an unexpectedly effective way to produce Bose-Einstein condensate, which happens to be an enigmatic quantum state of matter.

22 Apr 2020

Spin-Polarization Occurs in Chiral Crystals

Ron Naaman and colleagues Israel recently discovered that of spins of electrons orient in the same direction when they pass through chiral molecules like DNA.

22 Apr 2020

Effect of Basic Principles of Self-Assembly Process on Quantum Dots

For a long time, scientists have been looking for the working mechanisms of self-assembly that are capable of building a cell (that is, a complex biological organism) and also a crystal (a much simpler inorganic material) in the same manner.

21 Apr 2020

Hubble Telescope Reveals the Evolution and Collision of Exoplanets

A planet believed to be outside of the solar system now appears to have disappeared from sight. Now, according to astronomers, a fully developed planet had actually never existed.

21 Apr 2020

Study Discovers Light-Induced Switching Mechanism in Dirac Semimetal

A light-induced switching mechanism has been identified in a Dirac semimetal by researchers from Ames Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

21 Apr 2020