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Study Confirms that Supermassive Black Holes Could Form Gravitationally Bound Pairs

A study using multiple radio telescopes confirms that supermassive black holes found in the centers of galaxies can form gravitationally bound pairs when galaxies merge.

19 Sep 2017

Researchers Report New Type of Quantum Oscillations in Graphene Superlattices

A team of Graphene Flagship researchers led by the University of Manchester reported in the journal Science showing the first new type of quantum oscillation to be reported for thirty years.

19 Sep 2017

New Findings Reveal that Quark-Gluon Plasma Could be Created Even in Smaller Systems

Particles emerging from even the lowest energy collisions of small deuterons with large heavy nuclei at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)—a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility for nuclear physics research at DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory—exhibit behavior scientists associate with the formation of a soup of quarks and gluons, the fundamental building blocks of nearly all visible matter.

19 Sep 2017

Toshiba's Big Step Towards Commercialization of Quantum Cryptography

With the development of the world’s fastest quantum key distribution device, Toshiba Corporation and Toshiba Research Europe Limited’s Cambridge Research Laboratory in the UK have now brought the advanced security of quantum cryptography closer to practical realization. A key data distribution speed of 13.7 megabits per second has been achieved by the device.

18 Sep 2017

WVU Physicists Take Classical Physics Research to New Frontiers

Just one year after arriving at West Virginia University, physicist Lian Li is taking physics research to new frontiers.

15 Sep 2017

Recent Study Demonstrates that Dark Matter Could Possess Strong Self-Interactions

Identical twins are similar to each other in many ways, but they have different experiences, friends, and lifestyles.

15 Sep 2017

Scientists Present Thorough Review of Current and Future Prospects of Quantum Machine Learning

Language acquisition in young children is apparently connected with their ability to detect patterns. In their learning process, they search for patterns in the data set that help them identify and optimize grammar structures in order to properly acquire the language.

15 Sep 2017

Astronomers Discover Exoplanet that Trails Rapunzel-Like Hair Made of Gas

Astronomers from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, also members of the PlanetS National Centre of Competence in Research, have been working on a joint project with the universities of Berne, Warwick, Grenoble Alpes and the Paris Institute of Astrophysics.

15 Sep 2017

New Study Enhances Understanding of Supernova Explosions

New research published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society explains that the accelerating expansion of the Universe may not be real, but could simply be an apparent effect.

15 Sep 2017

Optimum Conditions for Laser Plasma Acceleration Discovered

In modern research, conventional electron accelerators have become a crucial tool. The majorly bright radiation produced by synchrotrons, or free electron lasers, supplies unique insights into matter at the atomic level.

11 Sep 2017