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New Research Proves Existence of Gravitational Vortex around Black Hole

Dr Diego Altamirano from the University of Southampton has contributed to new research that has proved the existence of a ‘gravitational vortex’ around a black hole.

14 Jul 2016

ALMA Team Observes First Ever Water Snow Line in Protoplanetary Disc

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has made the first ever resolved observation of a water snow line within a protoplanetary disc. This line marks where the temperature in the disc surrounding a young star drops sufficiently low for snow to form.

14 Jul 2016

Color of Supernovae During Specific Phase Could Help Detect Oldest Supernovae in the Universe

An international collaboration led by the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU) have discovered that the color of supernovae during a specific phase could be an indicator for detecting the most distant and oldest supernovae in the Universe - more than 13 billion years old.

13 Jul 2016

Research Findings Suggest Use of Controllable Quantum Systems to Investigate Fundamental Aspects of Nature

Using a small quantum system consisting of three superconducting qubits, researchers at UC Santa Barbara and Google have uncovered a link between aspects of classical and quantum physics thought to be unrelated: classical chaos and quantum entanglement.

13 Jul 2016

Astronomers Produce Deepest, Most Comprehensive View of Orion Nebula to Date

ESO’s HAWK-I infrared instrument on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile has been used to peer deeper into the heart of Orion Nebula than ever before. The spectacular picture reveals about ten times as many brown dwarfs and isolated planetary-mass objects than were previously known.

13 Jul 2016

Researchers Explore Radiation Tolerance of AlGaN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors

When it comes to putting technology in space, size and mass are prime considerations. High-power gallium nitride-based high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) are appealing in this regard because they have the potential to replace bulkier, less efficient transistors, and are also more tolerant of the harsh radiation environment of space.

13 Jul 2016

Neutrinos Produced in Core of Supernova Highly Localised Compared to Neutrinos from other Sources

Neutrinos are elementary particles known for displaying weak interactions. As a result, neutrinos passing each other in the same place hardly notice one another. Yet, neutrinos inside a supernova collectively behave differently because of their extremely high density.

13 Jul 2016

Astronomers Guide Citizen Scientists in Discovering Rare Galaxy Cluster 1.2 Billion Light Years Away

Two volunteer participants in the international crowdsourcing research project, Galaxy Zoo, have discovered a rare galaxy cluster 1.2 billion light years away with help from astronomers at the University of Minnesota.

13 Jul 2016

Researchers Optimize Defects to Enhance Current-Carrying Capacity of High-Temperature Superconducting Wires

High-temperature superconducting materials hold enormous promise for a variety of different applications because of their ability to transmit a current without any dissipation at relatively high temperatures — up to around 90 Kelvin (about -300° F), which permits cooling with liquid nitrogen.

13 Jul 2016

Researchers Use Single Electron to Couple Nuclear Spins of Distant Atoms

For the first time, researchers at the University of Basel in Switzerland have coupled the nuclear spins of distant atoms using just a single electron. Three research groups took part in this complex experiment, the results of which have now been published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

12 Jul 2016