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Wearable Quantum Sensors to Measure Brain Activity While We Sleep, Move and Age, Says IDTechEx

New quantum sensors measuring brain activity have the potential to revolutionize our understanding of how humans respond to sleep, movement, diet, and aging.

8 Sep 2023

Detection of the Magnetic Field of a Far Away Galaxy

Making use of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers detect the magnetic field of a galaxy that is so distant that its light has taken over 11 billion years to reach the Earth: one gets to see it when the Universe was only 2.5 billion years old.

7 Sep 2023

Scientists Derive the Fundamental Limit of Heat Current Flowing Into a Quantum System

Over the past few years, research has been conducted on quantum technologies that exploit the quantum mechanical properties of microscopic entities. Quantum thermodynamics is a notable field in this domain.

7 Sep 2023

First-Ever Investigation of Oxygen-28 Answers Long-Standing Question in Nuclear Physics

Isotopes - atoms of a particular element that have different numbers of neutrons - can be used for a variety of tasks, from tracking climate change to conducting medical research.

7 Sep 2023

The Presence of Supermassive Black Holes in the Early Universe

Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) are known to exist in the cosmos today. These are black holes with masses greater than a million times that of the Sun.

4 Sep 2023

First Observation of a Nucleus Decaying into Four Particles After Beta Decay

The existence of all the material around is not stable. Few materials might experience radioactive decay to develop highly stable isotopes.

4 Sep 2023

FAIR Data Platform Recognized for Fusion Energy Research Boost

Fusion is the process of fusing two light atomic nuclei to produce a single heavier one while emitting enormous quantities of energy. Fusion powers the Sun and all stars, making it the universe’s preferred way of creating energy.

4 Sep 2023

James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Supernova 1987A’s Hidden Secrets

James Webb Space Telescope of NASA has started the research of one of the most well-known supernovae, SN 1987A (Supernova 1987A). Since its discovery in February of 1987, SN 1987A has been a focus of intense observations at wavelengths that range from gamma rays to radio for almost 40 years.

1 Sep 2023

Oxygen Isotope, Oxygen-28, Observed For the First Time

According to experts from Tokyo Tech, the neutron-rich oxygen isotopes oxygen-27 and oxygen-28 exist as extremely short-lived resonances, according to the first observation of their disintegration into oxygen-24 and three and four neutrons, respectively.

1 Sep 2023