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Researchers Detect Gravitational Waves Caused by Mergers Between Black Holes and Neutron Stars

For the first time, scientists detected gravitational waves caused by mergers between black holes and neutron stars.

30 Jun 2021

World's Fastest Quantum Random Number Generator Sets Standard for Size and Performance

As pervasive as they are in everyday uses, like encryption and security, randomly generated digital numbers are seldom truly random

30 Jun 2021

Researchers Find a Missing Piece in the Puzzle of Optical Quantum Computing

Research from the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis has found a missing piece in the puzzle of optical quantum computing.

30 Jun 2021

New Study Could Offer Key Clues About the Elusive Nature of Dark Energy

Scientists widely consider that dark Energy is the force that drives the accelerating expansion of the universe. They have also proposed various theories to explain its elusive nature.

30 Jun 2021

LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Finds Elusive Mergers of Black Holes with Neutron Stars

For the first time, researchers have confirmed the detection of a collision between a black hole and a neutron star. In fact, the scientists detected not one but two such events occurring just 10 days apart in January 2020.

30 Jun 2021

Magnetic Phase Transition in a Layered Ferromagnet Shows Promise for Future Spintronics

A RMIT-led international collaboration published this week has achieved record-high electron doping in a layered ferromagnet, causing magnetic phase transition with significant promise for future electronics

29 Jun 2021

Two-Photon Quantum Interference Realized in Valley-Dependent Topological Insulators

Research team, led by academician GUO Guangcan from University of Science and Technology of China of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, collaborating with researchers from Sun Yat-sen University and Zhejiang University, realized two-photon quantum interference in the structure of valley-dependent topological insulators based on the valley Hall effect.

29 Jun 2021

CHEOPS Satellite Unexpectedly Spots a Rare Exoplanet

The exoplanet satellite hunter CHEOPS of the European Space Agency, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias is participating along with other European institutions, has unexpectedly detected a third planet passing in front of its star while it was exploring two previously known planets around the same star.

29 Jun 2021

Astronomers Observe New Type of Supernova

The first case of a new kind of supernova was recently observed by an international team of astronomers.

29 Jun 2021

Equally Sized Perovskite Colloidal Quantum Dots Enable Better Optoelectronic Performance

Quantum dots are semiconductor particles only a few nanometers across that, thanks to their small size, exhibit peculiar optical and electronic properties due to quantum mechanics.

28 Jun 2021

NASA Completes Additional Tests To Diagnose Computer Problem On Hubble Space Telescope

NASA is continuing to diagnose a problem with the payload computer on the Hubble Space Telescope after completing another set of tests on June 23 and 24.

28 Jun 2021

New Technique Uses Graphene Quantum Dots to Make Better Catalysts

Hold on there, graphene. Seriously, your grip could help make better catalysts.

25 Jun 2021

Cosmic Dawn Happened 250 to 350 Million Years After the Beginning of the Universe

Cosmic dawn, when stars formed for the first time, occurred 250 million to 350 million years after the beginning of the universe, according to a new study led by researchers at University College London and the University of Cambridge.

25 Jun 2021

Research Collection on Starlight-Suppression Technology can Help Advance Exoplanet Detection

The open access Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems has published a special section on the latest science, engineering, research, and programmatic advances of starshades, the starlight-suppression technology integral to extra-solar and exoplanet detection.

25 Jun 2021

Innsbruck Researchers Develop a More Efficient Method for Quantum Simulators

In a few years, a new generation of quantum simulators could provide insights that would not be possible using simulations on conventional supercomputers.

25 Jun 2021

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Researchers Detect Gravitational Waves Caused by Mergers Between Black Holes and Neutron Stars

World's Fastest Quantum Random Number Generator Sets Standard for Size and Performance

Researchers Find a Missing Piece in the Puzzle of Optical Quantum Computing

New Study Could Offer Key Clues About the Elusive Nature of Dark Energy

LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Finds Elusive Mergers of Black Holes with Neutron Stars

Magnetic Phase Transition in a Layered Ferromagnet Shows Promise for Future Spintronics

Two-Photon Quantum Interference Realized in Valley-Dependent Topological Insulators

CHEOPS Satellite Unexpectedly Spots a Rare Exoplanet

Astronomers Observe New Type of Supernova

Equally Sized Perovskite Colloidal Quantum Dots Enable Better Optoelectronic Performance

NASA Completes Additional Tests To Diagnose Computer Problem On Hubble Space Telescope

New Technique Uses Graphene Quantum Dots to Make Better Catalysts

Cosmic Dawn Happened 250 to 350 Million Years After the Beginning of the Universe

Research Collection on Starlight-Suppression Technology can Help Advance Exoplanet Detection

Innsbruck Researchers Develop a More Efficient Method for Quantum Simulators

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