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Subaru Telescope Helps Discover 13-Billion-Year-Old Quasars Powered by Black Holes

Astronomers from Princeton University, Japan, and Taiwan have discovered 83 quasars driven by supermassive black holes in the remote universe, from a period when the universe was less than 10% of its current age.

14 Mar 2019

Astrophysicists Find Out Error in the AGN Coordinates Measured by Gaia Space Telescope

Astrophysicists at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (LPI RAS), and NASA have discovered an error in the coordinates of active galactic nuclei evaluated by the Gaia space telescope, and contributed toward correcting it.

14 Mar 2019

Using High-Speed Lasers to Reveal Mechanisms Behind the Creation of H3+, the Primeval Molecule

Researchers consider that the trihydrogen (H3+) molecule made the universe. In the latest issues of Nature Communications and the Journal of Chemical Physics, researchers from the Michigan State University have described the use of high-speed lasers to reveal the mechanisms that play a vital role in the creation and unusual chemistry of H3+.

14 Mar 2019

High-Accuracy Atomic Data Help Study Light from a Kilonova

High-accuracy atomic data has been computed by a team of specialists in nuclear fusion and astronomy for studying light from a kilonova, a place of origin for heavy elements.

13 Mar 2019

Study Reveals Helicity of Plasma, Applicable to Understand the Behavior of Magnetic Clouds

Electrically charged particles constituting the fourth state of matter—the so-called plasma—are bound to magnetic field lines similar to beads on a string, whether they zip through a star or a fusion device on Earth.

13 Mar 2019

Using AI to Understand the Mysteries of Quantum Physics

A research team, under the guidance of Mobileye founder Amnon Shashua, at Hebrew University of Jerusalem's School of Engineering and Computer Science has confirmed that artificial intelligence (AI) can help man comprehend the world on an infinitesimally small scale known as quantum physics phenomena.

13 Mar 2019

Researchers Develop Models to Explain Why Beta Decays of Atomic Nuclei are Slower than Expected

A half-a-decade-old puzzle has been solved by an international collaboration, including researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, explaining the reason for beta decays of atomic nuclei being slower compared to what is anticipated based on the beta decays of free neutrons.

12 Mar 2019

Research Collaboration Overcomes Fundamental Hurdle in Building Quantum Computers in Silicon

Thanks to a research collaboration between the University of Sydney and UNSW, an important barrier to making quantum computers in silicon has been overcome, paving the way to further improve the machines at scale.

12 Mar 2019

Discovery of High-Mass Binary Star and Its Companion Throws Light on the Formation of Such Stars

A binary star system having high-mass young stellar objects located closest than ever measured has been discovered by astronomers, offering a valuable “laboratory” for the investigation of theories related to the formation of high mass binary stars.

12 Mar 2019

Wide Field Camera 3 on Hubble Space Telescope Captures the Image of Two Colliding Galaxies, NGC 6052

NGC 6052—a pair of colliding galaxies—is located in the constellation of Hercules, approximately 230 million light-years away.

11 Mar 2019

New Quantum Circuit for Listening to Weakest Radio Signal

A quantum circuit developed by the scientists at Delft University of Technology permits them to listen to the feeblest radio signal allowed by quantum mechanics.

11 Mar 2019

Researcher Successfully Measures Atomic Masses of Radioactive Isotope of Six Elements

Nuclear reactions cause the Sun to shine and have a key role to play in the chemical evolution of the cosmos.

8 Mar 2019

Quantum and Infrastructure Virtualization Technologies Could Help Secure Emerging 5G Networks

A breakthrough solution has been demonstrated by a recent study on how to secure upcoming crucial communications infrastructures, which also include the evolving 5G networks.

8 Mar 2019

Simple Method for Converting Ordinary Semiconducting Materials into Quantum Machines

A research team headed by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has devised a straightforward technique that could transform normal semiconducting materials into quantum devices—superthin devices characterized by exceptional electronic behavior.

8 Mar 2019

Researchers Successfully Characterize Mechano-Sensitive Properties of Ion Transport in Artificial Channels

Quite like computers that use electrons to carry out the calculations and logics, the entire circuitry in living beings is based on the transport of ions like chloride, sodium, calcium, and so on.

8 Mar 2019

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Subaru Telescope Helps Discover 13-Billion-Year-Old Quasars Powered by Black Holes

Astrophysicists Find Out Error in the AGN Coordinates Measured by Gaia Space Telescope

Using High-Speed Lasers to Reveal Mechanisms Behind the Creation of H3+, the Primeval Molecule

High-Accuracy Atomic Data Help Study Light from a Kilonova

Study Reveals Helicity of Plasma, Applicable to Understand the Behavior of Magnetic Clouds

Using AI to Understand the Mysteries of Quantum Physics

Researchers Develop Models to Explain Why Beta Decays of Atomic Nuclei are Slower than Expected

Research Collaboration Overcomes Fundamental Hurdle in Building Quantum Computers in Silicon

Discovery of High-Mass Binary Star and Its Companion Throws Light on the Formation of Such Stars

Wide Field Camera 3 on Hubble Space Telescope Captures the Image of Two Colliding Galaxies, NGC 6052

New Quantum Circuit for Listening to Weakest Radio Signal

Researcher Successfully Measures Atomic Masses of Radioactive Isotope of Six Elements

Quantum and Infrastructure Virtualization Technologies Could Help Secure Emerging 5G Networks

Simple Method for Converting Ordinary Semiconducting Materials into Quantum Machines

Researchers Successfully Characterize Mechano-Sensitive Properties of Ion Transport in Artificial Channels

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