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Astronomers Record Rise and Fall of Rare Type of Eclipsing Binary

The sun is the only star in our system. But many of the points of light in our night sky are not as lonely. By some estimates, more than three-quarters of all stars exist as binaries -- with one companion -- or in even more complex relationships. Stars in close quarters can have dramatic impacts on their neighbors. They can strip material from one another, merge or twist each other's movements through the cosmos.

15 Jan 2021

Quantum Computers can Reveal Functions of Biomolecules at Near Atomic Resolution

The human body is like a construction site where hundreds of thousands of different molecular nanomachines, called proteins, are simultaneously at work. Each one of these biomolecules, which are chains of amino acids essential to living organisms, perform a different biological function, often in synergy with other proteins.

15 Jan 2021

Researchers Improve Source-Independent Quantum Random Number Generators

Recently, the research team led by academician GUO Guangcan from the University of Science and Technology of China of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made security analysis and improvement of source independent quantum random number generators with imperfect devices.

15 Jan 2021

New Method Allows Real-Time Control of Interactions Between Microwave Photons and Magnons

Scientists tame photon-magnon interaction.

15 Jan 2021

Physicists use Key Technique for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers

Even computers can miscalculate. Already small disturbances change stored information and corrupt results. That is why computers use methods to continuously correct such errors. In quantum computers, the vulnerability to errors can be reduced by storing quantum information in more than a single quantum particle.

15 Jan 2021

Astronomers Estimate the Site and Age of Supernova Blast

Astronomers are turning back the clock on the growing remnants of a neighboring, exploded star.

15 Jan 2021

Research Opens Up a New Paradigm for Measuring Time Symmetry Violations

Every field has its underlying principles. For economics it's the rational actor; biology has the theory of evolution; modern geology rests on the bedrock of plate tectonics.

13 Jan 2021

New Quasar Discovery Beats the Previously Set Distance Record

An international team of astronomers has discovered the most distant quasar yet found -- a cosmic monster more than 13 billion light-years from Earth powered by a supermassive black hole more than 1.6 billion times more massive than the Sun and more than 1,000 times brighter than our entire Milky Way Galaxy.

13 Jan 2021

Scientists Discover an 'Old Faithful' Cosmic Eruption

You've heard of Old Faithful, the Yellowstone National Park geyser that erupts every hour or two, a geological phenomenon on a nearly predictable schedule.

13 Jan 2021

Astronomers Discover Most Distant Quasar J0313-1806

Scientists have discovered the most faraway quasar ever known. It is 1000 times more luminous compared to the Milky Way and has been spotted just 670 million years after the Big Bang.

13 Jan 2021

Princeton Physicists Discover Unexpected Quantum Behavior in an Insulator

In a surprising discovery, Princeton physicists have observed an unexpected quantum behavior in an insulator made from a material called tungsten ditelluride.

12 Jan 2021

Ultra-Deep Field Observations by Roman Space Telescope Could Improve the Understanding of Universe

One of the Hubble Space Telescope's most iconic images is the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, which unveiled myriad galaxies across the universe, stretching back to within a few hundred million years of the Big Bang. Hubble peered at a single patch of seemingly empty sky for hundreds of hours beginning in September 2003, and astronomers first unveiled this galaxy tapestry in 2004, with more observations in subsequent years.

12 Jan 2021

Chemical Sensing Chip Approaches Quantum-Limit Sensing Capabilities

University at Buffalo researchers are reporting an advancement of a chemical sensing chip that could lead to handheld devices that detect trace chemicals -- everything from illicit drugs to pollution -- as quickly as a breathalyzer identifies alcohol.

12 Jan 2021

Direct Measurements of Pulsar Acceleration Reveal Nature of Milky Way's Dark Matter

It is well known that the expansion of the universe is accelerating due to a mysterious dark energy. Within galaxies, stars also experience an acceleration, though this is due to some combination of dark matter and the stellar density.

12 Jan 2021

Study Reveals the Double Origin of Cosmic Dust in the Distant Universe

Two billion years after the Big Bang, the Universe was still very young. However, thousands of huge galaxies, rich in stars and dust, were already formed. An international study, led by SISSA - Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, now explains how this was possible.

12 Jan 2021

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Astronomers Record Rise and Fall of Rare Type of Eclipsing Binary

Quantum Computers can Reveal Functions of Biomolecules at Near Atomic Resolution

Researchers Improve Source-Independent Quantum Random Number Generators

New Method Allows Real-Time Control of Interactions Between Microwave Photons and Magnons

Physicists use Key Technique for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers

Astronomers Estimate the Site and Age of Supernova Blast

Research Opens Up a New Paradigm for Measuring Time Symmetry Violations

New Quasar Discovery Beats the Previously Set Distance Record

Scientists Discover an 'Old Faithful' Cosmic Eruption

Astronomers Discover Most Distant Quasar J0313-1806

Princeton Physicists Discover Unexpected Quantum Behavior in an Insulator

Ultra-Deep Field Observations by Roman Space Telescope Could Improve the Understanding of Universe

Chemical Sensing Chip Approaches Quantum-Limit Sensing Capabilities

Direct Measurements of Pulsar Acceleration Reveal Nature of Milky Way's Dark Matter

Study Reveals the Double Origin of Cosmic Dust in the Distant Universe

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