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Key Discovery Sheds Light on the Origin of Stardust in Meteorites

Scientists have made a key discovery thanks to stardust found in meteorites, shedding light on the origin of crucial chemical elements.

12 Aug 2020

Study Unravels Weakly Nonlinear Waveguides that Enable Stable Propagation of Azimuthons

In the processing of optical information, the optical vortex has a highly crucial role to play.

12 Aug 2020

New Study Suggests Extreme Matter is Complex and Could Exhibit Novel Properties

University of California, Davis, will be part of a new National Science Foundation Physics Frontier Center focusing on understanding the physics and astrophysical implications of matter under pressures so high that the structure of individual atoms is disrupted.

11 Aug 2020

Study: Matter is Always Ordered at Low Temperatures Due to Many-Body Interactions

Classical phase transitions are governed by temperature. One of the most familiar examples is the phase transitions of water from solid to liquid to gas.

11 Aug 2020

Study Implements Noise-Diagnosing Algorithms that can be Run on Current Quantum Devices

Noise is the main obstacle to building large-scale quantum computers.

11 Aug 2020

New Light-Based Method to See Previously Invisible Quantum States of Electrons

A new method uses swirls of light to enable researchers to observe previously invisible quantum states of electrons.

11 Aug 2020

New Theoretical Method to Model the Interior of Uranus and Neptune

A new theoretical method paves the way to modelling the interior of the ice giants Uranus and Neptune, thanks to computer simulations on the water contained within them.

11 Aug 2020

New Discovery Sheds Light on Stellar Explosions and Origin of Chemical Elements

Analysis of meteorite content has been crucial in advancing our knowledge of the origin and evolution of our solar system.

11 Aug 2020

New Study Helps Interpret Spin States of Quantum-Entangled Particles

A new study conducted by the University of Warwick has put a new twist on a mathematical analogy that involves a jumping grasshopper and the perfect shape of its lawn. The study could help interpret the spin states of quantum-entangled particles.

11 Aug 2020

Detection of Dirac Electrons in GeSb2Te4 Could Lead to Faster Electronic Devices

Dirac electrons, or electrons that act as if they have no mass, have been discovered in a compound used to make rewritable disks, like CDs and DVDs.

11 Aug 2020

Astronomers Use ALMA for Stellar Egg Hunt

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array took a census of stellar eggs in the constellation Taurus and revealed their evolution state.

10 Aug 2020

Violent Impact may have Caused Huge Ring-Like Structure on Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede

Researchers from Kobe University and the National Institute of Technology, Oshima College have conducted a detailed reanalysis of image data from Voyager 1, 2 and Galileo spacecraft in order to investigate the orientation and distribution of the ancient tectonic troughs found on Jupiter's moon Ganymede.

10 Aug 2020