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Astronomers Discover Second-Most Distant Quasar with Massive Black Hole

Astronomers have discovered the second most distant quasar ever found, using the international Gemini Observatory and Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Programs of NSF's NOIRLab.

26 Jun 2020

Study Posits Ways in Which Black Hole Merger Might Explode with Light

When two black holes spiral around each other and ultimately collide, they send out ripples in space and time called gravitational waves.

26 Jun 2020

Advances in Quantum Networking may Contribute to Future Battlefield Operations

Advanced quantum networking, by two U.S. Army research projects, is expected to play a major role in upcoming battlefield operations.

25 Jun 2020

Study Measures Magnetic Fields Produced by Instabilities in Laser-Driven Plasma

The magnetic structures resulting from a plasma instability predicted by the physicist Erich Weibel about 50 years ago has been evidenced at surprisingly large scales in a laser-driven plasma in the prestigious journal Nature Physics.

25 Jun 2020

Study Elucidates How Ultrathin Iron Selenide Exhibits Superconductivity

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology elucidate the underlying cause behind the different critical transition temperatures reported for ultrathin iron selenide superconductors.

25 Jun 2020

New Universal Model Predicts Topological Defects in Non-Equilibrium Systems

A summer internship in Bilbao, Spain, has led to a paper in the journal Physical Review Letters for Jack Mayo, a Master's student at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

25 Jun 2020

Study Unveils Detailed Images of Debris Disks Around Young Stars

Astronomers this month released the largest collection of sharp, detailed images of debris disks around young stars, showcasing the great variety of shapes and sizes of stellar systems during their prime planet-forming years.

25 Jun 2020

New Tool to Design Better Stellarators for Efficient Fusion Reaction

One way that scientists seek to bring to Earth the fusion process that powers the sun and stars is trapping hot, charged plasma gas within a twisting magnetic coil device shaped like a breakfast cruller.

25 Jun 2020

Study Could Help Reach Critical Photon Number to Realize Quantum Supremacy

Researchers from the University of Twente have shown that perfect photons can be achieved by proposed modifications to the crystal structure within existing light sources. The study outcomes have been reported in Physical Review A.

24 Jun 2020

First Demonstration of Formation of Supramolecular Complex in Dry Medium

Why is our Universe made of matter- Why does everything exist as we know it- These questions are linked to one of the most important unsolved problems in particle physics.

24 Jun 2020

New Study Evaluates How Rotational Orientation of Molecule Modifies Scattering

What happens when a molecule collides with a surface- Researchers at Swansea University have shown that the orientation of the molecule as it moves - whether it is spinning like a helicopter blade or rolling like a cartwheel - is important in determining what happens in the collision.

24 Jun 2020

Unusual Gravitational Wave Signal Generated by New Class of Binary Systems

A highly unusual gravitational wave signal, detected by the LIGO and Virgo observatories in the US and Italy, was generated by a new class of binary systems (two astronomical objects orbiting around each other), an international team of astrophysicists has confirmed.

24 Jun 2020

Berkeley Lab's 88-Inch Cyclotron Used to Make New Mendelevium Isotope

A team of scientists working at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has discovered a new form of the human-made element mendelevium. The newly created isotope, mendelevium-244, is the 17th and lightest form of mendelevium, which is element 101 on the periodic table.

24 Jun 2020

Scientists Find Mysterious Astrophysical Object in Black Hole Collision

Today the LIGO and Virgo observatories officially announced the detection of gravitational waves caused by the collision of a black hole, weighing up to 25 times the mass of the Sun, accompanied by a mysterious astrophysical object—around 2.5 times the mass of the Sun.

24 Jun 2020

New Technique Analyzes Interactions Among Components in Many-Body Systems

In the area of science, one main aim is to identify physical descriptions of nature by analyzing the interactions of basic system components with each other.

23 Jun 2020

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Astronomers Discover Second-Most Distant Quasar with Massive Black Hole

Study Posits Ways in Which Black Hole Merger Might Explode with Light

Advances in Quantum Networking may Contribute to Future Battlefield Operations

Study Measures Magnetic Fields Produced by Instabilities in Laser-Driven Plasma

Study Elucidates How Ultrathin Iron Selenide Exhibits Superconductivity

New Universal Model Predicts Topological Defects in Non-Equilibrium Systems

Study Unveils Detailed Images of Debris Disks Around Young Stars

New Tool to Design Better Stellarators for Efficient Fusion Reaction

Study Could Help Reach Critical Photon Number to Realize Quantum Supremacy

First Demonstration of Formation of Supramolecular Complex in Dry Medium

New Study Evaluates How Rotational Orientation of Molecule Modifies Scattering

Unusual Gravitational Wave Signal Generated by New Class of Binary Systems

Berkeley Lab's 88-Inch Cyclotron Used to Make New Mendelevium Isotope

Scientists Find Mysterious Astrophysical Object in Black Hole Collision

New Technique Analyzes Interactions Among Components in Many-Body Systems

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