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Scientists Observe Self-Organized Criticality in Quantum System

A team of researchers has experimentally visualized the concept of what is known as “self-organized criticality” in a quantum system, for the first time. The study holds implications to further develop quantum technology.

17 Jan 2020

Researchers Use AlphaZero Algorithm to Learn to Control a Quantum System

When the AlphaZero computer algorithm figured out how to beat the best chess programs developed through human expertise, after just four hours on its own, the chess world was astonished.

17 Jan 2020

New Colloidal Quantum Dot Photodetector can Detect Light in Long-Infrared Range

Optical sensing in the mid to long infrared (5 microns, or 5 µm) range has gained considerable significance in various fields, as it is a useful tool for gas sensing, environmental monitoring, food quality control, thermal imaging, in the pharmaceutical industry, etc.

17 Jan 2020

Discovery of Second Planet Orbiting the Star Closest to Our Solar System

Scientists have discovered what they believe to be a second planet orbiting the star closest to our Solar System, Proxima Centuri, which became famous in 2016 with the discovery of an ‘Earth-like’ planet in orbit, Proxima b.

17 Jan 2020

NASA Intern Discovers New Planet 6.9 Times Larger than Earth

A 17-year-old high school student has made a startling discovery a mere three days into their NASA internship: a new planet 6.9 times larger than Earth orbiting two stars. Image Credit: Allexxandar/Shutterstock.com ...

By David J. Cross 15 Jan 2020

Study Demonstrates Asteroseismology Potential of NASA’s TESS Satellite

In the constellation of Indus, a single bright star can be seen from the southern hemisphere, which has now offered innovative understanding about an ancient collision underwent by the Milky Way galaxy, early in its history, with another smaller galaxy known as Gaia-Enceladus.

14 Jan 2020

Mapping How Electron Energies Vary Between Regions in Specific Quantum State

The way energies of electrons differ from one region to another in a specific quantum state has now been mapped by a group of physicists with unmatched clarity.

14 Jan 2020

Oldest Material on Earth Found in Australia

Image Credit: Triff/Shutterstock.com Presolar grains of dust taken from a meteorite that crashed into the Australian landscape over 50 years ago are thought to be among the oldest materials on Earth. Researchers ana...

By David J. Cross 14 Jan 2020

Study Reveals Intermediate-Mass Stars Will Probably Explode, Not Collapse

A research team, including several scientists from the Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt) and GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung (GSI), has experimentally established the properties of nuclear processes in matter that is 25 times hotter and 10 million times denser than the core of the Sun.

13 Jan 2020

Novel Detector Precisely Determines Oscillation Profile of Light Waves

An innovative type of detector that allows accurate determination of the oscillation profile of light waves has been developed by physicists in the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics at LMU Munich and at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (MPQ).

13 Jan 2020

Fusion of Large Neutron Star Binary System Creates Gravitational Waves

Recently, it was discovered that the fusion of a very large binary system of neutron stars created gravitational waves. This discovery also involved the University of Valencia.

13 Jan 2020

New Method Reduces Error Rates, Increases Efficiency in Quantum Computers

One of the most fascinating promises of quantum technology is a functional quantum computer. Quantum computers have considerably increased computing power, possessing the ability to solve tasks that otherwise cannot be handled by traditional computers.

13 Jan 2020

SuperTIGER-2 Finally Reaches Float Altitude, Starts Collecting Scientific Data

Three and a half weeks after being launched, a balloon-borne scientific instrument developed to investigate the source of cosmic rays is on its second prowl high above the continent of Antarctica.

13 Jan 2020

Newfound Star Cluster Could Reveal New Insights into Milky Way’s History

The oldest stars of the Milky Way galaxy are found within its outskirts. However, in this celestial retirement community, astronomers have observed something unpredicted—a cluster of young stars.

8 Jan 2020

TESS Discovers TOI 1338 b, the First Circumbinary Planet to be Observed

Wolf Cukier’s job as a summer intern at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, in 2019 was to investigate variations in star brightness that NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) captures and uploads to the Planet Hunters TESS citizen science project.

8 Jan 2020

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Scientists Observe Self-Organized Criticality in Quantum System

Researchers Use AlphaZero Algorithm to Learn to Control a Quantum System

New Colloidal Quantum Dot Photodetector can Detect Light in Long-Infrared Range

Discovery of Second Planet Orbiting the Star Closest to Our Solar System

NASA Intern Discovers New Planet 6.9 Times Larger than Earth

Study Demonstrates Asteroseismology Potential of NASA’s TESS Satellite

Mapping How Electron Energies Vary Between Regions in Specific Quantum State

Oldest Material on Earth Found in Australia

Study Reveals Intermediate-Mass Stars Will Probably Explode, Not Collapse

Novel Detector Precisely Determines Oscillation Profile of Light Waves

Fusion of Large Neutron Star Binary System Creates Gravitational Waves

New Method Reduces Error Rates, Increases Efficiency in Quantum Computers

SuperTIGER-2 Finally Reaches Float Altitude, Starts Collecting Scientific Data

Newfound Star Cluster Could Reveal New Insights into Milky Way’s History

TESS Discovers TOI 1338 b, the First Circumbinary Planet to be Observed

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