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Scientists Prove that Binary Stars Reflect Light from One Another

UNSW astronomers have shown that binary stars – two stars locked in orbit around each other – reflect light as well as radiating it, revealing new ways for their detection.

4 Apr 2019

Astronomers Capture First-Ever Direct Image of Doughnut-Shaped Feature Surrounding a Supermassive Black Hole

The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) of the National Science Foundation was used by astronomers to capture the first direct image of a doughnut-shaped, dusty feature around the supermassive black hole located at the core of one of the most powerful radio galaxies in the Universe—a feature first proposed by theorists almost 40 years ago as a fundamental part of such objects.

3 Apr 2019

Study Shows High-Energy Physics Concept of “Un-Naturalness” May be Relevant to Turbulences Theory

Ever since the discovery of Higgs Boson in 2012, no innovative elementary particles have been identified at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider to date—a fact that has disappointed a large number of researchers.

3 Apr 2019

Observation of Gravitational Lensing Effects Proves Tiny Black Holes Do Not Constitute Dark Matter

An international research team has placed a theory proposed by the late Stephen Hawking to its toughest test until now. The test results have eliminated the possibility of dark matter being mostly formed of primordial black holes smaller than one-tenth of 1 mm.

3 Apr 2019

Skyrmion Bags Could Allow More Denser Packing of Information in Skyrmion Systems

Using an emerging science known as skyrmionics, researchers from the Universities of Birmingham, Bristol, and Colorado Boulder have taken one step closer to creating futuristic data storage and processing devices.

2 Apr 2019

Novel Theoretical Method for Producing More Robust Majorana Fermions

A certain amount of effort would be required to experimentally achieve the combination of various phases of water—liquid water, solid ice, and water vapor.

2 Apr 2019

Researchers Closer to Realizing Distributed Quantum Computers

A research team from Waseda University, the Japan Science and Technology Agency, and the University of Auckland created an integrated, all-fiber coupled-cavities quantum electrodynamics (QED) system, wherein a meter-long portion of conventional optical fiber flawlessly and coherently links two nanofiber cavity-QED systems.

1 Apr 2019

Researchers Develop a New Method for Quantum Optical Cooling of Levitated Nanoparticles

The laws of quantum physics begin to play an important role as soon as a particle is fully separated from its environment.

1 Apr 2019

Quantum Physics-Based Paper Diagnostic Devices Could Soon be a Reality

Paper-based diagnostic tests are biodegradable, less expensive, and convenient. Still, their application is restricted by traditional dyes that are not sufficiently bright to reveal trace amounts of analyte, can be hazardous to the environment, and are prone to fading.

1 Apr 2019

Messier 11 Makes it to the Hubble’s Messier Catalog

A portion of Messier 11 is shown in the star-studded image below. Messier 11 is an open star cluster in the southern constellation of Scutum—the Shield. It is also called the Wild Duck Cluster since its brightest stars form a “V” shape that resembles, to some extent, a flock of ducks in flight.

1 Apr 2019