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New Radiation Source Could be Less Harmful than X-Rays

Researchers from the University of Strathclyde and Capital Normal University in Beijing are working on a new source of intense terahertz (THz) radiation, which could deliver a less destructive substitute to X-rays and has robust potential for application in industry.

4 May 2018

Researchers Discover Quantum Mechanism Unmatched in Classical Physics

In physics, phase transitions are typical everyday occurrences, for example, melting: when a solid is heated, its atoms travel more freely, and the solid abruptly turns into a liquid.

3 May 2018

Helium Discovered in Atmosphere of Exoplanet Using Hubble

Astronomers detect helium in the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-107b using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This would be the first time helium has been detected in the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System.

3 May 2018

Electroplated Rhenium Exhibits Exceptional Superconducting Properties

In September 2017, Don David, a CIRES chemist and instrument designer, and his colleagues Dave Pappas and Xian Wu from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) discovered a robust new plated metal combination with the ability to superconduct at easily achievable temperatures, opening the door for the subsequent significant steps in the development of groundbreaking supercomputers.

2 May 2018

New Model for Explaining the Emission of Directed Radio Waves from Neutron Stars

Young researchers from ITMO University have described how intense directed radio emission is produced by neutron stars. Based on the transitions of particles between gravitational states, that is, quantum states in the gravitational field, they have developed a model.

25 Apr 2018

Artificial Intelligence Used to Classify Real Galaxies in Hubble Images

A machine learning technique known as "deep learning," which has been extensively used in face recognition and other image- and speech-recognition applications, has exhibited potential in helping astronomers examine images of galaxies and get an insight on their formation and changes.

25 Apr 2018

Dwarf Galaxies Offer Insight into the Mechanisms of Formation of Stars and Universe

Researchers have finished the difficult task of studying 27 dwarf galaxies in detail, classifying the conditions under which they were created. These minor galaxies are ideal for investigating the mechanisms of new star formation and the very first steps in the formation of the universe.

24 Apr 2018

Hubble Space Telescope Captures Visible and Infrared Images of Lagoon Nebula

Two different views of the roiling heart of a massive stellar nursery, called the Lagoon Nebula, have been compared by the images captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. One of the images was taken in visible light and the other in infrared light.

23 Apr 2018

Expanding Cloud of Atoms May Offer Insight into Unresolved Cosmological Questions

Scientists exploring a cloud of ultracold atoms discovered a behavior that has a striking similarity to the universe in microcosm. Their research forges new relations between atomic physics and the quick expansion of the early universe.

23 Apr 2018

Black Hole Stellar Winds Form Huge Butterfly & Prevent Star Formation in Galaxy

An extraordinary “dissection” of twin galaxies in the last stages of merging has been completed by CU Boulder researchers.

20 Apr 2018

Research Explains Origin of Energetic Electrons Mercury’s Hermean Magnetotail

The unusual readings gathered by the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) mission in 2009 have been explained by theoretical physicists by using simulations.

19 Apr 2018

Counter-Intuitive Observations Made in Hybrid Quantum Systems

Scientists from the National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Tokyo and NTT Basic Research Laboratories (BRL, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) in Japan have reported an explanation of how quantum systems could be able to heat up by cooling down.

19 Apr 2018

Scientists Discover Mass of Black Holes Governs the Formation of Stars in Galaxies

Scientists from the University of California in Los Angeles, who were funded by the U.S. Army, have discovered a proverbial smoking gun signature of the elusive Majorana particle. The researchers believe this discovery could block intruders on vulnerable communication networks.

18 Apr 2018