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Astronomers Double the Number of Known Young, Compact Radio Galaxies

A team of astronomers has doubled the number of known young, compact radio galaxies—galaxies powered by newly energized black holes.

9 Mar 2017

RIT Graduate Receives National Award for Developing Experiment for Quantum Mechanics Lab

A graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology's College of Science has been recognized by the American Association of Physics Teachers and the-Advanced Laboratory Physics Association for his contributions as an undergraduate student researcher to RIT's School of Physics and Astronomy.

9 Mar 2017

Light Interaction with Captive Hydrogen Atoms Produces Ionisation

Light interacting with hydrogen atoms enclosed in hollow cages composed of carbon atoms - referred to as fullerene material - produces ionisation.

9 Mar 2017

Scientists Examine How Vibrations of Crystal Lattice Change Based on Nanostructures Arrangement

Europium silicide has for some time attracted the attention of scientists. Recognized as being promising for electronics and spintronics, this material has recently been submitted by a team of physicists from Poland, Germany and France to comprehensive studies of the vibrations of its crystal lattice.

9 Mar 2017

World's Smallest Astronomical Satellites Help Discover a Massive Stellar Heartbeat

Researchers discover the biggest stellar heartbeat ever, using the smallest astronomical satellites present in the world.

8 Mar 2017

Discovery of Superballistic Electrons Could Revolutionize the Field of Electronic Devices

A group of physicists from MIT and Israel have discovered that when electrons are subjected to specialized conditions, they have the ability to speed through a narrow opening in a metal piece more easily than traditional theory suggests.

7 Mar 2017

Tiny Microchip Circuits Could Exploit Strange World of Quantum Mechanics

Scrambled and indecipherable messages are the back bone of the internet as we know it.

7 Mar 2017

Researchers Measure Star Formation Activity in Galaxies Located in Different Cosmic Environments

The scaffolding that holds the large-scale structure of the universe constitutes galaxies, dark matter and gas (from which stars are forming), organized in complex networks known as the cosmic web.

7 Mar 2017

Astronomers Seek Public’s Help to Categorize Ring Patterns on Observatory Camera Images

A new citizen science project, led by astronomers at the University of Minnesota, is asking for help from the public to identify and categorize hundreds of thousands of ring patterns within images produced by VERITAS gamma-ray observatory cameras.

6 Mar 2017

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Showcases Remarkable Galaxy UGC 12591

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image showcases the remarkable galaxy UGC 12591. UGC 12591 sits somewhere between a lenticular and a spiral.

6 Mar 2017

Researchers One Step Closer to Solve Mystery Concerning Structure of Protons

A mystery concerning the structure of protons is a step closer to being solved, thanks to a seven-year experiment led by researchers at MIT.

6 Mar 2017

Recent Study Reveals Free-Floating Planet-Analog in Solar Neighborhood

There may be a large number of undetected bright, substellar objects similar to giant exoplanets in our own solar neighborhood, according to new work from a team led by Carnegie's Jonathan Gagné and including researchers from the Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx) at Université de Montréal.

2 Mar 2017

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Astronomers Double the Number of Known Young, Compact Radio Galaxies

RIT Graduate Receives National Award for Developing Experiment for Quantum Mechanics Lab

Light Interaction with Captive Hydrogen Atoms Produces Ionisation

Scientists Examine How Vibrations of Crystal Lattice Change Based on Nanostructures Arrangement

World's Smallest Astronomical Satellites Help Discover a Massive Stellar Heartbeat

Discovery of Superballistic Electrons Could Revolutionize the Field of Electronic Devices

Tiny Microchip Circuits Could Exploit Strange World of Quantum Mechanics

Researchers Measure Star Formation Activity in Galaxies Located in Different Cosmic Environments

Astronomers Seek Public’s Help to Categorize Ring Patterns on Observatory Camera Images

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Showcases Remarkable Galaxy UGC 12591

Researchers One Step Closer to Solve Mystery Concerning Structure of Protons

Recent Study Reveals Free-Floating Planet-Analog in Solar Neighborhood

Quantum Physicist Louis Taillefer Awarded 2017 Simon Memorial Prize

Galaxy NGC 1055 Displays Odd Twists in Structure

Researchers Create Multidimensional Quantum Entanglement of Single Photon and Trillion of Hot Rubidium Atoms

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Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

LabOne Q: An Intuitive Software Framework for Scalable Quantum Computing

ORCA-Quest qCMOS Camera by Hamamatsu

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Researchers Exploit the Color Centers in Diamond to Enhance Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Processes for NMR Applications

Application of Electro-Optic Phase Modulator in Pound-Drever Hall Technique for Laser Frequency Stabilization

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Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

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3Circular Rydberg Atoms Extend Qubit Lifetime

4Deep Underground Detectors Push Limits of Dark Matter Particle Mass

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