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Astrophysicists Find First Observational Evidence of Contracting White Dwarf

Astrophysicists from MSU (Russia) and his colleagues from Italy and Russian Academy of Sciences have found the first observational evidence for a contracting white dwarf.

15 Nov 2017

UMD Astronomers Use New Powerful Robotic Telescope to See “First Light”

A new robotic camera with the ability to capture hundreds of thousands of stars and galaxies in a single shot has taken its first image of the sky -- an event astronomers refer to as "first light."

15 Nov 2017

NASA's Early Science Observations Offer Insights on Supermassive Black Holes and Distant Galaxies

Astronomers around the world will have immediate access to early data from specific science observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, which will be completed within the first five months of Webb's science operations.

14 Nov 2017

PPPL Awards Grierson and Greenough for Exceptional Achievements in Plasma Research

A breakthrough in the development of fusion diagnostics and the creative use of radio frequency waves to heat the plasma that fuels fusion reactions earned the 2017 outstanding research and engineering awards from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL).

14 Nov 2017

Scientists Analyze Chemical Make-Up of Hot Gas in Perseus Galaxy Cluster

Before its brief mission ended unexpectedly in March 2016, Japan's Hitomi X-ray observatory captured exceptional information about the motions of hot gas in the Perseus galaxy cluster.

14 Nov 2017

ALMA Encounters Pair of Exceptionally Rare Hyper-Luminous Starburst Galaxies

New observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have uncovered the never-before-seen close encounter between two astoundingly bright and spectacularly massive galaxies in the early universe.

14 Nov 2017

New Survey of Fast-Spinning Pulsar Stars Could Predict First Occurrence of Gravitational Waves

Astronomers won't have to wait much longer for their first glimpse of one of the biggest types of unions in the cosmos.

14 Nov 2017

Researchers Document the Time Taken for Electron Emission from Atom

In a unique experiment, researchers have clocked how long it takes for an electron to be emitted from an atom. The result is 0.000 000 000 000 000 02 seconds, or 20 billionths of a billionth of a second.

14 Nov 2017

Scientists Discover Interesting Magnetic Properties of a Type of Quantum Material

In work published in Physical Review Letters, scientists from RIKEN in Japan have discovered interesting new magnetic properties of a type of materials known as "quantum spin ice."

14 Nov 2017

Study on Cosmic Snake Offers New Insights on Star Formation

We have a fair understanding of the fundamental mechanisms that regulate star formation in galaxies, from the interstellar matter to the diffuse clouds distributed in space, whose gravitational contraction leads to the birth of stars within large stellar clusters.

14 Nov 2017

Remote Doping Approach Could Enhance Solar Conversion in Quantum Dot-Based Photovoltaic Cells

The performance of solar cells that consist of semiconductor nanoparticles surrounded by ligand molecules is now easier to control.

14 Nov 2017

Laser-Generated Plasma can Provide Insights into Emissions from the Sun

Researchers have discovered that plasma-generating lasers can offer in-depth knowledge of the bursts of subatomic particles taking place in deep space.

13 Nov 2017

IBM Announces Significant Quantum Processor Upgrades for IBM Q Early-Access Commercial Systems

IBM announced today two significant quantum processor upgrades for its IBM Q early-access commercial systems.

13 Nov 2017

Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors Achieve Record Detection Efficiency

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) pave the way for considerable enhancement of detection efficiency (DE) when compared with other semiconducting detectors, thereby allowing various advanced applications in quantum information technologies.

10 Nov 2017

Spin Liquids Provide Potential Pathway to Quantum Computing and High-Temperature Superconductivity

The existence of an unusual disordered electron spin state in a metal has been discovered and described by Ames Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy. This breakthrough may offer a unique way for searching and exploring frustrated magnets.

10 Nov 2017

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Astrophysicists Find First Observational Evidence of Contracting White Dwarf

UMD Astronomers Use New Powerful Robotic Telescope to See “First Light”

NASA's Early Science Observations Offer Insights on Supermassive Black Holes and Distant Galaxies

PPPL Awards Grierson and Greenough for Exceptional Achievements in Plasma Research

Scientists Analyze Chemical Make-Up of Hot Gas in Perseus Galaxy Cluster

ALMA Encounters Pair of Exceptionally Rare Hyper-Luminous Starburst Galaxies

New Survey of Fast-Spinning Pulsar Stars Could Predict First Occurrence of Gravitational Waves

Researchers Document the Time Taken for Electron Emission from Atom

Scientists Discover Interesting Magnetic Properties of a Type of Quantum Material

Study on Cosmic Snake Offers New Insights on Star Formation

Remote Doping Approach Could Enhance Solar Conversion in Quantum Dot-Based Photovoltaic Cells

Laser-Generated Plasma can Provide Insights into Emissions from the Sun

IBM Announces Significant Quantum Processor Upgrades for IBM Q Early-Access Commercial Systems

Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors Achieve Record Detection Efficiency

Spin Liquids Provide Potential Pathway to Quantum Computing and High-Temperature Superconductivity

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