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MIT Physicists Capture Quantum Melting Process

For the first time, MIT physicists have observed a highly ordered crystal of electrons in a semiconducting material and documented its melting, much like ice thawing into water.

21 Dec 2016

Researchers Find No Trace of Dark Matter Particles in Gamma-Ray Background

Researchers from the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) GRAPPA Center of Excellence have just published the most precise analysis of the fluctuations in the gamma-ray background to date.

20 Dec 2016

ALPHA Collaboration Observes First Ever Optical Spectrum of Antimatter Atom

In a paper published today in the journal Nature, the ALPHA collaboration reports the first ever measurement on the optical spectrum of an antimatter atom.

20 Dec 2016

Scientists Use Doped Graphene Quantum Dots to Reduce Carbon Dioxide into Fuel

Rice University scientists suggest that graphene quantum dots may provide a simple method for recycling waste carbon dioxide into valuable fuel instead of releasing it into the atmosphere or burying it underground.

19 Dec 2016

Light-Harvesting Mechanism of Photosynthetic Algae Revealed Using Ultrafast Lasers

For millions of years, photosynthetic algae have been improving their process for capturing light. This has resulted in algae optimizing powerful light harvesting systems - proteins that absorb light to be converted into energy for the plants - that researchers have long been keen to understand and imitate for renewable energy applications.

19 Dec 2016

Accelerated Dynamics of Quantum Particles Enable Rapid Switching of Quantum Bit

Today’s technology, ranging from laptops to cellphones, advances through the continuously increasing speed at which electric charges are directed through circuits. Likewise, the speeding up control over quantum states in nanoscale and atomic systems could lead to leaps for the growing field of quantum technology.

16 Dec 2016

Researchers Develop Method that has Implications for Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Researchers from the University of Waterloo have developed a method that will detect roughly 10 black holes per year, doubling the number currently known within two years, and it will likely unlock the history of black holes in a little more than a decade.

16 Dec 2016

Physicists Develop Theoretical Framework for Improving Stability and Intensity of Particle Accelerator Beams

Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), in collaboration with researchers in South Korea and Germany, have developed a theoretical framework for improving the stability and intensity of particle accelerator beams. Scientists use the high-energy beams, which must be stable and intense to work effectively, to unlock the ultimate structure of matter.

16 Dec 2016

Half-Quantum Vortices Discovered in Superfluid Helium

Half-quantum vortices in superfluid helium have been discovered by researchers at Aalto University, Finland, and P.L. Kapitza Institute in Moscow. This vortex is considered to be a topological defect, seen in superconductors and superfluids, which carries a specific amount of circulating current.

15 Dec 2016

Researchers Observe Early Stages in Formation of a New Solar System

Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have used the ALMA telescopes to observe the early stages in the formation of a new solar system.

15 Dec 2016

Study Shows Many Fast Spinning Neutron Stars Continuously Emit Gravitational Waves

Professor Sudip Bhattacharyya of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India, and Professor Deepto Chakrabarty (MIT, USA), an adjunct visiting professor at the same institute, have shown that a population of neutron stars should spin around their axes much faster than the highest observed spin rate of any neutron star.

15 Dec 2016

Study Provides New Insights into Extraordinarily Brilliant Point of Light Seen in Distant Galaxy

An extraordinarily brilliant point of light seen in a distant galaxy, and dubbed ASASSN-15lh, was thought to be the brightest supernova ever seen.

15 Dec 2016

Magnetic Mirror Could Help Cosmologists Discover New Details About Ripples in Space-Time

Researchers have created a new magnetic mirror-based device that could one day help cosmologists discover new details about ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves, particularly those emitted when the universe was extremely young.

15 Dec 2016

Scientists Create World’s First Programmable Quantum Photonic Chip

The world's first programmable quantum photonic chip, created by scientists at the University of Bristol, will now be a part of a new permanent exhibition at the Science Museum which explores how mathematicians, their tools and ideas have helped to shape the modern world over the last 400 years.

9 Dec 2016

Astrophysicist Reveals Surprising Details of Unusual Millisecond Pulsar Binary System

A professional astrophysicist and an amateur astronomer have teamed up to reveal surprising details about an unusual millisecond pulsar (MSP) binary system comprising one of the fastest-spinning pulsars in our Galaxy and its unique companion star.

9 Dec 2016

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MIT Physicists Capture Quantum Melting Process

Researchers Find No Trace of Dark Matter Particles in Gamma-Ray Background

ALPHA Collaboration Observes First Ever Optical Spectrum of Antimatter Atom

Scientists Use Doped Graphene Quantum Dots to Reduce Carbon Dioxide into Fuel

Light-Harvesting Mechanism of Photosynthetic Algae Revealed Using Ultrafast Lasers

Accelerated Dynamics of Quantum Particles Enable Rapid Switching of Quantum Bit

Researchers Develop Method that has Implications for Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Physicists Develop Theoretical Framework for Improving Stability and Intensity of Particle Accelerator Beams

Half-Quantum Vortices Discovered in Superfluid Helium

Researchers Observe Early Stages in Formation of a New Solar System

Study Shows Many Fast Spinning Neutron Stars Continuously Emit Gravitational Waves

Study Provides New Insights into Extraordinarily Brilliant Point of Light Seen in Distant Galaxy

Magnetic Mirror Could Help Cosmologists Discover New Details About Ripples in Space-Time

Scientists Create World’s First Programmable Quantum Photonic Chip

Astrophysicist Reveals Surprising Details of Unusual Millisecond Pulsar Binary System

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