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VENUS brings AI-powered atomic-scale 3D imaging to ORNL
Sep 01, 2024 (SPX)
"It's a dream come true," said ORNL neutron scattering scientist Hassina Bilheux. "It has been an honor and privilege to work with so many talented people dedic...
Dark matter could have helped make supermassive black holes in the early universe
Sep 01, 2024 (SPX)
Even so, at only about 10 solar masses, the resulting black hole is a far cry from the 4 million-solar-masses black hole, Sagittarius A', found in our Milky Way...
New Horizons Offers Precise Measurements of Cosmic Light in the Universe
Aug 30, 2024 (SPX)
After more than 18 years in space and nine years following its historic encounter with Pluto, New Horizons is now over 5.4 billion miles (7.3 billion kilometers...
Highest-Resolution Black Hole Images Captured by Event Horizon Telescope
Aug 30, 2024 (SPX)
These new observations, combined with previous images of supermassive black holes at the lower frequency of 230 GHz, will enhance the clarity of black hole phot...
Early galaxies were not too big for their britches after all
Aug 27, 2024 (SPX)
According to a new study in The Astrophysical Journal led by University of Texas at Austin graduate student Katherine Chworowsky, some of those early galaxies a...
Astrophysicists use AI to precisely calculate Universe's 'settings'
Aug 27, 2024 (SPX)
The results were a significant improvement over the values produced by previous methods. Compared to conventional techniques using the same galaxy data, the app...
Researchers Unveil Mechanism Behind X-ray Emissions from Black Hole Accretion Disks
Aug 26, 2024 (SPX)
By conducting detailed supercomputer simulations, the research team at the University of Helsinki explored the interactions among radiation, plasma, and magneti...
Researchers explore how plants' biological clocks operate in natural environments
Aug 26, 2024 (SPX)
In a collaborative study, researchers from the UK and Japan conducted innovative field experiments to better understand how plants integrate circadian clock sig...
AI advances solutions to complex quantum chemistry challenges
Aug 26, 2024 (SPX)
The study, published in 'Science', details how this AI-driven method can solve fundamental equations that describe complex molecular systems. Excited States of ...
New Antimatter Nucleus Discovery Sets Heaviest Record Yet
Aug 22, 2024 (SPX)
The research, carried out by the STAR Collaboration at RHIC, has been published in the journal *Nature*. The findings contribute to ongoing efforts to understan...
Researchers Create World's Fastest Electron Microscope Capable of Capturing Electron Motion
Aug 22, 2024 (SPX)
"When you get the latest version of a smartphone, it comes with a better camera," explained Mohammed Hassan, associate professor of physics and optical sciences...
Astronomers Disprove Long-Held Belief About Galaxy Density
Aug 20, 2024 (SPX)
The research team, which includes scientists from Australia, the UK, Austria, and Germany, utilized the Very Large Telescope in Chile to observe and analyze 22 ...
When the lights turned on in the universe
Aug 17, 2024 (SPX)
"What I would really like to do is convince a city to shut down their lights completely, apart from hospitals or whatever else needs them, just for an hour," sh...
Researchers Unveil Insights into Quark Matter in Neutron-Star Collisions
Aug 15, 2024 (SPX)
Neutron stars, remnants of old stars that have exhausted their nuclear fuel and collapsed after a supernova explosion, are incredibly dense. When these stars co...
Astronomers Track Star's Repeated Encounters with Supermassive Black Hole
Aug 15, 2024 (SPX)
An artist's impression illustrates a star being partially disrupted by a black hole in the system known as AT2018fyk. This black hole, approximately 50 million ...
Webb data suggests our model of the universe may hold up after all
Aug 15, 2024 (SPX)
But new measurements from the powerful James Webb Space Telescope seem to suggest that there may not be a conflict, also known as the 'Hubble tension,' after al...
Researchers Develop Advanced Silicon Photonic Chip for GPS-Free Navigation
Aug 14, 2024 (SPX)
Scientists are now working to create a motion sensor so precise that it could reduce the nation's dependency on GPS. Such a sensor-thousands of times more sensi...
NASA's Cold Atom Lab Uses Quantum Sensor for First Time in Space
Aug 14, 2024 (SPX)
The recent study, published in 'Nature Communications' on August 13, highlights the longest demonstration of the wave-like nature of atoms in freefall while in ...
Creating a Unified Time System for the Moon
Aug 14, 2024 (SPX)
On Earth, GPS relies on precise timekeeping, but implementing a similar system on the Moon is complicated by the effects of relativity. Clocks on the Moon tick ...
The Universe on display
Aug 13, 2024 (SPX)
Today, scientists are able to observe an exoplanet orbiting its star, an individual galaxy and even the entire universe. "The universe is actually mostly empty ...
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