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Quantum Field theory breakthrough: First observation of vacuum decay bubbles
Jan 23, 2024 (SPX)
Vacuum decay in quantum field theory describes a transition from a less stable state to a true stable state, typically through the creation of localized bubbles...
NASA team takes top award for contributions to high-energy astrophysics
Jan 23, 2024 (UPI)
Along with their teams, retired NASA astrophysicist Martin Weisskopf and Italian Space Agency principal investigator Paolo Soffitta were awarded the 2024 Bruno ...
Lightest black hole or heaviest neutron star? MeerKAT uncovers a mysterious object in Milky Way
Jan 19, 2024 (SPX)
Using the MeerKAT Radio Telescope, astronomers from a number of institutions including The University of Manchester and the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astro...
Astronomers detect oldest black hole ever observed
Jan 18, 2024 (SPX)
The international team, led by the University of Cambridge, used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to detect the black hole, which dates from 4...
NenuFAR Radio Telescope sheds light on formation of Universe's first stars
Jan 18, 2024 (SPX)
Located at the Nancay Radioastronomy Observatory in France, the NenuFAR (New Extension in Nancay Upgrading LOFAR) is a state-of-the-art low-frequency radio inte...
New measurement technique unveiled for thermal hall effect in quantum materials
Jan 18, 2024 (SPX)
The thermal Hall effect, a key phenomenon in condensed matter physics, involves tiny transverse temperature differences arising when a thermal current is applie...
Webb telescope discovers oldest black hole yet
Jan 17, 2024 (AFP)
The black hole was vigorously gobbling up its host galaxy just 430 million years after the birth of the universe during a period called the cosmic dawn, accordi...
Two atoms playing ping-pong
Jan 17, 2024 (SPX)
How to tame a wave "If an atom emits a photon somewhere in free space, the direction of emission is completely random. This makes it practically impossible to g...
Experiment could test quantum nature of large masses for the first time
Jan 17, 2024 (SPX)
Quantum theory is typically seen as describing nature at the tiniest scales and quantum effects have not been observed in a laboratory for objects more massive ...
Physicists identify overlooked uncertainty in real-world experiments
Jan 16, 2024 (SPX)
The rules of statistical physics address the uncertainty about the state of a system that arises when that system interacts with its environment. But they've lo...
A Big Cosmological Mystery
Jan 15, 2024 (SPX)
The Big Ring on the Sky is 9.2 billion light-years from Earth. It has a diameter of about 1.3 billion light-years, and a circumference of about four billion lig...
Scientists use heat to create transformations between skyrmions and antiskyrmions
Jan 15, 2024 (SPX)
Skyrmions and antiskyrmions, which are textures that exist within special magnetic materials involving the spin of the electrons in the material, are an active ...
Tidal disruption events and what they can reveal about black holes in distant galaxies
Jan 12, 2024 (SPX)
Black holes grow in mass by gravitationally consuming objects in their near vicinity, including stars. It's a catastrophic and destructive end for stars unlucky...
Enhancing Navigation Satellites: A Leap in Atomic Clock Technology
Jan 11, 2024 (SPX)
This image, with features smaller than 10 micrometres - a hundredth of a millimetre - across, reveals the intricate details of plasma-etched glass used in atomi...
Observing quantum reality in macroscopic objects without light interference
Jan 11, 2024 (SPX)
The experiment revolves around the concept of optically levitated nanoparticles. These particles, when cooled to their motional ground state, exhibit quantum be...
Epic of a molecular ion: With eyes of electrons
Jan 11, 2024 (SPX)
Consequently, ions play pivotal roles in various facets of our lives, and comprehending the intricate processes, structural attributes, and dynamics of ions rem...
Exploring the existence of tetraneutrons in nuclear fission
Jan 10, 2024 (SPX)
Recent experimental studies have reported indications of tetraneutrons in bound and resonant states, the latter being a transient state but with a duration suff...
Novel method for quantifying entanglement may boost quantum computing efficiency
Jan 10, 2024 (SPX)
Quantum entanglement occurs when two or more systems interact in such a way that their quantum states become inseparably linked, regardless of the distance betw...
Einstein Probe lifts off on a mission to monitor the X-ray sky
Jan 10, 2024 (ESA)
Einstein Probe is a collaboration led by CAS with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), Germany. "I w...
India launches New Years rocket to study black holes
Jan 02, 2024 (UPI)
"2024 lifted off majestically," the Indian Space Research Organization wrote Monday in a post on X, formerly Twitter. "XPoSat health is normal. Power generation...
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