An artist’s conception of the complex magnetic correlations physicists have observed with a groundbreaking quantum simulator at Kyoto University that uses ytterbium atoms about 3 billion times colder than deep space. Different colors represent the six possible spin states of each atom. The simulator uses up to 300,000 atoms, allowing physicists to directly observe...
Scientists have developed a heat pump that uses light particles on a quantum range. Scientists can currently measure radio frequency signals closer to the quantum limit. Professionals say this technique works in searching for dark matter, a component of the universe whose existence is discernible primarily by its gravitational attraction. 30.1 percent of the...
Aerial view of a burnt area in the Amazon rainforest, near the Lago do Cunia Extractive Reserve, on the border of the states of Rondonia and Amazonas, northern Brazil, on August 31, 2022.According to official data launched Thursday, the Brazilian Amazon recorded its worst month of August for forest fires since 2010, with an...
Digital facial reconstructions by Professor Caroline Wilkinson based on skeletal remains and DNA data. Credit: Caroline Wilkinson. Your ancestors from centuries back may have had genetic diseases that could affect you today-- particularly if you have Ashkenazi Jewish roots.A new study carried out by international scientists suggested that a team of Ashkenazi Jews-- victims of...
“Cosmic Cliffs” in the Carina NebulaAstronomers' beliefs are The famed James Webb SpaceTelescope, released 8 months back and orbiting the sun a million miles from Earth, has begun bringing up several questions for astronomers as its striking images flood in.Unsurprisingly, the telescope has offered some intriguing and exciting observations of the very distant universe....
In a first for astrochemistry, astronomers have discovered dimethyl ether in a planet-forming disc. A precursor of larger organic molecules that can spur life, dimethyl ether is the largest molecule identified yet in a protoplanetary disc-- a rotating cloud of gas, dust, and ice that develops around a recently developing star and ultimately forms...
Credit: CC0 Public DomainA new kind of "phase change" in water was first recommended 30 years ago in a research study by scientists from Boston University. Because the shift has been predicted to happen at supercooled problems, however, confirming its presence has been challenging. That is because, at these low temperatures, water really does...
The southern-central edge of the Tibetan Plateau near the border with western Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim is pictured in this Sentinel-2A image from 1 February 2016. Credit: European Space Agency. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2016]/ processed by ESA ,CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO/Wikimedia CommonsClosure of the Neo-Tethys Sea and the subsequent formation...
A team of physicists from UNLV's Nevada Extreme Conditions Lab (NEXCL) used a diamond anvil cell, a research device similar to the one pictured, in their research to lower the pressure needed to observe a material capable of room-temperature superconductivity. Credit: courtesy of NEXCL.Less than 2 years after shocking the science world with the discovery...
Credit: UnsplashPollution warnings were put in place on dozens of beaches in England and Wales after untreated sewage was released into the sea around the coast.Official data reveals a range of discharges on the 15th of this month, which Southern Water claims are to protect residences and companies.The contamination follows a phase of heavy...
