Atoms are notoriously tough to regulate. They move in a zigzag pattern similar to fireflies, can escape from the most durable containers, and even exhibit random movements at temperatures close to absolute zero. For quantum tools like atomic clocks or quantum computers to function properly, researchers must be able to capture and manipulate individual atoms. […]
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For the first time, dark matter from twelve billion years ago has been detected. A group of scientists from Nagoya College in Japan has collaborated to investigate the dark matter surrounding galaxies as they appeared twelve billion years ago, which is billions of years further back in time than ever explored before. The results they
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Typically bringing one of the most stunning yearly meteor showers visible in Earth’s night sky, typically providing 50-100 “shooting stars” per hour at its peak, the Perseids are going to peak on Aug. 12 and 13. There is only one issue: the full Moon. NASA astronomer Bill Cooke, who leads the Meteoroid Environment Office at
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The space telescope’s powerful infrared gaze offers a new sight of just how the galaxy has changed throughout billions of years. The James Webb Space Telescope, belonging to NASA, has gazed into the disarray of the Cartwheel Galaxy, revealing fresh insights into star formation and the central black hole of the galaxy. Using its potent
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Doctors at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say an abnormally high number of harmful viral infections have been detected among infants throughout the United States this year, including one uncommonly large cluster of almost two dozen cases at a single hospital in Tennessee. The infections- a result of a typical parechovirus- can set
A recent study published in the journal Nature suggests that when we experience surprise, our brains are more likely to be attentive. Researchers, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, discovered that a hormone called noradrenaline can impact brain activity and behavior in response to unexpected events. Noradrenaline is one of several chemicals that can produce
College of Toronto researchers have clarified the evolutionary transition of whales’ early ancestors from on-shore living to deep-sea foraging, recommending that these ancestors had visual systems that could quickly adapt to the dark. Their findings show that the common forefather of living whales was already a deep diver, able to observe in the blue twilight
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A tiny space rock has shown to have a significant impact on NASA’s recently operational deep-space telescope. One micrometeoroid hit the James Webb Space Telescope between Might 22 as well as twenty-four, impacting one of the observatory’s eighteen hexagonal golden mirrors. NASA had revealed the micrometeoroid strike in June and noticed that the particles were
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Several science students may imagine a ball rolling down a hill or a car skidding due to friction as prototypical examples of the systems physicists care about. However, much of modern physics consists of looking for objects and essentially invisible sensations: the small electrons of quantum physics and the particles concealed within odd steels of
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A chemist at the College of Cincinnati has come up with a unique means to examine the thermodynamic properties of molten salts that are utilized in numerous nuclear and solar power applications. UC College of Arts and Sciences research join and computational chemist Yu Shi and his collaborators developed a brand-new simulation method to calculate
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