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Astronomy Jul 15, 2024

Observatory gears up to detect thousands of elusive brown dwarfs, unlocking Milky Way mysteries

One could argue that brown dwarfs don't get the love they deserve. Sometimes referred to as "failed stars," they don't have enough mass to sustain nuclear fusion, which powers all stars, including our sun. But they are also ...

General Physics Jul 15, 2024

Physicists observe excited states in lanthanum-120

For the first time, physicists have observed excited states in the very neutron-deficient odd-odd nucleus, lanthanum-120. The study, published in Physics Letters B, was conducted by researchers from the Institute of Modern ...

Earth Sciences Jul 12, 2024

Why saline lakes are the canary in the coalmine for the world's water resources

When it comes to inland surface water bodies, saline lakes are unique. They make up 44% of all lakes worldwide and are found on every continent including Antarctica. These lakes' existence depends on a delicate balance between ...

General Physics Jul 12, 2024

Belle II experiment reports the first direct measurement of tau-to-light-lepton ratio

The Belle II experiment is a large research effort aimed at precisely measuring weak-interaction parameters, studying exotic hadrons (i.e., a class of subatomic particles) and searching for new physical phenomena. This effort ...

Earth Sciences Jul 11, 2024

Scientists use cosmic rays to study twisters and other severe storms

Cosmic rays could offer scientists another way to track and study violent tornadoes and other severe weather phenomena, a new study suggests.

General Physics Jul 11, 2024

Theoretical physicists find Higgs boson does not seem to contain any harbingers of new physics

The Higgs boson was discovered in the detectors of the Large Hadron Collider a dozen or so years ago. It has proved to be a particle so difficult to produce and observe that, despite the passage of time, its properties are ...

General Physics Jul 11, 2024

Researchers develop model to study heavy-quark recombination in quark-gluon plasma

Researchers from the HEFTY Topical Collaboration investigated the recombination of charm and bottom quarks into Bc mesons in the quark-gluon plasma (QGP). They have developed a transport model that simulates the kinetics ...

Quantum Physics Jul 10, 2024

Researchers demonstrate how to build 'time-traveling' quantum sensors

The idea of time travel has dazzled sci-fi enthusiasts for years. Science tells us that traveling to the future is technically feasible, at least if you're willing to go near the speed of light, but going back in time is ...

Planetary Sciences Jul 10, 2024

A midsummer red sprite seen from space

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick photographed red sprites in Earth's upper atmosphere from the International Space Station on June 3, 2024. The bright red flashes are a less understood phenomena associated with powerful lightning ...

Condensed Matter Jul 8, 2024

Novel design for fast, sensitive high-energy photon detector

Prof. Long Shibing and his team from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have proposed a novel strategy for a high-energy photon detector with high sensitivity ...

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