In the moments immediately following the Big Bang, the very first gravitational waves rang out. The product of quantum fluctuations in the new soup of primordial matter, these earliest ripples through the fabric of space-time ...
General Physics
Dec 9, 2020
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Security officials are tasked with preventing criminals from smuggling dangerous materials into a country, and detecting nuclear substances has been difficult and costly. Now Northwestern University researchers have developed ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 7, 2020
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Bristol researchers have developed a tiny device that paves the way for higher performance quantum computers and quantum communications, making them significantly faster than the current state-of-the-art.
Optics & Photonics
Nov 9, 2020
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Nuclear physicists affiliated with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) played a leading role in analyzing data for a demonstration experiment that has achieved record precision ...
General Physics
Jul 13, 2020
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A new X-ray detector prototype is on the brink of revolutionizing medical imaging, with dramatic reduction in radiation exposure and the associated health risks, while also boosting resolution in security scanners and research ...
General Physics
Apr 10, 2020
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Homeland Security might soon have a new tool to add to its arsenal.
General Physics
Jan 15, 2020
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Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have found a way to better detect all collisions of stellar-mass black holes in the universe.
Optics & Photonics
Oct 31, 2019
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Polish astronomers have detected a new ultracompact X-ray binary as part of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE). The newly found binary, designated OGLE-UCXB-01, is an unusual periodic variable object with ...
Technology to measure the flow of subatomic particles known as antineutrinos from nuclear reactors could allow continuous remote monitoring designed to detect fueling changes that might indicate the diversion of nuclear materials. ...
General Physics
Aug 6, 2019
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Observations made with a new instrument developed for use at the 2.1-meter (84-inch) telescope at the National Science Foundation's Kitt Peak National Observatory have led to the discovery of the fastest eclipsing white dwarf ...
Astronomy
Jul 24, 2019
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