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Observations explore Centaurus A’s halo
Archival optical image (at 468 nm wavelength) of NGC 5128 taken with the UK Schmidt telescope superimposed on the location…
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Dark excitations shed new light on matter
Left: The device consists of a 2D semiconductor between two mirrors, the polariton in purple and the dark excitons in…
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A mission to find 10 million near-Earth asteroids every year
Artist’s rendering of a Sutter demonstration mission. Credit: Sercel / TransAstra Corporation / Anthony Longman So far, scientists have found…
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The new theory describes how waves carry information from the surroundings
Teflon objects (orange cylinders) were placed in a waveguide with a rectangular cross section. Then, an electromagnetic signal (blue wavefront)…
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The new method integrates quantum dots with metasurfaces for enhanced luminescence
Schematic diagram of the fabrication of a luminescence-controlled metasurface using the nanoimprint lithography process. Credit: POSTECH A study published in…
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Researchers reveal the dynamic nature of emergent magnetic monopoles in real magnets for the first time
The collective excitation modes of hedgehog gratings are governed by Dirac string oscillations, connecting a hedgehog and an anti-hedgehog, which…
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A route to scaled Majorana qubits
A scanning electron micrograph of a nanodevice that was measured to obtain the results presented in the paper. Credit: QuTech…
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Space
Coming up hot: NASA’s Chandra checks for habitability of exoplanets
This graphic shows a three-dimensional map of the stars near the sun. These stars are close enough that they could…
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