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Did the Galileo mission find life on Earth?

In the fall of 1989, the Galileo spacecraft was launched into space, bound for Jupiter and its family of moons. Given the great distance to the king of planets, Galileo had to take a roundabout tour through the inner solar system, making a flyby of Venus in 1990 and Earth in 1990 and 1992 just […]

Physicists detect elusive ‘Bragg glass’ phase with machine learning tool

Cornell quantum researchers have detected an elusive phase of matter, called the Bragg glass phase, using large volumes of X-ray data and a new machine learning data analysis tool. The discovery settles a long-standing question of whether this almost–but not quite–ordered state of Bragg glass can exist in real materials.

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Evidence that atomically thin hafnium telluride is an excitonic insulator

The condensation of excitons with non-zero momentum can give rise to so-called charge density waves (CDW). This phenomenon can prompt the transition of materials into a fascinating new quantum phase, known as an excitonic insulator.

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Researchers show classical computers can keep up with, and surpass, their quantum counterparts

Quantum computing has been hailed as a technology that can outperform classical computing in both speed and memory usage, potentially opening the way to making predictions of physical phenomena not previously possible.

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New research demonstrates how to study low concentrations of electrons in complex oxide films

Semiconductors in modern electronics rely on small quantities of added impurity elements, called dopants, that alter the ability of the material to conduct electricity. While the role of these dopants is often straightforward, that isn’t always the case. Electrons from dopants in complex oxides can behave in ways that are significantly different than those in […]

Astronauts from Turkey, Italy and Sweden return to Earth, ending private space station trip

Astronauts from Turkey, Italy and Sweden returned to Earth on Friday, ending a private three-week mission to the International Space Station.

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JWST data suggest exoplanet K2-18b may have molten surface rather than a watery ocean

A multi-institutional team of astronomers, Earth scientists and planetary physicists has found evidence, via data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), that some hycean exoplanets may have molten surfaces rather than watery oceans. In their study, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, the team analyzed data from JWST as it was focused on the […]

Chinese astronomers find radio pulsar in a supernova remnant

Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), astronomers from the Nanjing University in China and elsewhere, have detected a radio pulsar in a supernova remnant known as CTB 87. The finding is reported in a paper published February 1 on the arXiv pre-print server.

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3 mysterious traits of the Ancient Anunnaki

While there are numerous mysterious details surrounding the Ancient Anunnaki, in this article we take a look at three of their most mysterious traits

Many archeologists around the world consider modern-day Iraq as the “cradle of civilization”. Between 3500 and 1900 BC the Tigris and Euphrates river was the home of the Sumerian people […]

Researchers discover cosmic dust storms from Type 1a supernova

Cosmic dust—like dust on Earth—comprises groupings of molecules that have condensed and stuck together in a grain. But the exact nature of dust creation in the universe has long been a mystery. Now, however, an international team of astronomers from China, the United States, Chile, the United Kingdom, Spain, etc., has made a significant discovery […]

Simulations provide potential explanation for mysterious gap in size distribution of super-Earths

Ordinarily, planets in evolved planetary systems, such as the solar system, follow stable orbits around their central star. However, many indications suggest that some planets might depart from their birthplaces during their early evolution by migrating inward or outward.

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3 discoveries that suggest Ancient Egyptians traveled to America thousands of years ago

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While mainstream scholars support the idea that successful explorations led to Norse settlements of Greenland and the L’Anse aux Meadows settlement in Newfoundland some 500 years prior to Columbus, the idea that ancient Egyptians had the capabilities and knowledge of large-scale oceanic voyages thousands of years ago are firmly rejected […]

A dozen suggestions for prevailing against multiple attackers

Preparing for an all-options response to a multiple-person attack requires a commitment to training beyond the sporadic defensive tactics sessions

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Results from South Pole Telescope’s new camera emerge

For more than five years, scientists at the South Pole Telescope in Antarctica have been observing the sky with an upgraded camera. The extended gaze toward the cosmos is picking up remnant light from the universe’s early formation. Now researchers have analyzed an initial batch of data, publishing details in the journal Physical Review D. […]

N.J. officer dies from cancer after working at ground zero

Sergeant Michael Kurinzi was a United States Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Elizabeth Police Department for 20 years

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