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Hubble views broad and sweeping spiral galaxy NGC 4731

This new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the broad and sweeping spiral galaxy NGC 4731. It lies in the constellation Virgo and is located 43 million light-years from Earth. This highly detailed image uses data collected from six different filters.

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Physicists take molecules to a new ultracold limit, creating a state of matter where quantum mechanics reigns

There’s a hot new BEC in town that has nothing to do with bacon, egg, and cheese. You won’t find it at your local bodega, but in the coldest place in New York: the lab of Columbia physicist Sebastian Will, whose experimental group specializes in pushing atoms and molecules to temperatures just fractions of a […]

‘Officer Bulldozer’: Okla. cop goes viral after BWC video shows him smash through fence to detain suspect

The Moore Police Department officer plowed through wooden slats in order to arrest a suspect who was fleeing a traffic stop

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Fla. sheriff fires deputy who shot man at apartment, says use of deadly force was not appropriate response

Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden said former deputy Eddie Duran’s life was not in danger at any point during the interaction and that he should not have fired his weapon

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The unexpected connection between brewing coffee and understanding turbulence

In 1883, Osborne Reynolds injected ink into water in a short, clear pipe to observe its movement. His experiments showed that as the input water velocity increased, the flow went from laminar (smooth and predictable) to turbulent (unsteady and unpredictable) through the development of localized patches of turbulence, known today as “puffs.”

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Assaults on Minn. officers up 160% from decade ago as attacks against LEOs rise

“I know we are not alone…” said Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara. “It’s become too easy to attack our police, and it needs to stop”

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Superconducting circuit for qubit control within large-scale quantum computer systems successfully demonstrated

In support of the development of large-scale superconducting quantum computers, researchers with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), one of the largest public research organizations in Japan, in collaboration with Yokohama National University, Tohoku University, and NEC Corporation, proposed and successfully demonstrated a superconducting circuit that can control many qubits at […]

Study unveils impact of mergers on star formation in dwarf galaxies

Interactions between galaxies, including mergers and tidal interactions, have been extensively studied. It has been established that mergers between massive galaxies can alter galaxy morphologies, enhance star formation, and even trigger starbursts.

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TOI-1685 b is a hot and rocky super-Earth exoplanet, observations find

An international team of astronomers has performed follow-up observations of a nearby alien world known as TOI-1685 b. Results of the observations, published May 21 on the pre-print server arXiv, indicate that TOI-1685 b is a hot and rocky alien world with an Earth-like density.

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New precision measurement program advances understanding of proton halos

In May 2022, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University (MSU), launched its precision measurement program. Staff from FRIB’s Low Energy Beam and Ion Trap (LEBIT) facility take high-energy, rare-isotope beams generated at FRIB and cool them to a lower energy state. Afterward, the researchers measure specific particles’ masses at high […]

Sorting complex light beams: New metasurface design advances optical physics

In the dynamic realm of optical physics, researchers are continually pushing the boundaries of how light can be manipulated and harnessed for practical applications.

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A framework to construct quantum spherical codes

To reliably perform complex, large-scale calculations, computing systems rely on so-called error correction schemes, techniques designed to protect information against errors. These techniques are perhaps even more essential when it comes to quantum computers, devices that perform computations leveraging the principles of quantum mechanics.

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Reinterpreting the Higgs mechanism: Decay and fission of ‘magnetic quivers’ could clarify quantum structures

A simple concept of decay and fission of “magnetic quivers” helps to clarify complex quantum physics and mathematical structures.

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Rogue object baffles scientists: It manoeuvred past Jupiter for 1 million years without crashing

Seen here is Halley’s Comet, another object with a retrograde orbit. Credit: solar seven- iStock- Getty Images

A Rogue object dubbed ‘BZ’ has created confusion among astronomers.

For at least a million years, an asteroid orbiting the “wrong” way around the sun has been playing a cosmic game of chicken with giant Jupiter and […]

Experts in Mexico unearth Ancient Maya statue depicting an ‘Alien’ figure

Experts have unearthed a mysterious statue belonging to the ancient Maya civilization. The curious artifact depicts ‘an alien humanoid’ holding a human head.

The statue consists of a snake that seems to surround the figure of a small ‘ALIEN humanoid’ seen in a profile view holding a human head. Notice the strange head and […]