Categories

Exploring three-dimensional quantum Griffiths singularity in bulk unconventional iron-based superconductors

Exploration of exotic quantum phase transitions has always been a focus in condensed matter physics. Critical phenomena in a phase transition are entirely determined by the universality class, which is controlled by the spatial and/or order-parameters and is independent of microscopic details.

Go to Source

Hubble measures the distance to a supernova

Measuring the distance to truly remote objects like galaxies, quasars, and galaxy clusters is a crucial task in astrophysics, particularly when it comes to studying the early universe, but it’s a difficult one to complete.

Go to Source

Vivid portrait of interacting galaxies marks Webb’s second anniversary

A duo of interacting galaxies commemorates the second science anniversary of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which takes constant observations, including images and highly detailed data known as spectra. Its operations have led to a “parade” of discoveries by astronomers around the world.

Go to Source

What flavor is that neutrino? Adding flavor helps to track neutrino movement in astrophysical systems

Neutrinos have a quantum mechanical property called “flavor.” This flavor can transform as neutrinos move through space. A major challenge is to keep track of both the physical movement of the neutrinos and their change of flavor in astrophysical systems such as core-collapse supernovae and neutron star mergers. The complicated arrangement and large number of […]

BWC: Ky. man threatens to kill and ‘gut’ wife, holds knife to her chest before fatal OIS

An officer found the man standing over the woman with a knife to her chest; the officer can be heard yelling, “Get off her!” and “Drop it!” before firing one round, killing the man

Go to Source

BWC: Suspect fleeing traffic stop drags N.Y. officer at more than 60 mph before fatal OIS

After the shooting, both the Buffalo PD officer and the suspect fell out of the vehicle; the officer then rescued a child who was still inside the moving car

Go to Source

SpaceX space junk crashed onto Saskatchewan farmland, highlighting a potential impending disaster

In late April, farmers in Saskatchewan stumbled upon spacecraft fragments while preparing their fields for seeding. It sounds like the beginning of a science fiction movie, but this really happened, sending a powerful warning: it is only a matter of time before someone is seriously hurt or killed by falling space junk.

Go to Source

[…]

How astronomers work out the size of the solar system

The size of the solar system is defined by the volume of space over which the sun’s influence exceeds those of other nearby stars in the Milky Way galaxy. This influence derives from two fundamental forces of nature: gravity and magnetism.

Go to Source

Calif. officer killed after being struck by car during traffic stop

“[Officer Matthew Bowen] has served with the highest level of dedication and honor,” the Vacaville Police Department said in a statement

Go to Source

Hubble finds evidence for rare black hole in Omega Centauri

An international team of astronomers has used more than 500 images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope spanning two decades to detect seven fast-moving stars in the innermost region of Omega Centauri, the largest and brightest globular cluster in the sky. These stars provide compelling new evidence for the presence of an intermediate-mass black hole. […]

Neural networks made of light can make machine learning more sustainable

Scientists propose a new way of implementing a neural network with an optical system which could make machine learning more sustainable in the future. The researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light have published their new method in Nature Physics, demonstrating a method that is much simpler than previous approaches.

Go […]

4,000 year old Bronze Age petroglyphs in Sweden became the sacred symbols of Georgia’s Creek Indians

Scandinavian Bronze Age art is found on most of the famous petroglyphic boulders in the Georgia Gold Belt . . . a mountainous region containing the purest gold in the world. Most of Georgia’s petroglyphs are believed to be contemporary with the Scandinavian Bronze Age, although some are definitely Maya or Arawak in origin. […]

Suspect arrested, charged in death of Texas deputy

Ronald Palmer Jr. was arrested and charged with capital murder in the killing of Harris County Deputy Fernando Esqueda

Go to Source

Artificial intelligence could help make quantum computers a reality

Could artificial intelligence help overcome one of quantum computing’s biggest roadblocks?

Go to Source

Securely propagating entanglement at the push of a button

Entanglement, Einstein’s “spooky action at a distance,” today is THE tool of quantum information science. It is the essential resource for quantum computers and used to transmit quantum information in a future quantum network. But it is highly sensitive. It is therefore an enormous challenge to entangle resting quantum bits (qubits) with flying qubits in […]