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NASA’s Webb Reveals Intricate Networks of Gas, Dust in Nearby Galaxies

“Peering through obscuring clouds of dust, the MIRI instrument has revealed networks of giant cavities and blown-out bubbles in the gaseous arms of distant galaxies. Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope are getting their first look at star …

New Model of Quark-Gluon Plasma Solves a Long-Standing Discrepancy between Theory and Data

“Researchers from Japan provide a novel theoretical framework for describing the quark-gluon plasma, which agrees better with experimental data The properties of quark-gluon plasma (QGP), the primordial form of matter in the early universe, is conventionally described using relativistic hydrodynamical …

Perovskites, a ‘dirt cheap’ alternative to silicon, just got a lot more efficient

“The secret, a University of Rochester optics professor explains, is to harness the power of metals. Silicon, the standard semiconducting material used in a host of applications—computer central processing units (CPUs), semiconductor chips, detectors, and solar cells—is an …

Princeton in space: NASA’s IMAP mission clears critical hurdle to launch

“NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission, led by Princeton’s David McComas, recently crossed a vital threshold. On Jan. 27, NASA officials reviewed all aspects of the mission design and approved the mission to continue toward launch …

Proposed quantum device may succinctly realize emergent particles such as the Fibonacci anyon

“Long before Dr. Jukka Vayrynen was an assistant professor at the Purdue Department of Physics and Astronomy, he was a post-doc investigating a theoretical model with emergent particles in a condensed matter setting. Once he arrived at Purdue, he intended …

Qualcomm Sparks the Next Phase of 5G With the World’s First 5G Advanced-Ready Modem-RF System

“Qualcomm Technologies’ 6th generation modem-to-antenna solution is the first ready to support 5G Advanced, the next phase of 5G. It introduces a new architecture, a new software suite and includes numerous world’s first features to push the boundaries of …

Researchers detail never-before-seen properties in a family of superconducting Kagome metals

“Scientists describe the microscopic structure of a recently discovered group of superconductors for the first time, a small step toward paving the way for future advances in superconducting technology. Dramatic advances in quantum computing, smartphones that only need to be …

Samsung Introduces Easily Regenerable Air Purification Filter Technology Applying Photocatalysts

“Newly developed filter simultaneously removes particulate matter and volatile organic chemicals as primary air pollutants while retaining initial performance for up to 20 years Samsung Electronics today introduced a new air filter technology that simultaneously collects particulate matter (PM) and …

Scientists Can Now Map Lightning in 3D

“A new approach enables meter-scale localization of lightning strikes. And it’s already illuminating the basic physics of the phenomenon. Studying lightning is as hard as you might expect. One promising technique to study the ephemeral surges is to measure …

Securing supply chains with quantum computing

“The Russo-Ukrainian conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic have shown how vulnerable global supply chains can be. International events can disrupt manufacturing, delay shipping, induce panic buying and send energy costs soaring. New research in quantum computing at Sandia National …