A ‘teenage’ white dwarf pulsar may be the missing link among magnetic stars
Left: ZTF light curve of Gaia22ayj in r and g bands folded on the 9.36 minutes period. Right:…
Gene pairs that confer resistance to wheat diseases pave way for breeding better varieties
The cloning of powdery mildew resistance gene Pm26 and stripe rust resistance gene YrTD121 from wild emmer wheat…
Relativistic jet detected in active galaxy Markarian 110
VLBA 6.2 GHz images of Mrk 110 from Dec 31, 2021 (color scale) and Feb 2, 2024 (contours).…
Searching for axions by analyzing X-ray observations of entire galaxies
A sketch showing how axions produced in M82 stars can propagate and finally decay to photons to be…
How an atomic nucleus can have two different shapes with only slightly different energy levels
Using the Summing Nal Detector, a team of experimental and theoretical scientists at FRIB took another step in…
Where did cosmic rays come from? Astrophysicists are closer to finding out
X-ray image of the newly discovered pulsar wind nebular associated with an extreme Galactic cosmic ray source 1LHAASO…
Physicists set new world record for qubit operation accuracy
A rendering of the Oxford University team’s ion trap chip. Credit: Dr. Jochen Wolf and Dr. Tom Harty.…
Small-scale photonic quantum processor can already outperform classical counterparts
Classification of data points can be performed through a photonic quantum computer, boosting the accuracy of conventional methods.…
Researchers unveil axion-torsion coupling via dark photons
The histogram for the BI parameter and the trace torsion mass in GeV. Credit: Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory A new…
Memory matters for quantum atomic motion on metals
Credit: AI-generated image In a variety of technological applications related to chemical energy generation and storage, atoms and…