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Micronovae – a new kind of stellar explosion discovered

A team of astronomers, with the help of the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), have observed a new type of stellar...

Study sheds new light on the properties of quantum entanglement

Multiparty entanglement: When everything is connected.

A new way of potentially detecting dark matter

Astrophysicists at the University of Amsterdam contemplated the gravitational waves created by the merger of a neutron star and a black hole. They found...

World’s fastest molecular shuttle

A molecular structure with a ring-shaped molecule around an elongated wire-shaped molecule.

Negative emotions can reduce our capacity to trust

Negativity is a tendency to be downbeat, disagreeable, and skeptical. It's a pessimistic attitude that always expects the worst. Undoubtedly negative emotions affect how...

Efficient light conversion with perovskite nanocrystals

A new study by the UvA-IoP physicists suggests that certain perovskites do have this desirable property. Certain crystals show very interesting properties at the nanoscale....

What determines the droplet size in sprays?

A spray nozzle produces a range of droplet sizes that can often be summarized by a single number. Which single number is appropriate to use...

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