Physic

New finding on gamma-ray bursts Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are detected by Earth-orbiting satellites as flashes of the highest energy gamma rays lasting milliseconds to hundreds of seconds. These cataclysmic explosions occur in...

Fusion reactor instability can be fine-tuned by adjusting plasma density and magnetic field An international team of researchers has found a way to control the magnitude of plasma instabilities in fusion reactors....

Schrödinger’s Buses Spotted in Bristol The English city of Bristol has strong ties to quantum mechanics as it produced Paul Dirac, who made pioneering contributions to the development of the theory. Now,...

Supercharged ions are common substances in the universe, including the sun and other stars. They are so named because they have lost many electrons and hence have a high positive charge....

BOAT or the most powerful gamma-ray burst This new burst, officially named GRB 221009A, was probably triggered by a supernova giving birth to a black hole in a galaxy about 2 billion...

New method for measuring time #astronomy #apod #science #time #space A research team at Uppsala University in Sweden has discovered a new way to measure time. They published a paper in Physical Review...