In The News: College of Sciences
Remarkable things happen when a "squishy" compound of manganese and sulfide (MnS2) is compressed in a diamond anvil, say researchers from the University of Rochester and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).
A group of astronomers have detected a very short, powerful burst of high-energy radiation that lasted for about a second and had been racing toward Earth for nearly half the present age of the universe.
On August 26, 2020, NASA’s Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope discovered a pulse of high-energy radiation that was hurtling towards Earth at nearly half the current age of the universe.
It lasted only a second and was the shortest gamma radiation burst (GRB), ever caused by the death a large star.
Lasting only about a second, it turned out to be one for the record books—the shortest gamma-ray burst (GRB) caused by the death of a massive star ever seen.
From insulator to metal and back again - a new transition phenomenon reported by Rochester and Las Vegas researchers ‘will find a place in physics textbooks.’
A multi-decade drought has left Lake Mead and Lake Powell with record low water levels.
Some exoplanets don’t fit into the major categories. And like many oddballs, they can be more interesting than the conformists.
On Aug. 26, 2020, NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected a pulse of high-energy radiation that had been racing toward Earth for nearly half the present age of the universe. Lasting only about a second, it turned out to be one for the record books – the shortest gamma-ray burst (GRB) caused by the death of a massive star ever seen.
At more than 420 parts per million (ppm) in May, scientists measured the highest levels of carbon in the atmosphere since they started taking direct measurements 63 years ago at Hawaii's Mauna Loa Observatory.
A new numerical study suggests that the answer depends upon how much water is in Earth’s mantle.
Scientists at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) using computer simulations revealed that the supermassive black holes may also generate Tsunami-like structures in the universe.