#Either the heaviest-known neutron star or the lightest-known black hole: LIGO-Virgo finds mystery object in ‘mass gap’

“#Either the heaviest-known neutron star or the lightest-known black hole: LIGO-Virgo finds mystery object in ‘mass gap’” In August of 2019, the LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave network witnessed the merger of a black hole with 23 times the mass of our sun and a mystery object 2.6 times the mass of the sun. Scientists do not know…

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#Researchers demonstrate the effectiveness of an environmental warning system to monitor the coast

“#Researchers demonstrate the effectiveness of an environmental warning system to monitor the coast” Researchers at the University of Seville Marine Biology Laboratory, working in the research team of Dr. José Carlos García Gómez, have demonstrated the usefulness of using the SBPQ (Sessile Bioindicators Permanent Quadrats) methodology to detect potential shifts in coastal areas. This technique…

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#A structural light switch for magnetism

“#A structural light switch for magnetism” Depiction of the antiferromagnet CoF2 transforming into a ferrimagnet under optical excitation. The red and blue arrows denote the original anti-parallel spins. Terahertz light pulses induce changes in the crystal structure that polarize the spins, creating a new magnetic state which can be used for information storage and processing. Credit: Jörg…

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#Scientists create program that finds synteny blocks in different animals

“#Scientists create program that finds synteny blocks in different animals” Credit: Dmitry Lisovsky, ITMO.NEWS Modern genetics implies working with immense amounts of data which cannot be processed without the help of complex mathematical algorithms. For this reason, the task of developing special processing programs is no less important for bioinformatics specialists than that of genomic…

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#New compressor delivers above-terawatt 1.5-cycle pulses at kilohertz repetition rate

“#New compressor delivers above-terawatt 1.5-cycle pulses at kilohertz repetition rate” Impression of the compressor beamline. The inset shows the measured shape and beam profile of the 1.5-cycle pulses. Credit: Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. (FVB) Researchers at the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) have reached a new milestone in few-cycle pulse…

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#Brexit’s and research networks: Lower efficiency, reorganization of research communities

“#Brexit’s and research networks: Lower efficiency, reorganization of research communities” The collaboration network of European projects belonging to the Horizon 2020 Excellent Science program, showing only the top 1,000 organizations involved. U.K. institutions are shown in orange, European institutions are in blue. Credit: the authors and Kampal Data Solutions The United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the…

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#Launch of mobile app that controls the perfect amount of fertilizers and water

“#Launch of mobile app that controls the perfect amount of fertilizers and water” Archive image of a field of olive trees. Credit: Pixabay Fertigation allows for simultaneously applying the necessary water and fertilizers via irrigation systems. It offers significant advantages compared to other traditional methods, though it requires precise calculations in order to be ideally…

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