Catastrophizing: Why We Wake Around 3am and Dwell on Our Fears and Failures
When I wake at 3 am or so, I’m prone to picking on myself. And I know I’m not the only one who does this….
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China’s Zhurong Rover Hit a Mars Milestone That Took NASA Decades – Here’s What’s Next
China’s Zhurong rover landed safely on Mars on May 15, making China only the third country to successfully land a rover on the red planet….
Probing Ultracold Quantum Gases With Sound Waves to Reveal the Unique Properties of Superfluids
Sound waves reveal the unique properties of an ultracold quantum gas, a model system for describing certain superconductors and forms of nuclear matter. A new…
Study Reveals How Plants Adapt to Rising Carbon Dioxide
Study of the world’s tropical forests pinpoints how much water plants put back into the atmosphere compared to how much carbon they take up Study…
Experimental Observations of Multiparty EPR Steering and Genuine Tripartite Entanglement
Using an optical network, researchers experimentally confirm that entanglement associated with the EPR paradox can be shared over three or more distinct optical systems. An…
Astronomers Use Telescopes to Track Laws of Nature 10 Billion Years Ago
Using the three most powerful optical telescopes in the world, astronomers from Swinburne University have focused on a single point in the sky to test…
Graphene Photonics Breakthrough Has Potential for Ultrafast Telecommunications
A new study details how scientists at the Swinburne Institute of Technology developed a micrometer thin film with record-breaking optical nonlinearity. Swinburne researchers have developed…
Researchers Discover Young Star Clusters around a Black Hole in Galaxy NGC 2110
Researchers from Swinburne University of Technology have discovered huge young star clusters around a black hole in the center of galaxy NGC 2110. Huge young…
Quantum Mechanics May Lead to an Ultra-Secure Internet
Researchers give theoretical proof that quantum mechanics may lead to an ultra-secure internet. Einstein’s skepticism about quantum mechanics may lead to an ultra-secure internet suggests…
Supernova Observations Show Strength of Gravity Unchanged Over Cosmic Time
In a newly published study, researchers at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne analyzed the light given off by 580 supernova explosions in the nearby…
New Research Implies That Current Theories of Star Formation are Incomplete
A new study from an international team of researchers has measured the lowest dust mass of a galaxy to date, leaving the researchers to believe…
Astronomers Find Evidence That Galaxies in Groups are Running Out of Fuel
Using the Arecibo telescope, the largest radio telescope in the world, an international team of astronomers have found evidence that galaxies that are located in…
Graphene Oxide Polymer Offers a New Mechanism for Multimode Optical Recording
By focusing an ultrashort laser beam onto a graphene oxide polymer, researchers have developed a new material for multimode optical recording. Swinburne University of Technology…
Astrophysicists Discover a New Class of Star Cluster
Using Hubble and the W. M. Keck Observatory’s 10 meter telescope in Hawaii, astrophysicists discovered several star clusters with sizes and masses that were previously…
New Study Suggests that Black Holes are Growing Faster than Previously Thought
A study from astronomers at the Swinburne University of Technology suggests that black holes have been growing much faster than previously thought. Astronomers from Swinburne…
Understanding How Reionization Moved Through the Universe
By examining nearby galaxies for signs of reionization, international researchers gained important insight about the Universe and how it emerged from the “dark ages.” An…