In The News: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Normally metals and insulators sit at opposite ends of a spectrum of conductivity, but researchers have discovered a material that can switch between those states freely, even at room temperature.
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 ҳ| 鶹ýӳ (UNLV).
When a manganese sulfide compound is compressed in a diamond anvil cell, it undergoes dramatic transitions.
Researchers from the ҳ| 鶹ýӳ (UNLV) have discovered that a "squishy compound" of manganese sulfide (MnS2) can be compressed in a diamond anvil.
More broadly, this result clearly demonstrates that a burst’s duration alone does not uniquely indicate its origin.
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 ҳ| 鶹ýӳ (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.’
Some exoplanets don’t fit into the major categories. And like many oddballs, they can be more interesting than the conformists.