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group shot of scientists
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Kelsey Leonard
Scientists from a broad range of disciplines converged on the UCSB campus for the Institute of Complex and Adaptive Matter's annual Week of Science
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concept of a quantum magnetometer
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Brian Long
A quantum magnetometer on a chip
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This artist’s impression shows two tiny but very dense neutron stars at the point at which they merge and explode as a kilonova.
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University of Warwick/Mark Garlick
Multi-messenger astronomy enabled scientists to observe merging neutron stars for the first time in 2017 (artist’s impression).
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NASA simulation of binary black hole system
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scott Noble; simulation data, d'Ascoli et al. 2018
The gravitational waves emitted by the merger of black holes, when lensed by massive objects as the waves travel toward Earth can be used to calculate the rate at which the universe is expanding
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colorful image of the belly view of a small shrimp
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Damian Kao Alvina G Lai Evangelia Stamataki Silvana Rosic Nikolaos Konstantinides Erin Jarvis Alessia Di Donfrancesco Natalia Pouchkina-Stancheva Marie Sémon Marco Grillo Heather Bruce Suyash Kumar Igor Siwanowicz Andy Le Andrew Lemire Michael B Eisen Cas
The genome of the crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis, a model for animal development, regeneration, immunity and lignocellulose digestion. VijayRaghavan K, ed. eLife. 2016;5:e20062. doi:10.7554/eLife.20062.
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concept of subatomic particles from two lattices creating an exotic material
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sci-fig (https://sci-fig.com)
The negative electrons from one lattice and the positive "holes" from another together create a neutral exciton crystal
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“Particle physics isn’t dead,” reads the blackboard behind an expressive physicist presenting to a packed audience.
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Harrison Tasoff
Although the LHC only discovered one new particle, “particle physics isn’t dead,” physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed exclaims in the program’s packed final talk.