Natural Sciences - Physics

Researchers discover a crystalline compound that opens the door to a new carbon chemistry.

Researchers from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) and the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), in collaboration with the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC), have led the most extensive observational study to date of runaway massive stars, which includes an analysis of the rotation and binarity of these stars in our galaxy. This study, published today in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics , sheds new light on how these stellar "runaways" are ejected into space and what their properties reveal about their fascinating origins.

Of the many open questions that baffle physicists today, there is one - the most relevant for cosmologists - that crystallises into a single number: the Hubble constant H₀, w

The Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICCUB) and the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB) at the University of Barcelona have released Quantum Tycoon , an educational app that combines entertainment and scientific dissemination to bring quantum computing to the general public in an interactive and accessible way.

A new observation by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), with the participation of the University of Valencia, reveals in detail the turbulent structure of the magnetic field within the jet of material accelerated from a supermassive black hole. This finding provides an unprecedented insight into the physics of supermassive black holes, considered the most powerful -enginesin the universe.

Researchers at the Institute of Molecular Science (ICMol) of the University of Valencia have developed a pioneering method to produce glasses from metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) in a simple and environmentally friendly way. This breakthrough opens new possibilities for the use of MOFs in fields such as electronics, clean energy and advanced technologies. The study has been published in Nature Communications.