Physics Department News
Mysterious white dwarf pulsar discovered
- 果冻传媒 researchers identify a white dwarf pulsar – a star type which has eluded astronomers for half a century
- Star lashes its neighbour with intense radiation beam every two minutes
- Research published in Nature Astronomy
Prof. Julie Staunton named as Physical Review "Outstanding Referee" for 2017
Professor Julie Staunton is among the 150 Outstanding Referees of the Physical Review journals, as chosen by the journal editors for 2017.
Instituted in 2008, the Outstanding Referee program expresses appreciation for the essential work that anonymous peer reviewers do for our journals. Each year a small percentage of our 57,000 active referees are selected and honored with the Outstanding Referee designation. Selections are made based on the number, quality, and timeliness of referee reports as collected in a database over the last 30 years. A full listing and further details on the program are available here: .
An improved Bayesian algorithm for modelling time series with long memory and heavy tails
From finance to solar flares, time series whose statistics show long memory and heavy tails are commonplace. We present a more accurate way to measure the memory and estimate the risk of extremes.
Molecules 10,000 times narrower than the width of a human hair could hold the key to making possible wooden skyscrapers and more energy-efficient paper production, according to research published in the journal Nature Communications.