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Julianne Dalcanton, director of the Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Astrophysics, describes a vivid cosmic image of the aftermath of a galactic collision captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Physicists at the Flatiron's Center for Computational Quantum Physics and the French National Center for Scientific Research have finally solved the long-standing mystery of why water moves faster through narrower nanotubes.

Simons Collaboration on Hidden Symmetries and Fusion Energy physicists Matt Landreman and Elizabeth Paul have achieved a remarkable breakthrough in the conceptual design of stellarators.

Predictions by researchers at the Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Astrophysics indicate that it should be possible to directly identify how turbulence heats a given black hole’s plasma from the spectrum of that plasma’s radiation.

With the support of the Simons Foundation, the CUNY Graduate Center is introducing a comprehensive and fully funded Astrophysics master’s program that alleviates the financial and educational impediments that hold back many aspiring scientists.

The basic concept of quantum spin provides an understanding of a vast range of physical phenomena.

Researchers at the Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Quantum Physics have come up with a new explanation for why water flows faster through a wider pipe than a narrower one. If validated, it could allow material designers to fine-tune flows through tiny channels, which could be useful in processes such as water purification.

The mathematicians who toiled on the famous enigma also devised powerful forms of end-to-end encryption.

There’s still a long road ahead for the observatory before it can start taking the dazzling pictures of the cosmos that scientists have been eagerly awaiting.

Two independent studies demonstrate that a formulation of quantum mechanics involving complex rather than real numbers is necessary to reproduce experimental results.