Physics and Astronomy
This area deals with the fundamental laws and building blocks of nature and how they interact, the properties and the behavior of matter, and research into space and time and their structures.
innovations-report provides in-depth reports and articles on subjects such as astrophysics, laser technologies, nuclear, quantum, particle and solid-state physics, nanotechnologies, planetary research and findings (Mars, Venus) and developments related to the Hubble Telescope.
Discovery of 2 types of neutron stars points to 2 different classes of supernovae
Neutron stars are the last stage in the evolution of many massive stars. They represent the most extreme form of matter: the mass of a single neutron star…
First result from a new generation of reactor neutrino experiments
They presented this result on Wednesday 9 November 2011 at the LowNu conference in Seoul, Korea. It helps determine the so-far unknown third neutrino mixing…
Researchers create extra-long electrical arcs using less energy
By jump-starting the arcs using exploding wires, as opposed to the traditional method of directly breaking down air, the researchers reduced the amount of…
New hybrid detector monitors alpha, beta, and gamma radiation simultaneously
The device would be more economical that using different devices to measure different types of radiation, and could limit the exposure times of clean-up…
Nanowires could be solution for high performance solar cells
The research group, led by electrical and computer engineering professor Xiuling Li, developed a technique to integrate compound semiconductor nanowires on…
For new microscope images, less is more
Compression is generally thought of as something to do to data after it has been collected, but mathematicians have recently figured out a way to use similar…