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.
Close Encounter of the Rocky Kind
When an asteroid the size of a city block zips past the Earth about 29,000 miles per hour on Nov. 8, it will seem like an encounter with an old acquaintance to…
A Two-Dimensional Electron Liquid Solidifies in a Magnetic Field
The theory also describes the transition between these phases as the field is varied. The theoretical predictions by Constantine Yannouleas and Uzi Landman,…
Putting artificial atoms on the clock
Around the turn of the century, scientists began to understand that atoms have discrete energy levels. Within the field of quantum physics, this sparked the…
High-Frequency Sounds Cut Off by Cell Phones Might Carry More Information than Previously Thought
Now researchers from the University of Arizona and the University of Utah are taking a second look at this underappreciated range. Their research reveals that…
Vuvuzelas: Earplugs Recommended
A group of researchers from the Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU) in Marietta, Georgia, and the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in…
Swedish instruments to study the Martian atmosphere in collaboration with Russia and China
The dual spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at Mars in October 2012. After insertion into orbit the two spacecraft will separate. Yinghuo-1 will stay on a…