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.
Future 'comb on a chip': NIST's compact frequency comb could go places
While typical lasers operate at only a single or handful of frequencies, laser frequency combs operate simultaneously at many frequencies, approaching a…
Faraway Eris is Pluto's Twin
Astronomers have accurately measured the diameter of the faraway dwarf planet Eris for the first time by catching it as it passed in front of a faint star….
Physicists Unveil New Kind of Superconductivity
In three recent papers, the authors report on their detailed investigations to show that a Type 1.5 superconducting state is indeed possible in a class of…
Survey finds public support for geoengineering research
The study, published today, 24 October, in IOP Publishing's journal Environmental Research Letters, is the first international survey on public perception of…
Nearby planet-forming disk holds water for thousands of oceans
Water is an essential ingredient for life. Scientists have found thousands of Earth-oceans’ worth of it within the planet-forming disk surrounding the star TW…
Space weather prediction model improves NOAA’s forecast skill
Explosions in the sun’s outer atmosphere – tracked and forecast by NOAA scientists – can cause geomagnetic and solar radiation storms at Earth that can impede…