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.
Fundamental matter-antimatter symmetry confirmed
According to modern cosmology, matter and antimatter were created in equal amounts in the Big Bang at the beginning of the universe. Physicists are developing…
SDO Spots Extra Energy in the Sun's Corona
For years these waves were too difficult to detect directly, but NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is now able to track the movements of this solar…
Rare Coupling of Magnetic and Electric Properties in a Single Material
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have observed a new way that magnetic and electric properties — which have a long…
Converting Junk Energy Into Useful Power Mathematically
The concept all begins with a granular system comprising a chain of equal-sized particles — spheres, for instance — that touch one another.In a paper in…
Another Test for Mirrors on Biggest Space Telescope
Scheduled to arrive at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center on Monday, July 25, six gold-coated mirrors for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) must be tested…
Graphene's 'quantum leap' takes electronics a step closer
Research institutes and universities around the world are already looking at ways to build devices such as touch-screens, ultrafast transistors and…