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.
Electron-ion collider set to begin long-lead procurements
EIC project passes Critical Decision 3A (CD-3A), official OK to procure key components for building state-of-the-art collider. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Under Secretary for Science and Innovation has…
Manufacturing Technologies for the Future of the European Space Industry
Outer space has never before seemed so close, with spaceflight hovering within reach. To enhance the competitiveness of European space transportation systems, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology…
Old crystal, new story for enhancing deep ultraviolet laser performance
Researchers developed a 60-milliwatt solid-state DUV laser at 193 nm using LBO crystals, setting new benchmarks in efficiency values. In the realm of science and technology, harnessing coherent light sources…
New topological metamaterial amplifies sound waves exponentially
Researchers at AMOLF, in collaboration with partners from Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, have realized a new type of metamaterial through which sound waves flow in an unprecedented fashion. It provides…
Astronomers Unveil Strong Magnetic Fields
… Spiraling at the Edge of Milky Way’s Central Black Hole. A new image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, with significant contribution of the Max Planck Institute for…
Parity Anomaly Demonstrated in a Topological Insulator
Experimental and theoretical physicists from the Würzburg Institute for Topological Insulators observed a re-entrant quantum Hall effect in a mercury telluride device and identify it as a signature of parity…