Young stars ejecting plasma could give us clues into the Sun’s past Kyoto, Japan — Down here on Earth we don’t usually notice, but the Sun is frequently ejecting huge masses of plasma into space. These are called coronal mass ejections (CMEs). They often occur together with sudden brightenings called flares, and sometimes extend far enough to disturb Earth’s magnetosphere, generating space weather phenomena including auroras or geomagnetic storms, and even damaging power grids on occasion. Scientists believe that when…
The strategy adopted by the Council today provides for European engagement and leadership in the field. It builds on European strengths at Universities, in…
The experimental clock, which measures the oscillations of a mercury ion (an electrically charged atom) held in an ultra-cold electromagnetic trap, produces…
SOA is a fundamentally new approach to software development. Instead of designing individual programs that perform hundreds of functions, the SOA concept is to…
Malaria is responsible for about a million deaths every year in sub-Saharan Africa, and is the single biggest killer in children under five. The…
The work is another step toward “laboratory on a chip” applications in which vibrating strings can be used to detect and identify biological molecules. The…
Spectral data from an ARPES study at Beamline 7.0.1 of Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source revealed the two discrete peaks (blue for the holon and red for the…
But what does 'global computing' actually mean? The term refers to abstractions such as overlay computers, which involves access to distributed mobile…
The aim is to build a computer which mimics how nerve cells in the brain interact in a bid to engineer more ‘fault tolerant’ electronics.The computer will be…
“The aim of our simulation campaign is to train the flight control teams to react to any unexpected situation. We started in March with two simulations per…
The use of ITS and other high-tech learning tools is increasing across the nation, but the effects are often below expectations. “Intelligent tutoring systems…
AMIE obtained this sequence on 18 March 2006, from a distance of 1200 kilometres from the surface, with a ground resolution ranging from 110 to 114 metres per…
If taking the first ever clear images of the double-eye vortex at Venus’ south pole – imaged by Venus Express during its very first orbit – was already a first…
This “cold universe” includes the cold clouds where young stars are presently forming, and in which the temperature is only -260°C. We believe our solar system…
This huge insight allows scientists to study matter in its earliest form and comes from an experiment carried out over the past five years at the Relativistic…
The fourth decade of this century could see Europe participating in a manned mission to Mars in what would be one of humanity's grandest space expeditions…
Scientists are starting to find answers to some profound questions such as these, thanks to a breakthrough in the calculations needed to understand the strong…
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