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 team used nano-particles of gold instead of bulk gold. The catalyst structure looks as if someone had pulverized a piece of gold and spread the tiny…
It is estimated that up to half of the total radiation in the universe since the Big Bang comes from material falling towards super-massive black holes,…
Ethical or not, it turns out that sniping is the best way to win an auction. Researchers at Seoul National University have produced a model that mimics bidding…
In addition to their drama and visual interest, scientists use these movies to refine their understanding of the orbits of Saturn's moons. Engineers at NASA's…
Most research into the Artificial Intelligence (AI) that underpins any form of intelligent machine-machine or machine-human interaction has centred on…
The University of Bath is to lead an international £555,000 three-year project to develop a system which could cut out the need for wiring to carry electric…
Ole Peters, a 27-year-old physicist with expertise in “critical phenomena” and “self organized criticality” — which he acknowledges is “a bit of a rogue…
The Ynolis product line, which was originally designed for use in retirement homes, includes a range of wristwatch bracelets that are connected to a central…
The Acoustic Real-time Monitoring System gauges the stability of slopes by listening to soil movement. It is hoped that this radical new system will be more…
It is now possible to carry out assessments automatically in minutes, guaranteeing consistency in testing from checking quality of trade goods and confirming…
In a unique partnership with three image reading centres located in The Queen’s University of Belfast, St Paul’s Eye Unit, Liverpool and Moorfields Eye…
That challenge is how to find a robust, efficient and economical way to introduce all these tiny programs to each other, and to alert other programs of their…
Their discovery could allow scientists to finally understand the interaction between the solar wind and the Earth’s magnetic field. This exciting new view of…
Both studies involve the jet of the quasar 3C273, famous since its identification in 1963 as the first quasar. It now appears that the most energetic radiation…
There currently exist informatics applications – some of which may be consulted on the Internet – that offer a valuation of a property by means of a…
Plexousakis is scientific coordinator of Beyond-The-Horizon, a road-mapping initiative, led by the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics…
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