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 ability to generate light pulses of sub-femtosecond duration, first demonstrated some 20 years ago, has given rise to an entirely new field: attosecond…
Leading research groups in the field of nanophotonics are working toward developing optical transistors – key components for future optical computers. These…
“The partnership between DFKI and NVIDIA combines our sophisticated models and procedures with their high-performance AI platforms,” said Professor Dr. Andreas…
The EHT collaboration continues extracting information from the exquisite data collected in its global campaign in April 2017. Target of the observations was…
The regular arrangement of atoms in a crystal allows complex interactions that can lead to new states of matter. Some crystals have magnetic interactions in…
Since the big bang, the universe has swollen like a freshly formed raisin roll put in a warm place to rise. Until recently, it was thought that this increase…
Some satellites are only slightly larger than a milk carton. This type of construction is now to be given a further simplified architecture and thus become…
Scientists at 12 institutes in Germany are involved in constructing and operating the detector, developing evaluation algorithms, and analyzing the data.
In the “Flora Incognita” project, scientists from the Technical University of Ilmenau and the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena are working on…
Pollen: essential for the pollination of many plants, but the bane of allergy sufferers. Pollen warning services provide information about daily exposure and…
In recent years, the games industry has continued to develop so-called immersive games based on virtual reality (VR). While audio-visual VR systems are limited…
Two-dimensional materials offer an exciting new platform for the creation of electronic devices, such as transistors and light-emitting diodes. The family of…
Quantum criticality itself, however, turned out to come in different manifestations. Specifically in transition metal compounds, quantum criticality can…
In synchrotron radiation sources such as BESSY II, electron bunches orbit the storage ring at almost the speed of light. They are forced to emit extremely…
For years physicists have been trying to decipher the electronic details of high-temperature superconductors. These materials could revolutionize energy…
A high-end race car engine needs all its components tuned and working together precisely to deliver top-quality performance. The same can be said about the…
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