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…
When an electron is captured in a nanoscale trap in solids, its quantum mechanical wave function can exhibit spatial oscillation at sub-terahertz frequencies.
Globular clusters are the oldest visible objects in the Universe – each contains hundreds of thousands to occasionally over ten million stars all born at…
The rail system, which curves around the wheelchair, resembles a bicycle frame. A child seat can be attached to it in a few simple steps. “The seat can be…
Quantum computers may find applications in chemistry, logistics, finance and several other fields. There is an ongoing race between various technologies to…
So far, the visual examination of patients by physicians has been one of the most important pillars of the diagnostics of skin tumours. In order to confirm a…
Food safety is a critical factor in the food industry, not least in the dairy sector. Here, udder infections can lead to harmful organisms entering the milk,…
The research group, consisting of German, Swedish and Indian scientists, has investigated an artificial quantum system and found new properties.
Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a quantum communication chip that is 1,000 times smaller than current…
Researchers have developed a new printer that produces digital 3D holograms with an unprecedented level of detail and realistic color. The new printer could be…
On November 1, 2017 amateur astronomer Tadashi Kojima in Gunma Prefecture, Japan reported an enigmatic new object in the constellation Taurus. Astronomers…
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have new experimental evidence and a predictive theory that solves a long-standing…
It can take years of birdwatching experience to tell one species from the next. But using an artificial intelligence technique called deep learning, Duke…
Simulating the physics behind the movement of liquids and how fluids–thick or thin–interact with other objects is a key problem in visual effects. Bringing…
In the AuRoRaS project (Automotive Robust Radar Sensing) project, three partners from research and technology are working on improving the measurement quality…
The software, called NucleicNet, outperforms other algorithmic models of its kind and provides additional biological insights that could aid in drug design and…
Although galaxy collisions are common — especially in the early universe — most are not head-on impacts like the collision that likely created this…
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