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…
With the innovative “QuixX” laser series, the German laser expert Omicron provides compact laser modules with fully integrated driver electronics, high…
The Hubble constant — the rate at which the Universe is expanding — is one of the fundamental quantities describing our Universe. A group of astronomers, the…
The German research foundation DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) has granted 750,000 euros for the research project “Creation of intense positron pulses on…
The human body is a never-ending construction site: Proteins are permanently being decomposed and replaced. But this perpetual reconstruction does not inhibit…
For decades, researchers have been working on improving sensor networks. A key design goal is to keep the cost of individual sensors (such as cameras and…
That plasma can eventually interact with magnetic fields surrounding the Earth, endangering communications networks and power systems. In fusion facilities,…
An international panel of experts will review the proposals on the basis of scientific excellence. After successful review of their proposals, research groups…
The Ultrafast Optical Processing Group at INRS (Institut national de la recherche scientifique) has redefined the limitations and constraints for ultra-fast…
Energy storage systems of electronic components have short lifetimes especially in winter which can be safety-relevant for longer outdoor activities . The present invention includes a means for energy production during nordic skiing activities. The mechanical energy of the pivoting foot movement is transformed into electric energy that can be used for the continual recharging of the energy reservoir.
According to Albert Einstein's Equivalence Principle, all bodies are accelerated at the same rate by the Earth's gravity, regardless of their properties. This…
Demand is not likely to fall, so we need to find a way to make the fuels and chemicals that are an integrated part of our everyday lives in a sustainable and…
Is there anybody out there? The question of whether Earthlings are alone in the universe has puzzled everyone from biologists and physicists to philosophers…
An important step towards a completely new experimental access to quantum physics has been made at University of Konstanz. The team of scientists headed by…
As self-evident as it is that matter exists, its origins are just as mysterious. According to the principles of particle physics, when the universe was…
The membrane of a cell is composed of a lipid bilayer. Lipids are good chemical and electrical insulators, which are ideally suited to separating the inside of…
Changing from injection molding to expansion injection molding requires a costly change of equipment. Scientists at Ostfalia University of Applies Sciences and Volkswagen AG developed a simple and cost-effective way to convert injection molding into expansion molding by simply exchanging the dosing system of current machines.
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