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…
“Up periscope!” may become a submarine commander's outdated order, thanks to a team of Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers who have developed a…
Until now, the structure of the IGM has mostly been a matter for theoretical speculation. However, with observations from the Cosmic Web Imager, deployed on…
The idea of a smart home sounds promising enough. Who doesn’t want a house full of automated gadgets — from light switches to appliances to heating systems —…
The density functional theory is an important method to calculate quantum mechanical properties of atoms, molecules, and solids.
Manganites – compounds of manganese oxides – show great promise as “go-to” materials for future electronic devices because of their ability to instantly switch…
“It is very exciting to discover a new neighbor of our solar system that is so close,” said Kevin Luhman, an associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics…
Lin's achievement is described in an article published online on April 28 by the journal Nature Nanotechnology. According to his advisor Sokrates Pantelides,…
Several pathological conditions as autoimmune and inflammatory diseases are due to an excessive T cell activity. Treatment modalities are based on the relief from symptoms, whereby immune suppressive biologicals are rapidly expanding, owing to the good efficacy and safety profiles. However, for the regulation of the starting point of the disease-causing processes no agents exist until now. For that we offer a new agent with an exceptional stringent and specific suppression of T cell activation, whereby the inactivation is reversible. With this invention it is not only possible to address T cells in their entirety, but also antigen-specific T cells. Membrane mobility characteristics have not to be considered, because the target is located on the outside of T cells.
A computer program developed by University of Alberta chemistry professor James Harynuk, his team of graduate and undergraduate researchers and the Royal…
Modulators are key components within optical fiber networks and serve to transfer information from an electrical current to a signal suitable for optical…
As electronic components on electronic circuit boards continue to shrink, problems of electromagnetic compatibility are arising. Such problems include unwanted…
If astronomers initially miss something in their review of data, they can make new discoveries by revisiting earlier data with new image processing techniques,…
“We have discovered a very young crater in the southern mid-latitudes of Mars that shows evidence of liquid water in Mars’ recent past” says Andreas Johnsson…
Electronic transistors, which act as miniature switches for controlling the flow of electrical current, underpin modern-day microelectronics and computers….
A fully functional quantum computer is one of the holy grails of physics. Unlike conventional computers, the quantum version uses qubits (quantum bits), which…
When monitoring nuclear reactors, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has to rely on input given by the operators. In the future, antineutrino…
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