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 sediment layer contains an exotic assemblage of materials, including nanodiamonds, impact spherules, and more, which, according to the researchers, are the…
The development of highly complex microlens arrays via the natural way and with remarkably simple components: Chemists of the University of Konstanz and the…
Two new high performing secondary explosives, namely ABTOX and TKX50 have been synthesized in excellent yields even in larger quantities. They were completely…
Recombinant bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) is a known bone graft substitute used in the treatment of bone fractures and bone defects and is currently…
About 5-10 % of all breast cancers are hereditary, and in 30-40% of these cases a mutation in the BRCA1/2 genes can be detected. The tumor biology of…
Glycosylation is known to play a key role in numerous biological and biochemical functions such as, e.g. protein folding, cell-cell communication, cellular…
Abell 520 is a gigantic merger of galaxy clusters located 2.4 billion light-years away. Dark matter is not visible, although its presence and distribution is…
Transport properties such as thermal or electrical conductivity are of great importance for technical applications of materials. In particular the electrical…
Many fundamental properties of this small potato-shaped body stay vague, for example, its gravitational field. SHI Xian and coauthors from Shanghai…
For almost fifteen years Professor Nicolas Gisin and his physicist collaborators have been entangling photons. If this exercise seems to them perhaps…
Acceptance testing for the upgrade was completed earlier this month. The testing suite included leading scientific applications focused on molecular dynamics,…
The Kavli Foundation spoke with three prominent researchers about this and other exciting findings that are moving scientists closer to understanding how the…
Mobile phones currently on the market are capable of showing high quality images and video, but the phones' small size sets insurmountable limits on screen…
A mysterious phenomenon detected by space probes has finally been explained, thanks to a massive computer simulation that was able to precisely align with…
They achieved this by utilising the phenomena of objects moving slower and shortening in length from Einstein’s theory of relativity, along with two pieces of…
Particle size reduction currently receives rapidly growing attention from all industry sectors since it allows to derive interesting material properties from…
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