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…
“Any kindergartner is familiar with this beading phenomenon, which you can demonstrate by stretching a glob of saliva between your thumb and forefinger,” said…
The finding*, made by researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the University of Maryland, and the University of Paris XI,…
Despite its ominous name, the dark pulse laser is envisioned as a tool for benign communications and measurements based on infrared light frequencies. The…
The pre-shipment review was completed in May, demonstrating the flight hardware has successfully passed all environmental and performance tests and is…
The world’s most powerful beam of heavy ions has enabled Japanese scientists and their international collaborators to uncover 45 new neutron-rich radioisotopes…
In recent years, we have been confronted with increasingly severe natural disasters, partially accompanied by damages into the millions. An important example…
New research published today, Tuesday 8 June, in IOP Publishing's Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics describes how scientists from…
ASM (Acibenzolar-S-Methyl) improves the resistance of plants against abiotic stresses. ASM has been tested successfully and protects crops and model plants…
• The NaNoC project aims at developing an innovative design platform for future Network-on-Chip (NoC) based multi-core systems. • The project is being carried…
The research, published today in the journal Nature, is part of a broad scientific effort to understand nucleosynthesis, or the process by which the higher…
Physicists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) are gearing up for experimental tests of findings they arrived at through theoretical considerations:…
Graphene, a carbon sheet that is one-atom thick, may be at the center of the next revolution in material science. These ultrathin sheets hold great potential…
The present invention relates to the newly identified fruit fly gene schlank that is involved in the control of the fat metabolism. Larvae in which this gene…
The radar system incorporates a computer, two video cameras and a scanning light source to warn the blind of obstacles with audible alerts. The system detects…
Frustration has typically been extremely difficult to study because even systems with relatively few components have interactions so complex that they cannot…
Associate Scholar Scientist Tim LaRow and his colleagues at FSU's Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS) say there will be an average of 17…
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