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 work, 'A simple route to a tunable electromagnetic gateway' is a further advance in the study of metamaterials, published today, Thursday, 14 August, in…
But a new study published this week in Nature reveals sources of variability in type 1a supernovae that will have to be taken into account if astronomers are…
Planetary nebulae are shells of gas and dust expelled by stars near the end of their lives and are typically seen around stars comparable or smaller in size…
An experimental atomic clock based on ytterbium atoms is about four times more accurate than it was several years ago, giving it a precision comparable to that…
Weeks' lab recently captured the first images of what's actually happening in this fuzzy area of the crystal/liquid interface. The lab's data, published this…
Annual waste for certain crops can be up to 60% – which can mean up to £100,000 of lost revenue for an average farm every year, according to farmers who were…
“We can watch for years and see almost nothing happen. This is bad news for people trying to understand Titan's meteorological cycle, as not only do things…
In the pharmaceutical but especially in the cosmetic industry is a high demand for new substances or substance combinations originating from natural resources….
Covalent cross-linking of proteins to stabilize structures or to produce polymers is becoming increasingly important for various applications. The enzyme…
Computer scientists demonstrated that criminals could hack an electronic voting machine and steal votes using a malicious programming approach that had not…
The problem is how to find such an atom – among billions of others. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have developed a laser technique that,…
The methane mystery started soon after December 2003, when ESA’s Mars Express arrived in orbit around the red planet. As the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer…
New research shows that compared to middle-aged stars like the Sun, newly formed stars spin faster generating strong magnetic fields that result in emission of…
“The first stars were much more massive than most stars we see today, upwards of 100 times the mass of our sun,” said John Wise, a post-doctoral fellow at…
The novel Micro-Speckle Interferometer opens a new dimension in speckle interferometry as it allows precise measurement of microscopic objects, even those with…
In the pharmaceutical but especially in the cosmetic industry is a high demand for new substances or substance combinations originating from natural resources….
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