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…
From the Tour de France to NASCAR, competitors and fans know that speed is only part of the equation. Strategy — and the ability to use elements like…
Dr John Bond, from Northamptonshire Police Scientific Support Unit is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Leicester’s Forensic Research Centre. He…
The spacecraft’s liquid-fuel propelled engine was fired at 12:21 CET (16:51 Indian Standard Time) when it was at a distance of about 500 km from the Moon. This…
Organised by a group of European optics, photonics and laser researchers, the Fascination of Light exhibitions have so far been held in ten European cities,…
Professor Jøran Moen at the Institute of Physics plans to fire a rocket from New Aalesund on the Svalbard archipelago some time between the end of November and…
As this ionised region expands into space, the associated shock wave sweeps up a layer of the surrounding cold interstellar gas and cosmic dust. This layer…
The innovation described below consists of a simple, universal selection process for cells that produce macromolecules of all kinds, such as proteins, nuclein…
The invention consists in a process and a device for the continuous liquefaction of biomass. Solid materials are fed in at the base of the fermentor, and an…
These computer tools, based on the notion of “formal proof”, have in recent years been used to provide nearly infallible proofs of many important results in…
This project is funded by the European Union Seventh Framework Programme and is coordinated by Professor Josep Vidal. The project aims to work on two new…
The device can understand a set of voice commands and can be activated by means of simple verbal instructions given by the user (e.g., “take me to the…
Searching and querying large volumes of networked data using a new technology patented by the UPC is now a reality with DEX. The system offers high-speed…
Service providers could start offering satellite TV, broadband and voice services for less than €50 thanks to satellite technology innovations by European…
Mobile phones, personal digital assistants, Wi-Fi hotspots, web-connected mp3 players, SatNav devices, even washing machines that connect to the internet-…the…
Earth orbits are crowded with active spacecraft, as well as dead or dying satellites – and countless bits of hazardous space debris.Work is now underway to…
Quantum mechanics makes it easy to describe hydrogen, the simplest atom, but bigger atoms are more complicated owing to interactions between their electrons….
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