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…
A forest fire remote monitoring system has been successfully tested in Portugal that could prevent the destruction of millions of hectares, as well as save…
The new high-accuracy terrestrial localisation systems are suitable for applications as diverse as tracking workers in emergency situations to following…
Michael Banks, Physics World’s News Editor, quantifies this surge in scientific output from China and asks whether quality matches quantity in August’s Physics…
“We have water,” said William Boynton of the University of Arizona, lead scientist for the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer, or TEGA. “We've seen evidence for…
How the first stars formed from this dust and gas has been a burning question for years, but a state-of-the-art computer simulation now offers the most…
The signal will be relayed by the Shelios expedition, which is on its way to Novosibirsk. The expedition will satellite broadcast the video and audio to the…
PRACE aims to consolidate the bases of a European supercomputing infrastructure, and the BSC is one the main partners.The work done with this prototype, called…
A collaboration of Chinese and American physicists has discovered a way to make a new carbon structure that could lead to fabrics 30 times stronger than Kevlar…
Phobos is what scientists call a ‘small irregular body’. Measuring 27 km × 22 km × 19 km, it is one of the least reflective objects in the Solar System,…
Many of us have been fascinated by the concept of absolute zero, the temperature at which everything comes to a complete stop. But physics tells us otherwise:…
Diagnosing and treating a critically ill or injured patient as early as possible can mean the difference between life and death. A new communications system…
The next generation of broadband wireless networks is set to be simpler, cheaper for both operators and consumers, and more efficient than current technology…
Preparations for the transport of the spacecraft began on 23 July when it was packed in its own nitrogen-pressurised container inside the GOCE clean room at…
Dynamic frustration has been found to be the cause of glassy behavior in materials that previously had none of the features of a normal glass.”This has been a…
A frequent sign of the maturity of a spiral galaxy is the formation of a ribbon of stars and gas that slices across the nucleus, like the slash across a “no…
You spend 10 minutes filling out the form and since you’re new to the site, the online store asks you to choose your own unique password for the next time you…
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