Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

Fraunhofer IAF Launches Quantum Sensors Application Lab

The application laboratory is being set up as part of the Fraunhofer lighthouse project »QMag«, short for quantum magnetometry. In this project, researchers…

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Colloidal Quantum Dot Laser Diodes: A New Era in LEDs

Los Alamos scientists have incorporated meticulously engineered colloidal quantum dots into a new type of light emitting diodes (LEDs) containing an integrated…

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University of Ottawa Tool Advances Nanopore Research Access

The innovative T.-Cossa Lab, which studies applied single-molecule biophysics, came up with the idea to provide the research community with the protocols,…

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Gamma-Ray Sources Unveil Birthplaces of High-Energy Particles

Nine sources of extremely high-energy gamma rays comprise a new catalog compiled by researchers with the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-Ray…

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SuperTIGER on its second prowl — 130,000 feet above Antarctica

SuperTIGER (Super Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder) is designed to measure the rare, heavy elements in cosmic rays that hold clues about their origins…

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Understanding Laser Physics: The Dynamics of Light Waves

Light is hard to get a hold on. Light waves propagate with a velocity of almost 300,000 km per second, and the wavefront oscillates several hundred trillion…

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Scientists Discuss Explosion or Collapse in New Study

A group of scientists, among them several from GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung and from Technical University of Darmstadt, succeeded to…

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Explosion or collapse? — Experiment on beta-decay sheds light on fate of intermediate-mass stars

They stress the fascinating opportunities offered by future accelerator facilities like FAIR in understanding the processes defining the evolution of the…

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Stellar Black Holes: Unraveling Their Dramatic Formation

Stellar black holes form when massive stars end their life in a dramatic collapse. Observations have shown that stellar black holes typically have masses of…

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LZH’s MOMA laser ready for the flight to Mars

For 18 days the ExoMars rover Rosalind Franklin was subjected to thermal vacuum tests at Airbus. There, it had to withstand strong changes in temperature and…

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New measurement of the universe's expansion rate strengthens call for new physics

Knowing the precise value for the Hubble constant, a measure for how fast the universe expands, is important for determining the age, size, and fate of our…

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New Glass Innovation Through Molecular Entanglement

Glass materials are ubiquitous in everyday life, ranging from window panes to porcelain espresso cups. Even PET plastic bottles, made of long polymeric…

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Freiburg Researchers Explore Ultrafast Reactions in Superfluid Helium

Lasers generating high-intensity and ultra-short XUV and X-ray pulses give researchers new options for investigating the fundamental properties of matter in…

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Fast Radio Burst Discovered From Spiral Galaxy

One of the greatest mysteries in astronomy right now is the origin of short, dramatic bursts of radio light seen across the universe, known as Fast Radio…

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Distant Galaxy Group Sparks Ancient Cosmic Reionization

More significantly, observations show the galaxies are participants in a sweeping cosmic makeover called reionization. The era began when light from the first…

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NASA's Hubble surveys gigantic galaxy

But it is a “gentle giant,” say researchers, because it looks like it has been sitting quietly over billions of years, possibly sipping hydrogen from the…

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