Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

Neutrino-Observatorium IceCube am Südpol wird ausgebaut

IceCube hatte im vergangenen Jahr überzeugende Hinweise auf eine erste Quelle hochenergetischer Neutrinos aus dem Kosmos veröffentlicht. “Das IceCube-Upgrade…

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New Tech Harvests Energy from Your Knee While You Walk

Imagine powering your devices by walking. With technology recently developed by a group of researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, that possibility…

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New Method to Manipulate Molecular Oxygen Charge

While pinning down a single oxygen atom sounds difficult, trying to then manipulate electrons associated with that single atom to alter its charge sounds…

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Robert Alfano team identifies new 'Majorana Photons'

Alfano's group based its research on the fact that photons, while possessing salient properties of polarization, wavelength, coherence and spatial modes, take…

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Flying Laptop satellite mission extended by two years – Successfully in orbit since July 14, 2017

Sabine Klinkner, Professor of Satellite Technology at the Institute of Space Systems (IRS) at the University of Stuttgart says “The satellite and its…

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Exploring Chemical Bonds: What Happens When They Break?

On bright summer days, the sunlight all around us is breaking bad by breaking bonds. Chemical bonds.

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Hubble Unveils Mysterious Black Hole Disc in NGC 3147

The presence of the black hole disc in such a low-luminosity active galaxy has astronomers surprised. Black holes in certain types of galaxies such as NGC 3147…

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Dresden Physicists Enhance White OLEDs Using Nanostructures

Current OLED research focuses in particular on improving the performance of white OLEDs for lighting elements such as ceiling or car interior lighting. These…

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Quantum Chessboard: Solving the Queen Problem Explained

The queen problem is a mathematical task, which already had the great mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss occupied, but for which he surprisingly did not find…

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Interstellar iron isn't missing, it's just hiding in plain sight

Iron in interstellar environments should also be common, but astrophysicists detect only low levels of the gaseous kind. This implies that the missing iron…

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Laser-Driven Microbubbles: Insights into Vacuum Physics

The quest for a better understanding of vacuum physics will lead to the elucidation of fundamental questions in modern physics, which is integral in…

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First Observation of Native Ferroelectric Metal Unveiled

In a paper released today in Science Advances, UNSW researchers describe the first observation of a native ferroelectric metal.

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Hubble and Spitzer Unveil Gliese 3470 b’s Atmosphere Secrets

The planet, Gliese 3470 b (also known as GJ 3470 b), may be a cross between Earth and Neptune, with a large rocky core buried under a deep crushing hydrogen…

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Fast Radio Burst Traced to Distant Galaxy Discovery

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are among the most enigmatic and powerful events in the cosmos. Around 80 of these events–intensely bright millisecond-long bursts of…

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Exploring New Frontiers in Measurement Accuracy

For centuries, humans have been expanding their understanding of the world through more and more precise measurement of light and matter. Today, quantum…

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Hubble Sees Ultraviolet Cosmic Fireworks in Action

Imagine slow-motion fireworks that started exploding nearly two centuries ago and haven't stopped since then. This is how you might describe this double star…

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