Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

Individualized Fiber Components Transforming Global Markets

Already in March 2016, the business idea had been awarded at the StartUp-Impuls ideas competition of the Sparkasse Hannover and the hannoverimpuls GmbH in the…

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Quantum Thermometer or Optical Refrigerator? Breakthrough Explained

In an arranged marriage of optics and mechanics, physicists have created microscopic structural beams that have a variety of powerful uses when light strikes…

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EPFL Solves Century-Old Physics Problem on Energy Storage

At EPFL, researchers challenge a fundamental law and discover that more electromagnetic energy can be stored in wave-guiding systems than previously thought….

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New Femto-Camera Captures Cellular Activity at Speed of Light

Vital activity of living cells is a complex sequence of biochemical reactions and physical processes; many of them take place with high temporal resolution. To…

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Hubble Discovers Dead Disk Galaxy That Challenges Evolution Theories

Finding such a galaxy early in the history of the universe challenges the current understanding of how massive galaxies form and evolve, say researchers.

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Spin liquids − back to the roots

Since 1973, Anderson's resonating valence bond model remains a paradigm for microscopic description of quantum spin liquids in frustrated magnets. It is of…

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New LED Light Engine Enhances UV Research Efficiency

Omicron‘s innovative „LedHUB LED Light Engine“ represents a new form of LED light source for science and research. The high-performance system can be equipped…

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Deceleration of Runaway Electrons Boosts Fusion Power Potential

Fusion power has the potential to provide clean and safe energy that is free from carbon dioxide emissions. However, imitating the solar energy process is a…

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Queen's University scientist warns of asteroid danger

Professor Alan Fitzsimmons from the University's Astrophysics Research Centre has said it is a case of when an asteroid collision will happen, rather than if…

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Decoding Virus Structure: X-Ray Laser Reveals Atomic Details

An international team of scientists has for the first time used an X-ray free-electron laser to unravel the structure of an intact virus particle on the atomic…

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MAVEN's top 10 discoveries at Mars

“MAVEN has made tremendous discoveries about the Mars upper atmosphere and how it interacts with the sun and the solar wind,” said Bruce Jakosky, MAVEN…

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Diamond Lenses: Lighter Laser Optics for Advanced Applications

Diamonds have some striking properties: for example, their refractive index is 2.4, which is extremely high and allows much thinner optics to be made. Their…

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Unique Data Centre Boosts Cosmological Simulations

With current telescopes, scientists can observe our Universe’s galaxies and galaxy clusters and their distribution along an invisible cosmic web. From the…

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Interplay of light and matter – A “perfect” attosecond experiment

An attosecond is one quintillionth of a second, roughly equivalent to the relationship between one second and the age of the universe. Attosecond light pulses…

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Optoelectronic Inline Measurement: Precision at the Nanometer

New Manufacturing Technologies for New Products

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Exploring Distant Stellar Nurseries: 11,000 Galaxies Revealed

The international team thereby discovered almost 11,000 galaxies over an area equivalent to about nine full moons. Thanks to these unique data the life cycle…

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