Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

How Aging Rare Earths Gain Water-Repellent Properties

Rare earths are metals found in rare earth minerals. They are used today in, among other things, automotive catalytic converters and batteries, in the…

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Novel Membrane Lasers: A Cool Breakthrough in Physics

Lasers became popular with movies like „Star Wars“ or „James Bond“. In reality, lasers are incredibly versatile applicable tools. Physicists of the University…

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Astronomers hazard a ride in a 'drifting carousel' to understand pulsating stars

New research from Curtin University, obtained using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) radio telescope located in the Western Australian outback, suggests the…

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Helium’s Surprising Behavior: Insights from Entanglement Area Law

“It's called an entanglement area law,” says Adrian Del Maestro, a physicist at the University of Vermont who co-led the research. That this law appears at…

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Could Mars Have Rings? Purdue University Explores Possibilities

That's the theory put forth by Purdue University scientists, whose findings were published in the journal Nature Geoscience. David Minton, assistant professor…

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NASA's Swift mission maps a star's 'death spiral' into a black hole

“We discovered brightness changes in X-rays that occurred about a month after similar changes were observed in visible and UV light,” said Dheeraj Pasham, an…

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Hubble's glittering frisbee galaxy

Imagine a spiral galaxy as a circular frisbee spinning gently in space. When we see it face on, our observations reveal a spectacular amount of detail and…

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'Flying saucer' quantum dots hold secret to brighter, better lasers

Fresh insights into living cells, brighter video projectors and more accurate medical tests are just three of the innovations that could result from a new way…

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Control Magnetic Textures for Next-Gen Electronics

While the ability to easily control the magnetic properties of small electronic systems is highly desirable for future small electronics and data storage, an…

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New Hubble Mosaic Reveals Orion Nebula’s Hidden Wonders

In the search for rogue planets and failed stars astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have created a new mosaic image of the Orion Nebula….

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How Photons Influence Chemical Reactions in New Research

The quantum nature of light does usually not play an important role when considering the chemical properties of atoms or moelcules. In an article published in…

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Unlocking Oxygen: The Science Behind Its Reactive Nature

Oxygen atoms are highly reactive, yet the world does not spontaneously burn, even though everything is surrounded by this aggressive element. Why? The reason…

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New Model Sheds Light on Early Supermassive Black Holes

Observations in the past decade have demonstrated that extremely massive supermassive black holes were already in place when the Universe was less than 800…

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'Going deep' to measure Earth's rotational effects

Researchers in Italy hope to measure Earth's rotation using a laser-based gyroscope housed deep underground, with enough experimental precision to reveal…

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NASA's webb telescope ghostly 'lights out' inspection

What happens when the lights are turned out in the enormous clean room that currently houses NASA's James Webb Space Telescope?

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Discover High-Harmonic Lightwaves Through Crystal Symmetry

High-harmonic lightwaves tailored on demand by crystal symmetry

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