Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

Scientists Discover Repeating Cosmic Radio Bursts

“We’ve never before seen any FRB repeat, but to be sure we continued to monitor a previously discovered FRB over many months,” says Laura Spitler, lead author…

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IU physicist leads discovery of new particle: '4-flavored' tetraquark

Zieminska, a senior scientist in the IU Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Physics, is a lead member of the team responsible for the…

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New Model Enhances Space Weather Forecasting Accuracy

Researchers develop a successful and validated new model of coronal mass ejections to improve space weather forecasting.

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Unlocking Cosmic Secrets: Neutrinos from Distant Supernovae

Neutrinos are relics from supernovae, or exploding stars. They are so tiny and interact so weakly that every second, trillions of them manage to pass through…

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The world's newest atom-smasher achieves its 'first turns'

One of the world's top particle accelerators has reached a milestone, achieving its “first turns” – circulating beams of particles for the first time – and…

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Exploring Light-Matter Interaction in Atomic Double Slit Experiments

The investigation and exploitation of light-matter-interaction in optical resonators is one of the central research topics in the Quantum Dynamics Division of…

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All segments of first light-generating system installed in world’s brightest X-ray laser

The undulator installation is a major step towards the completion of the European XFEL, a 3.4 km-long X-ray free-electron laser facility that will be the…

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MAVEN Spots Mars Moon Phobos in Ultraviolet Light

In late November and early December 2015, NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission made a series of close approaches to the Martian moon…

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Three 'twisted' photons in 3 dimensions

Researchers at the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, the University of Vienna, and the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona have achieved a new…

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Nanoparticles on Nanosteps: Advancing Platinum Catalysts

Platinum is one of the costly metals used as catalysts in new technologies employed for industrial chemical processes, renewable energy sources, pollution…

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New form of electron-beam imaging can see elements that are 'invisible' to common methods

Electrons can extend our view of microscopic objects well beyond what's possible with visible light–all the way to the atomic scale. A popular method in…

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New Simple Law Predicts Complex Wrinkle Patterns at UMass

In a new paper, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Oxford University describe a new, more general law for predicting the wavelength of…

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Graphene Coating Reduces Friction on Gold Surfaces

In future, graphene could be used as an extremely thin coating, resulting in almost zero energy loss between mechanical parts. This is based on the…

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Exploring Extreme Brain Events: The Dance of Irregular Patterns

Irregular fiery red rings move across the computer screen. They enlarge, merge together, dissipate, form offspring – a constant cycle of emergence and decay….

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Copper Breakthroughs: Advancing Nanophotonics Research

Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have for the first time experimentally demonstrated that copper nanophotonic components…

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Measuring the Universe: Insights from Fast Radio Bursts

On April 18, 2015, a fast radio burst or FRB was detected by the 64-m Parkes radio telescope of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research…

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