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Walking an obstacle course on Earth is relatively easy. Walking an obstacle course on Earth after being in space for six months is not quite as simple. The…

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Streamlined Sinumerik Operate 4.7 for Multitasking Machines

New software version 4.7 of the Sinumerik Operate user interface optimized for multitasking machine tools
Cross-technology, standardized look-and-feel for…

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NASA's SDO captures image of mid-class solar flare

Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground,…

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NASA's GPM measures meandering Tropical Depression Ida's precipitation

GPM is a satellite jointly managed by NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. GPM passed over Ida on September 24, 2015 at 0756 UTC (3:35 AM EDT).

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Simulation of Chiral Edge States in Quantum Systems

Condensed matter physics remains a field of study with many puzzles to solve. New studies have become possible due to advances in experimental quantum physics.

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High-Resolution Analysis of Ion Beam Effects on Tissue Lesions

The biological effects of radiation consist in the damage caused to genetic information (DNA) contained in every cell nucleus. However, cells feature powerful…

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Extremely dense – approaching a poorly understood state of matter

A team from the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics at Kiel University, headed by Professor Michael Bonitz, has now been able to discover new…

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Dense Material Surrounds O-Type Star with Extreme Magnetosphere

Observations using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory revealed that the unusually large magnetosphere around an O-type star called NGC 1624-2 contains a raging…

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Laser-Based Molecular Fingerprinting: A Breakthrough in Detection

Researchers and regulators in many fields often need to detect and measure levels of specific substances in a sea of irrelevant molecules, and infrared light…

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Tiny Magnets Create New Metamaterial for Unique States

A synthetic material – created from 1 billion nanomagnets – assumes different aggregate states depending on the temperature: the so-called metamaterial…

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New Method for 3-D Cosmic Mapping Unveiled by UBC Researchers

In a study featured today in the journal Physical Review Letters, UBC researchers propose a new way to calculate cosmological distances using the bursts of…

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Nano-Trapped Molecules: A New Path to Quantum Devices

In a paper published in Physical Review A, a team composed of Ali Passian of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Marouane Salhi and…

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Breakthrough in Quantum Computing: Key Advances Unveiled

An international group of physicists, including Aleksandr Golubov, head of the MIPT Laboratory of Topological Quantum Phenomena in Superconductor Systems,…

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Unlocking Low Frequency Radiation for Modern Tech Innovation

The manipulation of electromagnetic radiation is an essential function of today's technology. Low frequency radiation — in the kilohertz and megahertz range…

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Understanding nature's most striking colors

The tulip called Queen of the Night has a fitting name. Its petals are a lush, deep purple that verges on black. An iridescent shimmer dances on top of the…

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Breakthrough Mott Transition Observation in Superconductors

An international team of researchers, including the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Twente in the Netherlands and the U.S. Department…

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