Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

Precise Measurement of Strange Atomic Nucleus Mass Achieved

An international team of physicists working at the Institute of Nuclear Physics at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in Germany has measured the mass…

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Observational Evidence of First Generation Stars Found

Astronomers have long theorised the existence of a first generation of stars — known as Population III stars — that were born out of the primordial material…

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New X-Ray Source Enhances Medical Imaging Technology

For over a century, medical imaging has made use of X-rays produced in a specialized type of vacuum tube. The major disadvantage of this method lies in the…

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Explore Recent Innovations in Diode Lasers and UV LEDs

The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) exhibits a selection of current improvements and new developments regarding diode lasers and UV light-emitting diodes (LEDs)…

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New Electron Accelerator at Mainz Achieves Key Milestone

As the production of two superconducting accelerator modules for the future electron accelerator MESA (“Mainz Energy-Recovering Superconducting Accelerator”)…

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NASA's Hubble Telescope detects 'sunscreen' layer on distant planet

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected a stratosphere, one of the primary layers of Earth's atmosphere, on a massive and blazing-hot exoplanet known as…

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Lonely Galaxy NGC 6503: A Unique Space Discovery

Most galaxies are clumped together in groups or clusters. A neighboring galaxy is never far away. But this galaxy, known as NGC 6503, has found itself in a…

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Track Space Weather 24 Hours Before It Reaches Earth

The clouds can be large or small. They can be relatively slow or as fast as 3,000 miles per second, but only one component has a strong effect on how much a…

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Scientists Discover Particle-Separating Wave in Primordial Plasma

Scientists in the STAR collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC, http://www.bnl.gov/rhic/), a particle accelerator exploring nuclear physics…

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Futuristic Silicon Chip Components Successfully Fabricated

A team of IBM researchers in Zurich, Switzerland with support from colleagues in Yorktown Heights, New York has developed a relatively simple, robust and…

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Unlocking Superconductivity: Insights from Two-Dimensional Gas

Using an exotic quantum superfluid that originates in a two-dimensional atomic gas, researchers from Heidelberg University are closing in on the phenomenon of…

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Next-Gen Silicon Quantum Dot LED for Flexible Lighting

A hybrid LED is expected to be a next-generation illumination device for producing flexible lighting and display, and this is achieved for the Si QD-based…

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New Microscope Technique Rapidly Identifies Deadly Bacteria

A new way of rapidly identifying bacteria, which requires a slight modification to a simple microscope, may change the way doctors approach treatment for…

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Scientists Discover Particle-Separating Wave in Primordial Plasma

Scientists in the STAR collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC, http://www.bnl.gov/rhic/), a particle accelerator exploring nuclear physics…

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Mainz Physicists Enhance Large Hadron Collider’s Performance

After a two-year operational pause and two months after its restart in April 2015, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the CERN research center is now again…

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Exiled Stars Illuminate the Cosmos: Hubble Confirms Supernovae

Sharp images obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope confirm that three supernovae discovered several years ago exploded in the dark emptiness of intergalactic…

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