Only very rarely do they react with matter, but the giant IceCube experiment at the South Pole can detect when there is a collision between neutrinos and atoms…
In a collaboration that brings together RWTH Aachen University, the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT and industrial partners, the Femto Photonic…
After the Rosetta-Lander Philae's amazing landing on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in November 2014, the results of the magnetic field…
The efficient conversion of light into electricity plays a crucial role in many technologies, ranging from cameras to solar cells.
“The idea behind our research is that, if an entire galaxy had been colonized by an advanced spacefaring civilization, the energy produced by that…
For a healthy individual, an infection of Cryptosporidium parvum may mean nothing more than a few days of bad diarrhea. For someone with a compromised immune…
For our modern, technologically-advanced society, in which technology has become the solution to a myriad of challenges, energy is critical not only for growth…
As the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft examines Titan over many years, its discoveries bring new mysteries. One of those involves the seemingly wind-created sand…
Scientists on the Dark Energy Survey have released the first in a series of dark matter maps of the cosmos. These maps, created with one of the world's most…
ew among us may know what magnetic domains are but we make use of them daily when we email files, post images, or download music or video to our personal…
Our Sun, however, is a late “boomer.” The Milky Way's star-birthing frenzy peaked 10 billion years ago, but our Sun was late for the party, not forming until…
A new study provides an inside look at the most powerful explosions in the universe: gamma-ray bursts.
Our sun steadily emits light, energy and a constant flow of particles called the solar wind that bathes the planets as it travels out into space. Larger…
Our sun, however, is a late “boomer.” The Milky Way's star-birthing frenzy peaked 10 billion years ago, but our sun was late for the party, not forming until…
Scientists from the University of Göttingen and the Jülich Research Centre have made an important step towards a deeper understanding of metal-semiconductor…
Understanding when to expect such bursts of solar activity is crucial to successfully forecast the sun's eruptions, which can drive solar storms at Earth….
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