Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

Advancing Spintronics: New Insights from DOE Researchers

In a development that holds promise for future magnetic memory and logic devices, researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley…

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'Perfect Storm' Quenching Star Formation around a Supermassive Black Hole

Now astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered that black holes don’t have to be nearly so powerful to shut down…

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Choreography of Electron Pairs: New Advances in Matter Control

Physicists are continuously advancing the control they can exert over matter. A German-Spanish team working with researchers from the Max Planck Institute for…

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Control on shape of light particles opens the way to ‘quantum internet’

The optical signals would then consist of individual light particles or photons. One prerequisite for a working quantum internet is control of the shape of…

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NASA’s MAVEN Mission Identifies Links in Chain Leading to Atmospheric Loss

The findings are among the first returns from NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, which entered its science phase on Nov. 16. The…

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Overview of Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Components

The main theme of the book is laser-induced damage, which can occur in the bulk, on the surface or in the coating of optical components, when higher laser…

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Swarms of Pluto-Size Objects Disrupt Dust Around Young Star

By making detailed observations of the protoplanetary disk surrounding the star known as HD 107146, the astronomers detected an unexpected increase in the…

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Supercomputer Simulations Unlock Star Formation Mystery

An interstellar mystery of why stars form has been solved thanks to the most realistic supercomputer simulations of galaxies yet made.

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SwRI Unveils Solar Observatory for Suborbital Space Missions

Using reusable suborbital commercial spacecraft for the SSIPP development effort improves on a traditional space instrument development process that goes back…

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Researchers Demonstrate New Way To Plug 'Leaky' Light Cavities

Boubacar Kanté, an assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering at UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, and his postdoctoral researcher…

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Compact Particle Accelerator Sets New World Energy Record

Using one of the most powerful lasers in the world, researchers have accelerated subatomic particles to the highest energies ever recorded from a compact…

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New Research Sheds Light on Titan’s Sand Dune Mystery

 Thanks to imagery from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, we also know that Titan has rivers and lakes made of ethane and methane, as well as windswept sand dunes…

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NASA’s FOXSI Mission to Observe Sun’s X-Rays

NASA regularly watches the sun in numerous wavelengths because different wavelengths provide information about different temperatures and processes in space….

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Titan’s Dunes: ASU Experiments Reveal Wind Dynamics

New research, using experimental results from the high-pressure wind tunnel at Arizona State University's Planetary Aeolian Laboratory, has found that previous…

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First-of-Its-Kind XFEL Discovery Reveals Atomic Structure

A research team led by physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) has proven a method that makes it possible to find the atomic structure of…

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Smaller Lidars Enable UAVs for Efficient Underwater Scans

A team at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has designed a new approach that could lead to bathymetric lidars that are much smaller and more efficient…

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