Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers Discover Two Galaxies in One Unique Find

An international group of astronomers, including Marita Krause and Rainer Beck from Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR) in Bonn, has found a…

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Neutron Stars: New Insights Challenge Long-Held Beliefs

However, research by a team of scientists led by a Michigan State University physicist has researchers rethinking that. Scientists had long thought that…

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Comet ISON Halts Dust Production During Solar Encounter

On Thursday evening, at the time of its closest approach to the sun, comet ISON still had an active nucleus which was spewing gas and dust. About two hours…

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Exploring The Hot and Energetic Universe: ESA’s New Theme

At its meeting in Paris today, the Science Programme Committee of the European Space Agency (ESA) selected the “The Hot and Energetic Universe” as the theme…

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Study Reveals New Insights Into Bose-Einstein Condensates

Known as Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) and consisting of just a cluster of atoms, it has up until now been impossible to measure and control these…

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Glaciers Sizzle: The Sounds of Melting Ice in Warmer Seas

Scientists have recorded and identified one of the most prominent sounds of a warming planet: the sizzle of glacier ice as it melts into the sea. The noise,…

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What's the sound of a hundred thousand soccer fans?

Mention vuvuzela to soccer fans, and they may cringe. The plastic horn rose to prominence during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, where tens of thousands of…

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Small Black Holes: Efficiently Devouring Cosmic Material

A relatively small black hole (20-30 times the mass of our Sun) can sustain a hugely voracious appetite while consuming material in an efficient and tidy…

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New Simulatable Model Reveals Exotic Quantum Phenomena

It is fascinating how quantum mechanical behaviour of particles at smallest scales can give rise to strange properties that can be observed in the classical…

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Teaching Matter Waves New Tricks: Creating Magnets with Cold Atoms

Nowadays, they are not only intriguing oddities of nature, but also constitute crucial building blocks of modern technology: Ranging from data storage over…

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Advancing Light Microscopy: Color-Coded Fluorescent Markers

In a simple set-up, the scientists used the translation of position information of fluorescent markers into color information. Overcoming the need for scanning…

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Coriolis Force Sparks New Insights in Physics Research

This is according to an international group of researchers who have demonstrated how the Coriolis force is essential for creating the archetypal, and sometimes…

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Plasma Technology Enhances Combustion Efficiency in Engines

Mix together air, fuel, and heat and you get combustion, the chemical reaction that powers most engines in planes, trains and automobiles. And if you throw in…

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Sounding Rocket to Peek at Atmosphere of Venus

The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN, mission launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Nov. 18. Now, the Venus Spectral…

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Mach 1000 Shock Wave Discovered in Tycho’s Supernova Remnant

In the case of Tycho's supernova remnant, astronomers have discovered that a reverse shock wave racing inward at Mach 1000 (1000 times the speed of sound) is…

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UNL Scientists Create Compact Laser for Synchrotron X-Rays

Using a compact but powerful laser, a research team at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has developed a new way to generate synchrotron X-rays. Although the…

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