Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

How Do Your Crystals Grow?

Research reported in The Journal of Chemical Physics uses fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) to investigate the processes at the surface of a growing…

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Why Bird Flocks Move in Unison: Insights from New Research

New research published today, Wednesday 15 September, in New Journal of Physics (co-owned by the Institute of Physics and German Physical Society), uses a…

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UAB Engineering Lifts Off with More Projects for NASA

Not to Rob Rouleau, a project manager at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Center for Biophysical Sciences and Engineering (CBSE). He considers himself…

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Amateur Astronomers Open Potential Lab in Outer Space for Planetary Scientists

According to a paper by professional astronomers, expected to be published today online by Astrophysical Journal Letters, the asteroid was eight to 13 meters…

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New Insights on Asteroids: Avoiding Collision Risks

Though it was once believed that all asteroids are giant pieces of solid rock, later hypotheses have it that some are actually a collection of small…

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NASA's Hubble Harvests Distant Solar System Objects

Now, astronomers using clever techniques to cull the data archives of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have added 14 new TNOs to the catalog. Their method…

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Hot Water Discovered in Cold Comets: New Insights

In comets as well as in interstellar clouds, the precursor molecule of water is the positively charged hydronium ion H3O+. This molecular ion can be detected…

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Flying High with Cold Quantum Matter

In Pardorama, situated 2600 m above sea level, in Ischgl/Tyrol, European researchers in the field of quantum matter will meet to discuss the newest findings in…

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Phoenix Mars Lander Finds Surprises About Planet’s Watery Past

Liquid water has interacted with the Martian surface throughout Mars' history, measurements by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander suggest. The findings, published in…

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Supernova Shrapnel Found in Meteorite

Faint traces of the supernova, found in a meteorite, account for the mysterious variations in the chemical fingerprint of chromium found from one planet and…

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Exploring Neutrinos’ Role in Uncovering Solar Dark Matter

The existence of Dark Matter particles in the Sun's interior seems inevitable, despite dark matter never having been observed (there or elsewhere), despite…

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Quantum Dice: Exploring Randomness in Innovation Games

Behind every coincidence lies a plan – in the world of classical physics, at least. In principle, every event, including the fall of dice or the outcome of a…

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LiXEdrom: New Measuring Chamber Enhances X-Ray Liquid Jet Studies

X-rays are the medium of choice for many scientific studies. When you shine them on a sample, they literally shed light on the material’s structure, providing…

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Researchers Hear Puzzling New Physics from Graphene Quartet's Quantum Harmonies

Published in this week’s issue of Nature,* the new research raises several intriguing questions about the fundamental physics of this exciting material and…

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Chaos in the Early Universe: New Insights from Northwestern

Seven years ago Northwestern University physicist Adilson E. Motter conjectured that the expansion of the universe at the time of the big bang was highly…

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Spotting Volcanoes on Alien Worlds: Astronomers Discover Clues

Now that astronomers are finding rocky worlds orbiting distant stars, they're asking the next logical questions: Do any of those worlds have volcanoes? And if…

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