Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

Magnetic mixing creates quite a stir

Sandia researchers have developed a process that can mix tiny volumes of liquid, even in complicated spaces.Researchers currently use all types of processes to…

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Whales Are Polite Conversationalists

Now a group of marine biologists at the Littoral Acoustic Demonstration Center has developed a tool that can spot these rhythms and identify individual…

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Mushrooms and Water-Repellents: The Science of Jumping Droplets

According to Duke University engineers, the answer is “jumping” water droplets. As it turns out, the same phenomenon that occurs when it's time for certain…

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Understanding Fragile X Tremor: Insights on FXTAS

Fragile X tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is a recently recognized condition, which is actually one of the most prevalent heritable neurodegenerative diseases….

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New Nanomethod Enhances Measuring Tech and Sensors

The method, which opens new possibilities in the field of catalytics, will be published in the journal Science for November and is already available in the Web…

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A Long Night Falls Over Saturn's Rings

This happens during Saturn's equinox, when the sun is directly over Saturn's equator. At this time, the rings, which also orbit directly over the planet's…

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Mantis Shrimp’s Vision: A Path to Better DVDs

The mantis shrimps in the study are found on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and have the most complex vision systems known to science. They can see in…

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Berkeley Researchers Unveil First Acoustic Hyperlens Innovation

Created by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), the acoustic hyperlens provides an eightfold…

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Caltech Scientists Uncover Secrets of Nanopillar Formations

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have uncovered the physical mechanism by which arrays of nanoscale (billionths-of-a-meter)…

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NIST Physicists Use Radio Dials for Precision Atomic Matchmaking

As the authors report* in an upcoming issue of Physical Review A, the radio-frequency (RF) radiation could serve as a second “knob,” in addition to the more…

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Galaxy Cluster JKCS041 Breaks Distance Record by Billion Light Years

The galaxy cluster, known as JKCS041, beats the previous record holder by about a billion light years. Galaxy clusters are the largest gravitationally bound…

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The lotus's clever way of staying dry

Now, almost one thousand years since Zhou Dunyi wrote these lines in China, scientists finally understand how the plant keeps itself clean and dry. It took an…

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New Technique Identifies Song Versions Using Cross Recurrence

“What we propose is a measure to quantify cross recurrences between two songs, that is, to be able to analyse repetitions of different musical patterns that…

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Mystery of Turbulent Density Fluctuations Explained

Physics professors Dastgeer Shaikh and Gary Zank of the university’s Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research and Department of Physics said the model…

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Physicists Turn to Radio Dial for Finer Atomic Matchmaking

As the authors report* in an upcoming issue of Physical Review A, the radio-frequency (RF) radiation could serve as a second “knob,” in addition to the more…

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Exploring Paper Whiteness: Innovative Tools by Edström

Per Edström at Mid Sweden University has attracted international attention for his research, which has resulted in a new generation of computational tools for…

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