Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

European Mars500 Final Four Participants Announced

A selection process which started with 5600 applicants has now been finalised with the presentation today of the final four participants at ESA’s Headquarters…

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Astrophysicists Recreate Stars in the Lab: New Insights Unveiled

Astronomers are recruiting the physics laboratory to unravel the high energy processes involved in formation of stars and other critical processes within the…

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Doubly Magic Tin Isotope Discovered at MSU Lab

The discoveries, made at MSU’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory using an isotope purification device, will help to refine theoretical models about…

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Clear Future of Electronics: Transparent Memory Device Innovations

The new chip is similar in type to an existing technology known as complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) memory — common commercial chips that…

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Building a Telescope at the South Pole: A Global Effort

The physicists, engineers and technicians from the University of Delaware's Bartol Research Institute are part of an international team working to build the…

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Space-DRUMS: A New Era in Space Station Experiments

Space-DRUMS is based on the DRUMS device (Dynamically Responding Ultrasonic Matrix System), originally developed by Professor Jacques Yves Guigné, Chief…

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New Study Tracks Stars Orbiting Milky Way’s Black Hole

It is known as “Sagittarius A*” (pronounced “Sagittarius A star”). The new research marks the first time that the orbits of so many of these central stars have…

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New Year's Eve is extended

For three years it was possible to do without it. But now it's become necessary again. This coming New Year's Eve, the radio controlled clocks will, after…

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Hubble Discovers Carbon Dioxide on Distant Exoplanet

Organic compounds can also be a by-product of life processes and their detection on an Earth-like planet may someday provide the first evidence of life beyond…

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New Hybrid Nanostructures Detect Nanoscale Magnetism Advances

A key challenge of nanotechnology research is investigating how different materials behave at lengths of merely one-billionth of a meter. When shrunk to such…

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New Record Set in Quantum Memory Storage with Rubidium Atoms

The new record – 7 milliseconds for rubidium atoms stored in a dipole optical trap – is scheduled to be reported December 7 in the online version of the…

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HiRISE Camera Reveals Stunning 3D Images of Mars

Other Mars-orbiting cameras have taken 3D views of Mars, but the HiRISE camera – the most powerful camera ever to orbit another planet – can resolve features…

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Mesoscopic Tunnelling: A Landmark Discovery in Physics

This is the first time that a Spanish physicist has received credit in this country as the discoverer of a new physical phenomenon: the mesoscopic tunnelling…

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ESA Reveals European Team for Mars500 Isolation Study

This joint ESA IBMP campaign is a preparatory study leading up to the 520-day isolation study in the form of a full-fledged simulation of a mission to Mars…

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UGR Scientists Use Light Diffraction to Identify Bootleg CDs

The research work has been recently published in the renowned international scientific journal “American Journal of Physics”, and the respective patent has…

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Quantum Simulator Advances Design of Electronic Materials

The design of new materials with specific properties is a difficult and important challenge in physics and chemistry. Nobel Prize winner Richard P. Feynman in…

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