Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

CEA-LETI Achieves Ultra-Low Variability in 22nm FDSOI Devices

The threshold voltage variation (?Vt) of less than 40mV across wafer is also reported for 25nm gate length Fully Depleted SOI (FDSOI) devices using undoped…

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New Insights on Alberta’s Fireball Meteorite Search

Investigation of the fireball that lit up the skies of Alberta and Saskatchewan on November 20 has determined that an asteroid fragment weighing approximately…

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‘Stress Tests’ Probe Nanoscale Strains in Materials

Their recent results* not only will impact the design of future generations of integrated circuits but also lay to rest a long-standing disagreement in results…

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Neutron Researchers Uncover Key Property in Magnetic Semiconductor

This discovery raises hopes for even smaller and faster gadgets that could result from magnetic data storage in a semiconductor material, which could then…

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“Gray’s Paradox” Solved: Researchers Discover Secret of Speedy Dolphins

There was something peculiar about dolphins that stumped prolific British zoologist Sir James Gray in 1936.He had observed the sea mammals swimming at a swift…

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Milagro Observatory Finds New Cosmic Ray Hot Spots Near Earth

This is the second finding of a source of galactic cosmic rays relatively near Earth announced in the past week. In the November 20 issue of the journal…

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Largest Virtual Telescope for Short Wavelengths Unveiled

The Physical Sciences division of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) is one of the joint financiers of the Extended Submillimeter Array…

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European Synchrotron Facility Unveils 177M Euro Upgrade Program

On 24-25 November 2008, the 50th Council meeting of the ESRF approved a 10% budget increase for 2009, to start a 177 million Euros Upgrade Programme over the…

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Galaxy Zoo Insights: Understanding Spiral Galaxy Strangulation

Galaxy Zoo, which uses volunteers from the general public to classify galaxies and the Space Telescope A901/902 Galaxy Evolution Survey (STAGES) projects have…

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Chandrayaan-1 Begins Lunar Observations Near Shackleton Crater

The Moon Impact Probe was dropped close to Shackleton crater, a place close to the south pole, where ice may exist in areas that are never illuminated by the…

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Sweet Molecule Discovery Sparks Search for Alien Life

The international team of researchers, including a researcher at University College London (UCL), used the IRAM radio telescope in France to detect the…

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‘Missing link’ galaxies discovered

The STAGES study led by the University’s Centre for Astronomy and Particle Theory examines galaxy evolution using images from the Hubble Space Telescope.A…

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Danish Researchers Launch Magnetic Observatory in Atlantic Ocean

The new geomagnetic observatory is located on the island of Tristan da Cunha and was inaugurated on Friday 14 November by the island’s roughly 300 inhabitants…

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Europe’s 20-Year Plan to Advance Astronomy Collaboration

In an unprecedented effort demonstrating the potential of European scientific cooperation, all of European astronomy is now joining forces to define the…

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Hubble Reveals Stunning Views of Massive Stars in Carina Nebula

The Carina Nebula contains several ultra-hot stars, including these two star systems and the famous blue star Eta Carinae, which has the highest luminosity yet…

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Bacteria Swimming Patterns: Insights from Brown University Study

Brown University physicists have completed the most detailed study of the swimming patterns of a microbe, showing for the first time how its movement is…

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