New, very precise measurements have shown that the rotation of the Milky Way is simpler than previously thought. A remarkable result from the most successful…
“The core concept of transmutation – which was formulated as early as mid 20th century – consists of irradiating the actinides by fast neutrons. The highly…
The findings are reported online today in the scientific journal Nature Physics.The Kondo effect, one of the few examples in physics where many particles…
Scientists at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)and the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder), have…
A new analysis of dust from the comet Wild 2, collected in 2004 by NASA's Stardust mission, has revealed an oxygen isotope signature that suggests an…
The PRIMA instrument [1] of the ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) recently saw “first light” at its new home atop Cerro Paranal in Chile. When…
The detection of this molecule suggests that a large number of the key components in prebiotic terrestrial chemistry could have been present in the…
For the first time the researchers have discovered that a strong X-ray pulse is emitting from a giant black hole in a galaxy 500 million light years from Earth.
Within the last few years the number of transport checks – above all at airports – has been increased considerably. A worthwhile effort as, after all, it…
Suborbital spacecraft are launched into space, but do not have enough speed to achieve orbit. They experience several minutes of microgravity (“free fall”) and…
“Extraordinarily fast transport of water in carbon nanotubes has generally been attributed to the smoothness of the nanotube walls and their hydrophobic, or…
Nowadays we don't only take measurements with simple measuring devices, but also with whole measuring systems. These are very complex and are completely set up…
What's more, if our sun has moved far from where it was formed more than 4 billion years ago, that could change the entire notion that there are parts of…
In a paper published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, astronomers Dr Justin Read, Professor George Lake and Oscar Agertz of the University…
Scientists of the UGR have managed, by means of a numerical technique known as Transmission Line Matrix (TLM) Modelling method, to hide an object or make it…
When an electrical current passes through a wire it emanates heat – a principle that's found in toasters and incandescent light bulbs. Some materials, at low…
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