Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

Leeds Research Advances Terahertz Tech for Everyday Use

The Leeds team, led by Professors Edmund Linfield and Giles Davies from the Faculty of Engineering, has recorded the highest operating temperature for a…

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Follow live Jules Verne ATV's first attempt to dock with the International Space Station

One hour and 6 minutes after lift-off of the Ariane-5 ES launcher from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 9 March 2008 at 05:03 CET, Jules Verne…

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Silicon Chips Advancing Optical Quantum Technologies at Bristol

Dr Jeremy O’Brien, his PhD student Alberto Politi, and their colleagues at Bristol University have demonstrated the world’s smallest optical controlled-NOT…

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Graphene: The Future of Semiconductors Beyond Silicon

Research results from University of Maryland physicists show that graphene, a new material that combines aspects of semiconductors and metals, could be a…

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New Insights Into Why Matter Matters in the Universe

The latest research findings, which involved significant contributions from physicists at the University of Melbourne, have been recently published in the…

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New Method Enables Femtogram-Level Chemical Measurements

Now, researchers at the University of Illinois have demonstrated a method for simultaneous structural and chemical characterization of samples at the femtogram…

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Carbon Nanotubes and Superconductors: The Future of Computing

The end of the silicon chipThe silicon chip, which has supplied several decades’ worth of remarkable increases in computing power and speed, looks unlikely to…

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UD Astronomers Unite Global Observatories for White Dwarf Study

You have to look heavenward through a telescope to see the object of her fascination–to pale stars called white dwarfs, their brilliance faded because all of…

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New Insights Into Planet Formation From NSF Research

Scientists are one step closer to understanding how new planets form, thanks to research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and carried out by a…

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End-to-End Inspection for Drugs and Explosives Innovations

The future device operation is based on object translucence by a fast neutron flux and on subsequent recording of spectra of roentgen fluorescence induced by…

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The world's first movie of black hole birth

For the first time the birth of a black hole have been filmed. Cameras of the “Pi of the Sky” project recorded this remarkable event with 4 minutes sequence of…

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Stretchable Electronics: The Future of Lightweight Devices

Scientists have developed a new form of stretchable silicon integrated circuit that can wrap around complex shapes such as spheres, body parts and aircraft…

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Firing Photons: A Breakthrough in Space Communication

Research published on Friday, 28 March, in the New Journal of Physics, discusses the feasibility of building a completely secure channel for global…

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The world's first movie of black hole birth

For the first time the birth of a black hole have been filmed. Cameras of the “Pi of the Sky” project recorded this remarkable event with 4 minutes sequence of…

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Bidirectional Microdisplay: Advancing Optoelectronic Applications

This enables monolithically integrated optoelectronic applications based on standard silicon. One possibility of implementation are emitting and sensing…

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Hyper-Entangled Photons: Superdense Coding Gets Denser

“Dense coding is arguably the protocol that launched the field of quantum communication,” said Paul Kwiat, a John Bardeen Professor of Physics and Electrical…

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