Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

Waiting for dark matter in a mine, with the world's best detectors

A consortium of research scientists, including Stanford physicist Blas Cabrera, anticipated the detection of a predicted-but-undiscovered dark particle known…

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Understanding Type Ia Supernovae: Bright Beacons in Space

Type1a supernovae are among the brightest objects in the universe. Astronomers use them as “standard candles” to gauge cosmological distances:…

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Measuring Field Strength in ICF Implosions: Key Research Insights

In the most recent research, which appears in the Feb. 29 issue of the journal, Science, Ryan Rygg of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and colleagues…

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Magnetic Atoms of Gold, Silver, and Copper Unveiled

According to the research, in which researchers from the UPV/EHU as well as teams from Australia and Japan have taken part, the magnetism appears reduce the…

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Engineering the world’s fastest swimsuit

Dr Herve Morvan, a lecturer in fluid mechanics in the School of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, is working as an advisor to the AQUALAB,…

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Space Sentinels: new ‘tools’ in space to improve European environment and security policies

This will be provided in two stages: €419 million for Segment 1 and €205 million for Segment 2 of the GSC programme. Segment 2 will be submitted for…

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Follow the launch of ATV 'Jules Verne' live from ESA sites across Europe

Europe’s massive 19 357 kg supply spacecraft will be carried into orbit by a special version of the Ariane 5 launcher. This Ariane is now scheduled to lift off…

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New Stealth Technologies Make Warships Nearly Invisible

That fear of being detected has led the military to develop new stealth technologies that allow ships to be virtually invisible to the human eye, to dodge…

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'Two-Faced' Particles Act Like Tiny Submarines in NC State Study

A paper describing the research, published in the Feb. 8, 2008, edition of Physical Review Letters, advances knowledge about how potential “smart” materials –…

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What Banged? Top Scientist Neil Turok at Canada’s Perimeter Institute to Share Insight on Deepest Mysteries of the Cosmos

In the conventional picture, the 'initial singularity' is unexplained. It is simply assumed that the universe somehow sprang into existence full of…

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Jules Verne ATV Launch: Propellant-Filled Success

In mid-February, Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), having been filled with a total of 6.5 tonnes of four different propellants and 20 kg of oxygen,…

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New Insights Into Collagen Structure Using High-Energy X-Rays

Illinois Institute of Technology biologist Joseph Orgel used the high-energy X-rays produced by the APS to examine the structure of collagen, a protein that…

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MIT students living on 'Mars' via Utah

They're not really on Mars, of course-human missions there are not yet even in NASA's long-term schedule and are not expected to take place for at least two…

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NASA's Swift satellite images a galaxy ablaze with starbirth

The Triangulum Galaxy is also called M33 for being the 33rd object in Charles Messier's sky catalog. It is located about 2.9 million light-years from Earth in…

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New Optical Tweezer Innovation from Harvard Engineers

Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) demonstrated a new type of optical tweezer with the potential to make biological…

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Crystal Bells Silent as Physicists Pursue Dark Matter Quest

Scientists of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment today announced that they have regained the lead in the worldwide race to find the particles that…

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