Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

ESA Unveils 3D Mars Models for Enhanced Planetary Exploration

Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) allow scientists to ‘stand’ on planetary surfaces. Although ordinary images can give spectacular bird’s-eye views, they can only…

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Researchers at Leeds mine the ‘Terahertz gap’

The Leeds team has secured a new grant of £2 million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to shed light on the changes in…

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International Team Launches Unique Observatory in Antarctica

Two weeks after arriving Jan. 11 at “Dome A” for only the second time in history, an expedition team led by the Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC) has…

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Gas 'finger' points to galaxies' future

The location of the intrusion may give a crucial clue to the fate of the little galaxies the gas flows from, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds.“We’re…

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"Smart" holograms help patients help themselves

The new “smart” holograms, which can detect changes in, for example, blood-glucose levels, should make self-diagnosis much simpler, cheaper and more reliable,…

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Whale Listening: Innovations in FEM and CT Scanning

Advances in Finite Element Modeling (FEM), Computed tomography (CT) scanning, and computer processing have made it possible to simulate the environment and…

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Herschel Space Observatory Launches Spacedust Survey in Orbit

The Herschel Space Observatory, launched by the European Space Agency this Summer, promises to take our knowledge of the far reaches of space to a new level….

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February 2008 Space Science Highlights: RAS PN 08/05 Digest

It has been written to assist the media in planning and researching future stories related to space science and astronomy, particularly those with UK…

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Particle Accelerator Could Illuminate Alternate Dimensions

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of California-Berkeley say that the telltale signatures left by a new class of…

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Using musical chords to analyze and illustrate hydrogen molecule's response to laser pulses

Thumm is a member of K-State's J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, where he is among several researchers who work on the properties and behavior of atoms and small…

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University Researchers Create Color-Changing Metals with Laser

Using a tabletop laser, University of Rochester optical scientists have turned pure aluminum, gold. And blue. And gray. And many other colors. And it works for…

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Solving the Dark Matter Mystery: Insights from Dr. Zhao

Dr HongSheng Zhao, of the University’s School of Physics and Astronomy, has shown that the puzzling dark matter and its counterpart dark energy may be more…

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Russian “Laska” Laser to Measure Particles

Specialists of the St. Petersburg Research-and-Production Firm for Analytical Instrument-Making (LUMEX) demonstrated a device that had been long awaited by…

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Bacteria-Inspired Semiconductors: A New Frontier in Innovation

Researchers from different countries are accommodating to their purposes proteins of photosynthesis system bacteria. They are used as an active component of…

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Innovative Process Creates Custom Nanofibers of Any Length

Based on the rapid evaporation of solvent from simple “inks,” the process has been used to fabricate freestanding nanofibers, stacked arrays of nanofibers and…

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New Insights Into Dark Energy from Distant Galaxies

Astronomers have used ESO’s Very Large Telescope to measure the distribution and motions of thousands of galaxies in the distant Universe. This opens…

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