Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

Max Planck Institute Joins New Helmholtz Alliance for Innovation

The senate of the Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF) has, on Nov. 7 2007, approved the proposal of the Gesellschaft für…

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Harnessing Nature’s Forces: Innovative Research at Leicester University

A pioneering team from the University of Leicester is seeking to harness a force of nature- only measured accurately a decade ago – to help develop the…

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Satellite Reveals Regional Warming Trends During Solar Cycle

Senior Research Associate Tom Woods of CU-Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics said the brightening of the sun as it approaches its next…

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New Tool for OLED Lighting and Organic Solar Cell Production

The system is designed for efficient materials usage and flexibility in substrate format and organic stack. It is one of the worlds first pilot production…

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Lithium: A Superconductor at Ambient Pressure Unveiled

Docent Juha Tuoriniemi and his research group found that lithium is a superconductor even at ambient pressure, albeit at extremely low temperatures of less…

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Distant Black Holes: Source of High-Energy Cosmic Rays Revealed

This extraordinary result is a product of DOE’s investment in high-energy physics research, giving scientists the resources they need to explore the…

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Exploring Smart Dust and Gassy Antennas for Enhanced Tracking

Tracking Flow with Smart Dust Y. Gasteuil, W.L. Shew, M. Gibert, F. Chill'a, B. Castaing and J.-F. Pinton Physical Review Letters (forthcoming)Tiny probes…

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LHCb Installs VELO Precision Silicon Detector for Enhanced Research

For the LHCb collaboration, including UK scientists from the Universities of Liverpool and Glasgow, installing the Vertex Locator (VELO) detector into its…

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Aston Researchers Unveil Cutting-Edge Surface Analysis Tools

Part of Aston’s allocation from the Science Research Investment Fund (SRIF) provided around £700,000 funding for the instruments, which have given Aston the…

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Keele University Enhances Observatory with New Innovations

The University plans to add new equipment, demonstrations, simulations and exhibition space to make the Observatory, which was built in 1962 and has long been…

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Smile, protons, you're on camera

In a paper published this week in Physical Review Letters, an international collaboration of researchers, led by Marek Pfutzner, a physicist from Warsaw…

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Scientists Uncover Largest Stellar Black Hole in Binary System

An international team, including astronomers from Tel Aviv University, has uncovered the most massive stellar black hole found to date in a binary system.Published in the prestigious journal Nature this week, the research was conducted by an international team including Professor Tsevi Mazeh, who is the director of the Sackler Institute of Astronomy at Tel Aviv University and holds the Oren Family Chair of Experimental Physics, and his Ph.D. student Avi Shporer….

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New Insights on Cataract Formation from Physics Research

This leads to cataract formation, the world’s leading cause of blindness. This work could shed light on other protein aggregation diseases (such as Alzheimer’s…

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Scientists have discovered a connection between active galactic nuclei and the most energetic known cosmic rays

Scientists of the Pierre Auger Collaboration have announced in Malargüe (Mendoza, Argentina) that the Active Galactic Nuclei are probably responsible for the…

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Commissioner Explores ESO’s Very Large Telescope Innovations

During his visit to ESO's Very Large Telescope at Paranal, the European Commissioner for Science and Research, Janez Potocnik, participated in an observing…

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Unlocking Cosmic Rays: Secrets of Supermassive Black Holes

The most energetic particles in the universe – ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays – likely come from supermassive black holes in the hearts of nearby active…

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