Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

Unlocking the Secrets of Multi-Layer Carbon Nanotubes

The contribution of inner layers is crucial, and this has serious implications when it particularly comes to fabricating electronic devices such as transistors…

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STS-116 Crew Wraps Up European Tour with ESA Astronaut

With crewmember and Swedish ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang as their host, the crew passed through Stockholm and Gothenburg in Sweden, as well as the Danish…

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Measuring Airborne Nanomaterials: New Methods & Tools Needed

The article, “Assessing Exposure to Airborne Nanomaterials: Current Abilities and Future Requirements,” written by Andrew Maynard, chief science advisor at the…

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Meet the Nano-nauts – dust swarms for planetary explortion

Smart dust particles consist of a computer chip, about a millimetre in dimension, surrounded by a polymer sheath that can be made to wrinkle or smooth out by…

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RAS Gold Medal: Greenhouse Gases, Not Sun, Drive Climate Change

In a lecture on Wednesday 18 April at the RAS-sponsored National Astronomy Meeting in Preston, Professor Weiss, who is Emeritus Professor in Mathematical…

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Exploring Shield Innovations for Space Travel Safety

But travel beyond the immediate vicinity of the Earth carries significant risks for astronauts, not the least of which is the exposure to sometimes high levels…

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Stunning Image Reveals Giant Stellar Nursery in Detail

The new image was assembled using data from INT Photometric H-Alpha Survey of the Northern Galactic Plane (IPHAS) and covers four square degrees of sky,…

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“Van Gogh” simulations give new insight into turbulent stars

The swirling simulations, which are reminiscent of Van Gogh’s star paintings, show the interior of a star during the Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) phase, the…

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UK Scientists Discover Superfine Stardust Insights

A UK consortium of researchers from the University of Leicester, Natural History Museum, Kent University, Glasgow University and Open University have been…

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New Radioactive Brown Dwarfs Discovered as Pulsars

Gregg Hallinan of the National University of Ireland, Galway, who is presenting the discovery at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting in Preston on 18th April,…

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Zeplins Lead the Charge in Dark Matter Particle Search

Dr Alexander Murphy, who is presenting the first results from the ZEPLIN-II detector at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting in Preston on 18th April said,…

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“The future starts today”- One step closer to shaping ‘Cosmic Vision 2015-2025’

“The future starts today”, said ESA’s Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain, addressing the community on 11 April 2007.At the end of March 2007, following the…

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White Dwarf and Ultra-Cool Dwarf Discoveries Unveiled

Avril Day-Jones, who is presenting results at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting in Preston, said, “This is a record breaking discovery for a system of this…

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Dying Stars Create Whirlpools in Interstellar Gas Simulations

Dr Wareing and his colleagues used the COBRA supercomputer to simulate in three-dimensions the movement of a dying star through surrounding interstellar gas….

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Red Supergiant Cauldrons: New Insights from RAS Meeting

Dr Anita Richards, who is presenting results at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting in Preston on 17th April, said, “Red supergiants lose more than half their…

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Schoolchildren name newly discovered asteroid ‘Snowdonia’

The asteroid was officially recognised as part of a Near-Earth Object observing programme with German astronomers Lothar Kurtze and Felix Harmouth. UK…

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