Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

Hinode Observes Sun’s Dynamic Activity Like Never Before

Hinode, Japanese for 'sunrise', was launched on 23 September 2006 to study the sun's magnetic field and how its explosive energy propagates through the…

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University of Surrey helps 'power up' Atkins new Training Academy

Atkins, with more than 16,000 employees, is one of the UK's top 100 companies. The company specialises in engineering consultancy and has, over the last 30…

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Funding Boost for Glass Research in Bone Regeneration

The purpose of the research, which involves teams from the universities of Kent and Warwick, Imperial College London and University College London, is to…

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Kent Astronomer Discovers 100,000 New Stars in Cluster

This previously unknown globular cluster, detected with the aid of the European Southern Observatory’s New Technology Telescope at La Silla, Chile, is about…

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World’s First Medical Robotics Breakthrough at École Polytechnique

Some 40 years after the release of the classic science fiction movie Fantastic Voyage, researchers in the NanoRobotics Laboratory of École Polytechnique de…

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Robotic Telescope Solves Cosmic Blast Mysteries

The scientists from Liverpool John Moores University and colleagues in the UK, Italy, France and Slovenia used the Liverpool Telescope on the island of La…

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First Atom Chip Devices to Emerge from New Grant Award

Dr Michael Kraft at the University of Southampton’s School of Electronics & Computer Science (ECS) and Professor Edward Hinds at Imperial College, London, have…

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UK Teachers to Experience Physics at CERN Event 2024

The UK delegation of 14 will take part in the Physics Teachers @CERN event (15th -18th March) which attracts teaching staff from across Europe. The event,…

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Mars Express Radar Maps Water Around Mars’ South Pole

This new estimate comes from mapping the thickness of the dusty ice by the Mars Express radar instrument that has made more than 300 virtual slices through…

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The Latest on THEMIS and Solid-State Telescopes for Northern Lights

Instruments known as solid-state telescopes (SSTs), built with detectors fabricated at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and carried aboard the recently…

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A Roof for ALMA

On 10 March, an official ceremony took place on the 2,900m high site of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Operations Support Facility,…

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Nespoli Joins NASA Astronauts on Space Shuttle Atlantis Mission

For the 11-day mission, Nespoli joins six NASA astronauts on board Space Shuttle Atlantis. His flight opportunity arises from the Memorandum of Understanding…

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EPSRC Grant Fuels Laser Innovations in Medicine and Industry

Thanks to a grant of £5m from the EPSRC, researchers at Queen's University Belfast, Central Laser and Central Microstructure Facilities at Rutherford Appleton…

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Arizona Telescopes Set to Study Pluto on March 18

University of Arizona astronomers will host colleagues from Paris Observatory, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Lowell Observatory at UA…

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UGA Research Sheds Light on Statistical Mechanics Foundations

A new research paper, just published in the online version of the journal Physical Review Letters by M. Howard Lee, Regents Professor of Physics at the…

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Physicists Simplify Heavy Nuclei Study for Clearer Insights

In a March 16 Physical Review Letters article, researchers from Michigan State and Central Michigan universities report dramatic success in stripping away much…

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