Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

Liverpool John Moores University Excels in Space Science Research

This impressive ranking is based on the number of times ARI research papers are cited by other scientists. Over the last decade, the ARI's 10 most-cited papers…

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Finnish RF Suitcase Enhances Satellite Testing for ESA

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has designed and constructed a satellite testing system called > '> RF Suitcase> '> for the Herschel / Planck mission…

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SMART-1's bridge to the future exploration of the Moon

“SMART-1 data are helping to choose future landing sites for robotic and possible manned missions, and its instruments are upgraded and being flown again on…

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Asteroids Spin Cycle: Sunlight’s Impact Revealed by Radar

Using the highly sensitive radar telescope at the Cornell University-managed Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico and Goldstone antenna in California, Cornell…

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The Giant that Turned Out to be a Dwarf

New data obtained on the apparent celestial couple, NGC 5011 B and C, taken with the 3.6-m ESO telescope, reveal that the two galaxies are not at the same…

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Integrating OLEDs on Silicon: A New Era for System-on-Chip

Therefore CMOS active area space below the OLED electrode is available for additional circuitry in a System-on-Chip setup, including OLED driving (as minor…

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Scientists Discover Solar-Powered Asteroid’s Unique Rotation

The team reconstructed Apollo's shape and determined its rotational state using brightness measurements from several years. They found that Apollo's rotation…

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OLED Project Rollex Launches: Cutting Coating Costs with Roll-To-Roll

Using the roll-to-roll-concept, noticeable lower coating costs are expected in comparision to cluster or inline concepts used for display production….

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ALMA Telescope Hits Milestone: Antenna Bride and Bridegroom

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international telescope project, reached a major milestone on 2 March, when two 12-m ALMA prototype…

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Astronomers Discover Asteroid’s Spin Boosted by Solar Power

For the very first time, astronomers have witnessed the speeding up of an asteroid's rotation, and have shown that it is due to a theoretical effect predicted…

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AEGIS Survey Unveils Key Principle of Galaxy Formation

The relation between a galaxy's mass and the orbital speed of its stars and gas is remarkably consistent over a wide range of galaxy morphologies and over…

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Fluorescence Microscopy Uncovers Antifreeze Protein Secrets

Antifreeze or “ice structuring” proteins – found in some fish, insects, plants, fungi and bacteria – attach to the surface of ice crystals to inhibit their…

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Unlocking High-Temperature Superconductors’ Mechanisms

Understanding the mechanism for these superconductors may one day help scientists design superconductors able to function closer to room temperature for…

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Double-Star Systems: Blasts of Big and Small Explosions

The data bolster a 20-year-old theory suggesting that double star systems experience both explosion types, rather than just one or the other. It also implies…

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Molecular Hydrogen Jet Discovered from Forming High-Mass Star

Their article, published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, reports the discovery of a jet of molecular hydrogen arising from a forming high-mass star located in the…

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Imaging 'gridlock' in high-temperature superconductors

In a standard scanning tunneling microscope (STM) topographic image of the surface of a cuprate semiconductor (left) atoms are arranged neatly in a crystal…

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