Obtaining this information is a critical step in the development of a new class of solar cells, which promise significant savings in production costs compared…
The problem is that despite years of looking, no one has ever found any of these stars. “Many astronomers thought this was because the stars without heavy…
The majority of the heaviest stars – some researchers say as many as 90% or maybe even more – tend to be born in multiple systems that can easily disguise…
European astronomy has received a tremendous boost with the decision from ESO's governing body to proceed with detailed studies for the European Extremely…
Wilfred van Rooijen's research, conducted at the Reactor Institute Delft, focused on the nuclear fuel cycle and safety features of a Gas-cooled Fast Reactor…
“Zeolites” might be an unknown word to many non-scientists, but its meaning is everywhere around us: when we wash our clothes, drive a car or walk in the…
Chavdarian and Sumner have studied cracks and fins in the sulfate-rich sands at White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. These features look remarkably…
It has been an established fact for several years now that water exists on Mars. However, the big question is how much of it – if any – is in liquid form. The…
For many years astronomers have been trying to understand the similarities between stellar-mass sized Galactic black hole systems and the supermassive black…
For many years astronomers have been trying to understand the similarities between stellar-mass sized Galactic black hole systems and the supermassive black…
Using VIMOS on ESO's Very Large Telescope, a team of French and Italian astronomers have shown the strong influence the environment exerts on the way galaxies…
The magnetic field generated inside the Earth protects the planet from the electrically charged particles given out by the Sun. However, it is only a partially…
Physicist at the Universities of Bath, Bristol and Leeds have discovered a way to precisely control the pattern of magnetic fields in thin magnetic films,…
Ray Charles was really good at snapping, said musical acoustician Kenneth Lindsay of Southern Oregon University in Ashland. Charles's snaps that open “It Don't…
Everybody remembers the picture of the hungry black hole swallowing all matter in its vicinity. Not even light has a chance to escape. However, closer…
The study, published in Nature Physics, focused on extremely short laser pulses, less than 10 femtoseconds long – a femtosecond is one million-billionth of a…
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