Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter’s 3 August spacewalk from the ISS

Following the Shuttle Discovery’s successful STS-121 mission earlier this month and Thomas Reiter’s arrival onboard the ISS, for the first time since May 2003…

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Scientists Image 'Magnetic Semiconductors' On The Nanoscale

The findings, scheduled for publication as the cover story of the July 27 issue of the journal Nature, bring scientists one step closer toward realizing the…

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Methane Storms on Titan: Insights from UPV-EHU Researchers

Doctors Ricardo Hueso and Agustín Sánchez Lavega from the Planetary Sciences Group of the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU), based at the Basque…

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Huygens Observations: New Insights and Published Findings

The results of those observations are now being collected together and published for the first time. The work gives valuable additional context within which to…

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Helium Atoms in New Nozzle Advance Imaging Techniques

A newly devised nozzle fitted with a pinhole-sized capillary has allowed researchers to distribute helium atoms with X-ray-like waves on randomly shaped…

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Island Universes: Exploring Unique Galaxy Varieties

If life is like a box of chocolates – you never know what you will get – the Universe, with its immensely large variety of galaxies, must be a real candy…

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Supermassive Black Holes: Where Are They Hiding?

Scientists are convinced that some super-massive black holes must be hiding behind thick clouds of dust. These dusty shrouds allow only the highest energy…

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Speeding Up a Computer's Second Opinion for Breast Cancer

Rather than comparing the mammogram image in question to every image of breast cancer in a computer database, the new approach compares the mammogram in…

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Pre-Life Molecules Found in Comets: New Insights on Space Chemistry

The finding also substantially changes the understanding of chemistry in space.The question of why molecular nitrogen hasn't been detected in comets and…

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Titan's pebbles 'seen' by Huygens radio

When Huygens came to rest on the surface of Titan on 14 January 2005, it survived the impact and continued to transmit to the Cassini mothership, orbiting…

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Cooling Solid Materials with Laser: A Breakthrough at UPV/EHU

Joaquín Fernández, Chair at the Department of Applied Physics at the Bilbao School of Engineering, is leading the team consisting of Professor Rolindes Balda…

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Nearby Star System May Host Earth-Like Planet Discovery

A second system is likely to have a belt of rocky bodies the size of Mars or smaller. The other two, the models show, do not have the proper conditions to form…

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Radiation Robot Targets Lung Tumors at University of Pittsburgh

At the University of Pittsburgh, Ozhasoglu and approximately 30 colleagues form one of the largest US teams devoted to the CyberKnife, a radiation delivery…

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MIT Physicists Discover Insights Into Superfluidity Breakthrough

Observations of superfluids may help solve lingering questions about high-temperature superconductivity, which has widespread applications for magnets, sensors…

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Nearby Star System May Host Earth-Like Planet Discovery

A second system is likely to have a belt of rocky bodies the size of Mars or smaller. The other two, the models show, do not have the proper conditions to form…

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First Superconductive Cyclotron Approved for Hadrontherapy

Hadrontherapy is one of the most refined radiotherapic technique for tumours treatment. It uses hadrons, that is to say charged particles made up from quarks,…

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