Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

British Astronomers Unveil First Infrared Survey Data

Today, British astronomers are releasing the first data from the largest and most sensitive survey of the heavens in infrared light to the ESO user community….

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Magnetism and Nature Inspire Better Medicine Solutions

Called “digital magnetofluidics,” it promises more rapid, more accurate and less costly analyses of water and biological fluids – blood, urine, saliva – that…

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'Micro-boxes' of water used to study single molecules

The unusually simple containment method may enable easier experiments on single molecule dynamics and perhaps lead to the development of molecule-sorting…

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Nano-Etched Cavity Boosts LED Brightness by 7X

The novel nanostructure, which may have applications in areas such as in biomedical imaging where LED brightness is crucial, is described in the July 17 issue…

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Add nanotubes and stir — with the right force

In a paper for Physical Review Letters,* they explain how the amount of force applied while mixing carbon nanotube suspensions influences the way the tiny…

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Rice scientists unveil 'nanoegg'

Researchers at Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) have unveiled the “nanoegg,” the latest addition to their family ultrasmall,…

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New Insights on Early Galaxy Formation from Distant Stars

UKIDSS will make an atlas of large areas of the sky in the deep infrared. This survey will reveal more cool and faint objects than we have ever been able to…

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Physicists Reverse and Accelerate Light Speed Breakthrough

Physicist Costas Soukoulis and his research group at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory on the Iowa State University campus are having the time of…

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New Insights on Early Galaxy Formation from Distant Stars

New data on young galaxies is already challenging current thinking on galaxy formation, revealing galaxies that are massive at a much earlier stage of…

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Fast, Flexible Plastic Computer Chips from UW-Madison Team

Historically, the semiconductor industry has relied on flat, two-dimensional chips upon which to grow and etch the thin films of material that become…

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MIT Team Unveils Mini Probes for Mars Exploration

Thousands of probes, powered by fuel cells, could cover a vast area now beyond the reach of today's rovers, including exploring remote and rocky terrain that…

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Cluster hits the magnetic bull’s-eye

This is the first time such an observation has been made and gives astronomers a unique insight into the physical process responsible for the most powerful…

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Our Sun's fiery outbursts – seen in 3D

Professor Richard Harrison of the CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), part of the UK team working on STEREO said “Whilst our Sun may seem a calm…

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Durham To Supply Key Equipment For UK's Diamond Particle Accelerator

Professor Peter Hatton and colleagues in the Physics Department at Durham have been awarded £900,000 to design and build a soft X-ray diffractometer – an…

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Our Sun’s fiery outbursts – seen in 3D STEREO Prepares for Launch!

Professor Richard Harrison of the CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), part of the UK team working on STEREO said “Whilst our Sun may seem a calm…

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Protecting Frescoes: Innovative Physics Solutions Unveiled

Frescoes face two main hazards: moisture from the atmosphere and salts in the plaster of the wall on which Renaissance masters made their original paintings….

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