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Space Exploration Mar 7, 2024

Eclipse chasers head to southern Illinois for 2nd total solar eclipse in 7 years

In 1999, Michelle Nichols saw her first total solar eclipse on a cruise in the Black Sea. It would be many years before she witnessed another one during a visit to southern Illinois in 2017.

Nanophysics Aug 18, 2023

Making big leaps in understanding nanoscale gaps

Creating novel materials by combining layers with unique, beneficial properties seems like a fairly intuitive process—stack up the materials and stack up the benefits. This isn't always the case, however. Not every material ...

Nanophysics Aug 7, 2023

Boron nitride-based nanocomposites have unexpected properties, researchers discover

Just as carbon makes up both the brittle core of a No. 2 pencil and the harder-than-steel diamond in a cutting tool, boron nitride gives rise to compounds that can be soft or hard. Yet, unlike carbon, far less is known about ...

General Physics Feb 22, 2023

Physicists give the first law of thermodynamics a makeover

West Virginia University physicists have made a breakthrough on an age-old limitation of the first law of thermodynamics.

Analytical Chemistry Feb 1, 2023

Plasma-structural coloring: A new colorful approach to an inkless future

New developments for achieving structural coloring through plasma irradiation of graphite can reduce the reliance upon harmful color dyes. Colors achieved by plasma irradiation are completely erasable and can be manipulated ...

Space Exploration Dec 30, 2022

Two CubeSats to shed light on space weather disturbances

Two CubeSats, or small satellites, are on a quest to provide insight on space weather disturbances and the subsequent impact on communication signals. The dynamic duo, the Plasma Enhancements in the Ionosphere-Thermosphere ...

General Physics Dec 7, 2022

How far has nuclear fusion power come? We could be at a turning point for the technology

Our society faces the grand challenge of providing sustainable, secure and affordable means of generating energy, while trying to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to net zero around 2050.

Astronomy Nov 3, 2022

Polarized X-rays reveal shape, orientation of extremely hot matter around black hole

Researchers' recent observations of a stellar-mass black hole called Cygnus X-1 reveal new details about the configuration of extremely hot matter in the region immediately surrounding the black hole.

Astronomy May 13, 2022

Making sense of the nonsensical: Black holes and the simulation library

The international Event Horizon Telescope collaboration has snapped a second image of a black hole—this time at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy. But to give the image meaning, the collaboration had to compare it ...

Optics & Photonics Feb 23, 2022

Researchers discover abnormally strong light absorption in graphene

Scientists from University of Regensburg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Moscow institute of Physics and Technology, and University of Kansas have discovered abnormally strong light absorption in graphene. The effect ...

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