Scientists at Paderborn University, the Technical University of Dortmund and the University of Würzburg have for the first time used laser pulses to precisely control photon echoes, which can occur when light waves superimpose ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 15, 2020
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Bats excel in acoustic perception and detect objects as tiny as mosquitoes using sound waves. Echolocation permits them to calculate the three-dimensional location of both small and large objects, perceiving their shape, ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 10, 2020
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In recent years, we've heard a lot about "news bubbles" and "echo chambers," the idea that to validate their own worldviews, liberals read liberal news and conservatives read conservative news. The proliferation of partisan ...
Social Sciences
Nov 2, 2020
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A research team from Garching and Vienna discovered a remarkable echo effect that offers exciting new possibilities for working with quantum information.
General Physics
Sep 24, 2020
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When neutrinos crash into water molecules in the billion-plus tons of ice that make up the detector at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica, more than 5,000 sensors detect the light of subatomic particles produced ...
General Physics
Feb 25, 2020
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Echoes in gravitational wave signals suggest that the event horizon of a black hole may be more complicated than scientists currently think.
Astronomy
Jan 22, 2020
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The sonar system of bats exploits spatial information in a way similar to our sense of sight, despite the different anatomy of eyes and ears. In a new study, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 24, 2019
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This festive NASA Hubble Space Telescope image resembles a holiday wreath made of sparkling lights. The bright southern hemisphere star RS Puppis, at the center of the image, is swaddled in a gossamer cocoon of reflective ...
Astronomy
Dec 21, 2018
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The young star Eta Carinae shines prominently in the skies of the southern hemisphere. Although located relatively far away from Earth (about seven thousand light-years away, as compared with the average distance of naked-eye ...
Astronomy
Oct 29, 2018
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From the kitchen to the car, Amazon on Thursday sought to make its Alexa digital assistant and online services a bigger part of people's lives with an array of new products and partnerships.
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 21, 2018
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