Sometimes there is a confluence of events in municipal politics that takes a serious problem, a collection of outsized personalities and potty humour and sloshes them around to create headline gold. Such was the Big Flush, ...
Social Sciences
Jan 17, 2023
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A research team led by Prof. Li Di from the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) has revealed circular polarization in active repeating fast radio bursts based on precise observations ...
Astronomy
Dec 27, 2022
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At this stage in the evolution of the universe (about 14 billion years after the big bang) there are four fundamental forces in action that cause interactions among the constituents of matter.
Quantum Physics
Dec 23, 2022
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If an alien were to look at Earth, many human technologies—from cell towers to fluorescent light bulbs—could be a beacon signifying the presence of life.
Astronomy
Oct 21, 2022
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With their superior efficiency, stability, and device volume properties, conventional light emitting diodes (LEDs) have already revolutionized the lighting and display world. LEDs are typically stacks of semiconductor thin ...
Nanophysics
Oct 13, 2022
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The 2022 Nobel prize for physics has been awarded to a trio of scientists for pioneering experiments in quantum mechanics, the theory covering the micro-world of atoms and particles.
Quantum Physics
Oct 8, 2022
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As the old saying goes, many hands can make light work. They can also work together to make light vanish.
Ecology
Sep 23, 2022
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A picture may be worth a thousand words, but for astronomers, simply recording images of stars and galaxies isn't enough. To measure the true size and absolute brightness (luminosity) of heavenly bodies, astronomers need ...
Astronomy
Sep 23, 2022
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The Saturn V carried man to the moon and remains the most powerful rocket to successfully launch to orbit. It captures the imagination—but sometimes, it might capture a bit too much imagination. Abundant internet claims ...
Space Exploration
Aug 23, 2022
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Researchers have developed an enhanced version of optical coherence tomography (OCT) that can image biomedical samples at higher contrast and resolution over a wider 3D field of view than was previously possible. The new ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 2, 2022
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