Photo from NASA satellite shows the sun was 'smiling' this week
The sun was in a good mood this week, or at least that's what it looked like in a photo published by NASA.
Astronomy
Oct 28, 2022
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News tagged with light field
Completing Einstein's homework on special relativity in electromagnetism
Albert Einstein, one of the most celebrated modern scientists, proposed the revolutionary theory of special relativity more than a century ago. This theory forms the basis of most of what we understand about the universe, ...
General Physics
Oct 20, 2022
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Researchers propose and demonstrate an optical black hole cavity based on transformation optics
Whispering-gallery-mode (WGM) cavities represent an intriguing platform for intensely enhancing light-matter interaction. It lays the foundations for ultra-low threshold lasers, ultra-sensitive sensing, nonlinear optics and ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 30, 2022
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Far-infrared detector KID reaches highest possible sensitivity
Astronomy has a blind spot in the area of far-infrared radiation compared to most other wavelengths. A far-infrared space telescope can only utilize its full sensitivity with an actively cooled mirror at temperatures below ...
Astronomy
Sep 6, 2022
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NASA shares 'spectacular" image of the southern lights from International Space Station
Is NASA campaigning to have the galaxy's best Instagram page? It sure seems that way with the latest images from the James Webb Space Telescope of Jupiter and last month's stunning shots of the Carina Nebula and Southern ...
Space Exploration
Aug 25, 2022
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Our atom-moving laser sculpts matter into weird new shapes—new research
Getting atoms to do what you want isn't easy—but it's at the heart of a lot of groundbreaking research in physics.
General Physics
Aug 25, 2022
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Researchers measure the binding state of light and matter for the first time
A special bonding state between atoms has been created in the laboratory for the first time: With a laser beam, atoms can be polarized so that they are positively charged on one side and negatively charged on the other. This ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 1, 2022
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VegSense makes sense for forest studies
Rice researchers set up a Microsoft HoloLens as a mixed-reality sensor to feed VegSense, their application to measure understory vegetation, plant life that grows between the forest canopy and floor.
Plants & Animals
Aug 1, 2022
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Supermassive black hole influences star formation
A European team of astronomers led by Professor Kalliopi Dasyra of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, under participation of Dr. Thomas Bisbas, University of Cologne modeled several emission lines ...
Astronomy
Jul 22, 2022
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The sixth sense: How animals use the Earth's magnetic field for orientation
Many animals use the Earth's magnetic field for orientation. But exactly how they do this remains for the most part a mystery. At the University of Oldenburg, researchers from across disciplines are working together to solve ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 14, 2022
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