Using data provided by Gaia satellite, two American astronomers have discovered a white dwarf-main sequence binary in the open cluster NGC 752. It is the first white dwarf found in this cluster. The finding was detailed by ...
Researchers of the Universities of Bern and Zürich and of ETH Zürich show how Jupiter was formed. Data collected from meteorites had indicated that the growth of the giant planet was delayed for 2 million years. Now, the ...
Astronomy
Aug 28, 2018
3
150
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have studied how microswimmers, like bacteria or sperm, swim through fluids with both solid and liquid-like properties, e.g., gels. They found that subtle changes in a swimmer's ...
Soft Matter
Aug 28, 2018
0
31
Semiconducting heterostructures are key to the development of electronics and opto-electronics. Many applications in the infrared and terahertz frequency range exploit transitions, called intersubband transitions, between ...
Quantum Physics
Aug 28, 2018
0
107
Facebook's ban of Myanmar's military leaders marks a new step for the leading social network against state "actors"—and raises thorny questions on how the company deals with repressive regimes using the platform.
Internet
Aug 28, 2018
0
6
Startup AutoX on Monday announced the Silicon Valley debut of a service that will turn self-driving cars into mobile grocery shops summoned with a touch of a smartphone application.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 28, 2018
0
7
A new Google search tool will allow service members transitioning to civilian life to include their military occupational specialty code to find jobs that match their skills.
Internet
Aug 28, 2018
0
5
It has been dubbed one of the most brutal lobbying wars in Brussels history, pitting media firms and Paul McCartney on one side against Big Tech and internet freedom denizens on the other.
Internet
Aug 28, 2018
0
10
The cost of war reporting and investigative journalism is becoming prohibitive for media outlets, campaigners have warned.
Internet
Aug 28, 2018
0
3
Leading journalists from more than 20 countries joined a call Tuesday for European MPs to approve a controversial media reform aimed at forcing internet giants to pay for news content.
Internet
Aug 28, 2018
0
72
