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Nanophysics 15 hours ago

New X-ray world record: Looking inside a microchip with 4 nanometer precision

In a collaboration with EPFL Lausanne, ETH Zurich and the University of Southern California researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have used X-rays to look inside a microchip with higher precision than ever before. ...

Biotechnology Aug 5, 2024

Researchers develop AI-assisted tomato plant monitoring system

Real-time monitoring of tomato plants in plant factories is necessary to identify and classify diseases at the early stages to prevent possible outbreaks. The proposed DeepD381v4plus network exhibits higher class-wise accuracy, ...

Astronomy Aug 5, 2024

Using small black holes to detect big black holes

An international team of astrophysicists with the participation of the University of Zurich proposes a novel method to detect pairs of the biggest black holes found at the centers of galaxies by analyzing gravitational waves ...

General Physics Aug 2, 2024

Cosmic microwave background experiments could probe connection between cosmic inflation, particle physics

Various large-scale astrophysical research projects are set to take place over the next decade, several of which are so-called cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments. These are large-scale scientific efforts aimed ...

Condensed Matter Aug 1, 2024

Can quantum particles mimic gravitational waves?

When two black holes collide, space and time shake and energy spreads out like ripples in a pond. These gravitational waves, predicted by Einstein in 1916, were observed for the first time by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave ...

Optics & Photonics Aug 1, 2024

Experiment uses quantum techniques to stimulate photons, enhancing search for dark matter

Scientists cannot observe dark matter directly, so to "see" it, they look for signals that it has interacted with other matter by creating a visible photon. However, signals from dark matter are incredibly weak. If scientists ...

Analytical Chemistry Aug 1, 2024

Uniquely precise: New value for the half-life of samarium-146

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and the Australian National University have re-determined the half-life of samarium-146 with great precision. The result fits perfectly with the data astrophysicists and geochemists ...

Planetary Sciences Jul 31, 2024

How to SUPPPPRESS light from a star that is ten billion times brighter than its habitable exoplanet

Searching for Earth 2.0 has been an obsession of almost all exoplanet hunters since the discipline's dawn a few decades ago. Since then, they've had plenty of technological breakthroughs help them in their quest, but so far, ...

Analytical Chemistry Jul 31, 2024

Real-time, cost-effective monitoring of neutron beams used in boron neutron capture therapy

Researchers from the Health Research and Technology Group at ANSTO and the University of Wollongong have developed a new device that could improve the quality control of accelerator-based boron neutron capture therapy, a ...

Space Exploration Jul 30, 2024

Repair kit for NASA's NICER mission heading to space station

NASA will deliver a patch kit for NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), an X-ray telescope on the International Space Station, on the agency's Northrop Grumman 21st commercial resupply mission. Astronauts will ...

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