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Planetary Sciences Apr 3, 2025

Studying Uranian moons using passive radar sounding

How can Uranus be used to indirectly study its moons and identify if they possess subsurface oceans? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference hopes to address as a team of scientists ...

Nanophysics Apr 3, 2025

Nitrogen and argon plasma boosts performance of carbon-based supercapacitor electrodes

Scientists from Skoltech, the Institute of Nanotechnology of Microelectronics, RAS, and other research centers have refined the understanding of how plasma treatment of carbon-based electrodes affects the key characteristics ...

Astronomy Apr 2, 2025

Webb explores effect of strong magnetic fields on star formation

Follow-up research on a 2023 image of the Sagittarius C stellar nursery in the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, has revealed ejections from still-forming protostars and insights ...

Astronomy Apr 2, 2025

Sagittarius C: Webb provides closest look yet at one of Milky Way's most extreme environments

Sagittarius C is one of the most extreme environments in the Milky Way galaxy. This cloudy region of space sits about 200 light-years from the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. Here, a massive and dense ...

Polymers Apr 1, 2025

Conductive polymers: First successful synthesis of polyaniline with golden luster

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, have developed a method for synthesizing polyaniline—a conductive polymer exhibiting golden luster—marking the first successful attempt globally. The reflection spectrum ...

Biochemistry Apr 1, 2025

Binding to surface sugars enhances omicron variant's cell attachment, researchers discover

Researchers at Umeå University have discovered that the SARS-CoV-2 variant omicron has developed a stronger binding to human lung cells through optimized interaction with heparan sulfate, a sugar molecule on the cell surface. ...

Plasma Physics Mar 31, 2025

Sophisticated sensors offer precision measurement for fusion research

Nuclear fusion is a source of great hope for future energy security, with this field being explored in research reactors around the world. Accurately detecting their performance requires measurement systems that supply valid ...

Astronomy Mar 31, 2025

Jets from powerful black holes can point astronomers toward where to look for life in the universe

One of the most powerful objects in the universe is a radio quasar—a spinning black hole spraying out highly energetic particles. Come too close to one, and you'd get sucked in by its gravitational pull, or burn up from ...

Plasma Physics Mar 28, 2025

Commercial fusion power plant now closer to reality

Successfully harnessing the power of fusion energy could lead to cleaner and safer energy for all—and contribute substantially to combating the climate crisis. Towards this goal, Type One Energy has published a comprehensive, ...

Astronomy Mar 28, 2025

NOAA's GOES-19 satellite releases new coronagraph data to public

Near real-time preliminary data from NOAA's first Compact Coronagraph (CCOR-1), a powerful solar telescope onboard the GOES-19 satellite, are now publicly accessible. GOES-19, launched in June 2024, began providing the new ...

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