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Astronomy Mar 18, 2025

Clearest images yet of 380,000-year-old universe reveal cosmic infancy

New research by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration has produced the clearest images yet of the universe's infancy—the earliest cosmic time yet accessible to humans. Measuring light that traveled for more ...

Astronomy Mar 18, 2025

Astronomers investigate X-shaped radio galaxy 3C 315

By analyzing the data from Leahy's atlas of double radio-sources and NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED), Serbian astronomers have explored an X-shaped radio galaxy designated 3C 315. Results of the new study, published ...

Space Exploration Mar 18, 2025

What happens to the human body in deep space?

Bone and muscle deterioration, radiation exposure, vision impairment—these are just a few of the challenges space travelers face on long-duration missions, even before considering the psychological toll of isolation.

Plasma Physics Mar 17, 2025

Milestone achieved in predicting turbulence in fusion plasmas

In a comprehensive experimental study, an international team of researchers has confirmed the calculations of a leading turbulence simulation code to an unprecedented degree. This marks a major breakthrough in understanding ...

Condensed Matter Mar 17, 2025

The first observation of amplified spontaneous emission from electron-hole plasma in 2D semiconductors

Amplified spontaneous emission is a physical phenomenon that entails the amplification of the light spontaneously emitted by excited particles, due to photons of the same frequency triggering further emissions. This phenomenon ...

General Physics Mar 15, 2025

Why does nature love spirals? The link to entropy

There are moments in the history of human thought when a simple realization transforms our understanding of reality. A moment when chaos reveals itself as structure, when disorder folds into meaning, and when what seemed ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 14, 2025

Physicists use optical vortex beams to control atom ionization

A team of researchers from the University of Ottawa has made significant strides in understanding the ionization of atoms and molecules, a fundamental process in physics that has implications for various fields including ...

Bio & Medicine Mar 13, 2025

Implantable biosensors get major longevity boost with coating technology that inhibits biofouling

Wearable and implantable biosensors that can accurately detect biological molecules in a non- or minimally invasive manner have vast potential for monitoring patients' physiology and response to therapies. For example, wearable ...

Astronomy Mar 12, 2025

Researchers develop glass sensors for the Einstein Telescope

From 2035, the Einstein Telescope will be able to study gravitational waves with unprecedented accuracy. For the telescope, researchers from Jena have manufactured highly sensitive sensors made entirely of glass for the first ...

Plasma Physics Mar 12, 2025

New computer code could lead to simpler, less costly stellarators for fusion power

Like engineers who design high-performance Formula One race cars, scientists want to create high-performance plasmas in twisty fusion systems known as stellarators. Achieving this performance means that the plasma must retain ...

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