When two protons collide, they release pyrotechnic jets of particles, the details of which can tell scientists something about the nature of physics and the fundamental forces that govern the universe.
General Physics
Jul 26, 2019
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For the first time ionized hydrogen has been detected at the lowest frequency ever towards the center of our Galaxy. The findings originate from a cloud that is both very cold (around -230 degrees Celsius) and also ionized, ...
Astronomy
Jul 10, 2019
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New evidence suggests that high-energy particles from space known as galactic cosmic rays affect the Earth's climate by increasing cloud cover, causing an "umbrella effect."
Earth Sciences
Jul 3, 2019
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For the first time, an international research team led by the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) has investigated atmospheric ice-nucleating particles (INPs) in ice cores, which can provide insights on the ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 21, 2019
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Pores in atmospheric particles allow water to condense, leading to the formation of ice crystals in humid but unsaturated air. This is a new way of thinking of ice crystal formation in clouds, particularly cirrus clouds.
Earth Sciences
Apr 1, 2019
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On Feb. 24, 1987, light from a supernova that exploded 168,000 years ago in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighbor of the Milky Way, reached Earth. Astronomers Ian Shelton and Oscar Duhalde at the Las Campanas Observatory ...
General Physics
Mar 27, 2019
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An international team led by Japanese scientists has generated significant findings that highlight the impact of high-latitude dust on the conversion of water droplets in clouds into ice—or glaciation—within low-level ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2019
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Christine Chiu of Colorado State University investigates clouds. She calls them "complicated 3-D objects that evolve fast."
Earth Sciences
Mar 1, 2019
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The universal laws governing the dynamics of interacting quantum particles are yet to be fully revealed to the scientific community. A team of researchers at the Center for Theoretical Physics of Complex Systems (PCS), within ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 4, 2019
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Physicists from the Higher School of Economics and Space Research Institute have identified a mechanism explaining the appearance of two dusty plasma clouds resulting from a meteoroid that impacted the surface of the moon. ...
Space Exploration
Jan 25, 2019
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