NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is bearing down on Ultima Thule, its New Year's flyby target in the far away Kuiper Belt. Among its approach observations over the past three months, the spacecraft has been taking hundreds ...
Space Exploration
Dec 21, 2018
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Mathematicians have opened a new chapter in the theory of moonshine, one which begins to harness the power of the pariahs - sporadic simple groups that previously had no known application.
Mathematics
Sep 22, 2017
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(Phys.org)—The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a "History Minute" video called "Thrown for a Curve," offering a recap of work done by Lyman Briggs and colleagues back in 1959, when he was head ...
Imagine digital cameras or smartphones without the bulky lenses or eyeglasses with lenses that are paper thin.
Optics & Photonics
Feb 12, 2016
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To investigate the influence of gravity on the propagation of light, researchers usually have to examine astronomical length scales and huge masses. However, physicists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 15, 2016
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Scientists have studied crystallization since the time of Galileo, so it's easy to imagine there's nothing new to learn about the process. Harvard researchers might beg to differ.
Condensed Matter
Feb 19, 2014
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LG Electronics unveiled Monday a curved-screen smartphone, taking on rival Samsung in a niche market seen as a first step on the road to fully flexible products.
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 28, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Stories have been rolling in from technology news sites this week about vendors in a race to debut curved smartphones and flexible OLED panels for smartphones. Also making news on Tuesday is Seoul, South Korean-based ...
Astronomers at the University of Arizona, the Arcetri Observatory near Florence, Italy and the Carnegie Observatory have developed a new type of camera that allows scientists to take sharper images of the night sky than ever ...
Astronomy
Aug 21, 2013
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Amid much speculation on the future of the "smartwatch," the consensus is growing: the time is right.
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 31, 2013
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