Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has installed and commissioned the highest peak power laser diode arrays in the world, representing total peak power of 3.2 megawatts (MW).
General Physics
Mar 12, 2015
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A newly discovered dwarf galaxy orbiting our own Milky Way has offered up a surprise—it appears to be radiating gamma rays, according to an analysis by physicists at Carnegie Mellon, Brown, and Cambridge universities. The ...
Astronomy
Mar 10, 2015
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The first attempt to fly around the world in a plane using only solar power launched Monday in Abu Dhabi in a landmark journey aimed at promoting green energy that will test its pilots' endurance to the limits.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 9, 2015
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A new laboratory tool which will allow scientists to build and move microscopic cells could lead to the development of better treatments for disease.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 2, 2015
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Once again, the High Energy Stereoscopic System, H.E.S.S., has demonstrated its excellent capabilities. In the Large Magellanic Cloud, it discovered most luminous very high-energy gamma-ray sources: three objects of different ...
Astronomy
Jan 23, 2015
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Seyfert galaxies are similar to spiral galaxies except that they have extraordinarily prominent, bright nuclei, sometimes as luminous as 100 billion Suns. Their huge energies are thought to be generated as matter falls towards ...
Astronomy
Jan 19, 2015
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The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has announced the demonstration of a 45.7 percent conversion efficiency for a four-junction solar cell at 234 suns concentration. This achievement represents one ...
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 17, 2014
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An intense blast of high-energy x-rays can make iron transparent to the beam for less than a femtosecond, researchers from the RIKEN SPring-8 Center have found. The technique could be used to produce ultrashort x-ray pulses ...
General Physics
Dec 5, 2014
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(Phys.org) —The X-rays produced by the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) are bright, but they will soon be even brighter, thanks to a major upgrade that will make the quality of CHESS' X-rays competitive with ...
General Physics
Oct 21, 2014
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Personal electronics such as cell phones and laptops could get a boost from some of the lightest materials in the world.
Nanomaterials
Oct 20, 2014
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