Center for Nanoscale Materials researchers present a quantum model for achieving ground-state cooling in low frequency mechanical resonators and show how cooperativity and entanglement are key factors to enhance the cooling ...
General Physics
Feb 28, 2019
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An international team of more than 200 astronomers from 18 countries has published the first phase of a major new radio sky survey at unprecedented sensitivity using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) telescope. The survey reveals ...
Astronomy
Feb 19, 2019
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DARPA's Radio Frequency Risk Reduction Deployment Demonstration (R3D2) is set for launch in late February to space-qualify a new type of membrane reflectarray antenna. The antenna, made of a tissue-thin Kapton membrane, packs ...
Telecom
Jan 23, 2019
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A German study shows that magma could rise from the upper mantle into the middle and upper crust beneath the Laacher See Volcano (Rhineland-Palatinate). This is the result of a study conducted by the Seismological Survey ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 8, 2019
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Fast magnetoacoustic wave trains are a promising seismological probe of the sun's corona, revealing the magnetic connectivity and providing an estimation of the absolute value of the coronal magnetic field. Low-frequency ...
Astronomy
Dec 4, 2018
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Millions of years of evolutionary fine-tuning have made dolphins phenomenally good at using echolocation to orient themselves, find food and communicate with one another. But how do they actually do it? New research from ...
Engineering
Jun 1, 2018
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Researchers have used a scanner designed for rockets to collect the first-ever computed tomography (CT) scan of an entire minke whale. By combining the CT scan results with custom-developed computer simulation tools, the ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 23, 2018
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With many consumer devices, we can find out about their status without having to look at them directly. When a kettle clicks off, you know the water has boiled. When the toaster pops, you know the toast is ready. The gentle ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 15, 2018
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Oysters rapidly close their shells in response to low-frequency sounds characteristic of marine noise pollution, according to a study published October 25, 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Jean-Charles Massabuau ...
Ecology
Oct 25, 2017
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(Phys.org)—Researchers have demonstrated that the geometry of a natural spider web can be used to design new structures that address one of the biggest challenges in sound control: reducing low-frequency noise, which is ...
