Researchers have developed a new way to produce and shape large, high-quality mirrors that are much thinner than the primary mirrors previously used for telescopes deployed in space. The resulting mirrors are flexible enough ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 4, 2023
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Scientists have demonstrated in a new study that carbon-based molecules can be much more dynamic than previously thought.
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 13, 2023
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Researchers in Caltech's Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering have made a major step forward in medical imaging by taking inspiration from the field of astronomy.
Optics & Photonics
Feb 27, 2023
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In 1992, humanity's effort to understand the universe took a significant step forward. That's when astronomers discovered the first exoplanets. They're named Poltergeist (Noisy Ghost) and Phobetor (Frightener), and they orbit ...
Astronomy
Feb 8, 2023
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A team of biologists at Osaka City University, working with a colleague from the University of Neuchâte, reports that a type of cleaner fish can pass the mirror test and then recognize itself in a photograph. In their paper ...
The construction of the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) being developed by CCAT Observatory Inc., an international consortium of universities led by Cornell, is drawing to a close.
Astronomy
Jan 31, 2023
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It is an exciting time for astronomers and cosmologists. Since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have been treated to the most vivid and detailed images of the universe ever taken. Webb's powerful infrared ...
Astronomy
Jan 31, 2023
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In the end there was no red wave. And there was no blue wave.
Political science
Jan 30, 2023
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Chemists can make a career out of controlling whether certain molecules are generated as a lefty or a righty.
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 24, 2023
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An unusual new species of pterosaur has been identified, which had over 400 teeth that looked like the prongs of a nit comb.
Paleontology & Fossils
Jan 23, 2023
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