A study carried out by a research team from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), University of Exeter Centre for Graphene Science, and TU Eindhoven ...
Nanophysics
Jun 15, 2023
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With technology increasingly embedded in our everyday lives, it is becoming more important to understand space weather and its impacts on tech.
Earth Sciences
May 30, 2023
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A laser pulse surfing in the wake of an electron beam pulse could get upshifted from visible to extreme ultraviolet light, simulations done at the University of Michigan have shown.
General Physics
Feb 27, 2023
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A team of scientists from the Department of Energy's Ames National Laboratory has developed a new characterization tool that allowed them to gain unique insight into a possible alternative material for solar cells. Under ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 15, 2022
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Terahertz radiation, whose wavelengths lie between those of microwaves and visible light, can penetrate many nonmetallic materials and detect signatures of certain molecules. These handy qualities could lend themselves to ...
Nanophysics
Nov 7, 2022
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In October 2018, a small star was ripped to shreds when it wandered too close to a black hole in a galaxy located 665 million light years away from Earth. Though it may sound thrilling, the event did not come as a surprise ...
Astronomy
Oct 12, 2022
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Bad wireless reception, the noise in the radio signal or poor visibility in the fog—all these annoyances have to do with the fact that waves such as visible light or microwave signals are deflected and reflected by numerous ...
General Physics
Jul 14, 2022
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Coalescing supermassive black holes in the centers of merging galaxies fill the universe with low-frequency gravitational waves. Astronomers have been searching for these waves by using large radio telescopes to look for ...
Astronomy
Apr 7, 2022
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NASA's airborne Lunar Spectral Irradiance, or air-LUSI, flew aboard NASA's ER-2 aircraft from March 12 to 16 to accurately measure the amount of light reflected off the Moon. Reflected moonlight is a steady source of light ...
Astronomy
Apr 4, 2022
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Over the past several decades, researchers have moved from using electric currents to manipulating light waves in the near-infrared range for telecommunications applications such as high-speed 5G networks, biosensors on a ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 22, 2021
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