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Molecular ruby used as optical pressure sensor

July 20, 2018
News
Chemists have developed a molecular system capable of very precise optical pressure measurements.The team at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and at the Université de Montréal created a ‘molecular ruby’ that...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Energy, Materials Science
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New clues to source of comet oxygen

July 16, 2018
News
Scientists have found that molecular oxygen around comet 67P is not produced on its surface, as thought, but may be from its body. The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft escorted...
Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Physics
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NPL offer long-term funding

July 16, 2018
News
A new programme of fellowships has been announced by The National Physical Laboratory which will invest in research over a scientists career.The NPL, the UK’s National Measurement Institute, has opened...
Physics & Engineering
Energy
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A virtual boat trip at light speed

July 2, 2018
News
Physicists in Belgium have developed a virtual reality simulation of the theory of relativity as a science education and communication tool.The team from Ghent University made a VR movie –...
Physics & Engineering
Physics, Theoretical Physics
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Double trouble improves optical sensing at nanoscale

June 18, 2018
News
The precision of measuring nanoscopic structures could be substantially improved by utilising the quantum effect of interference.Using the approach, researchers from the universities of Warwick and Glasgow have devised a...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Nanotechnology, Physics, Quantum Physics
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NMR goes large at Warwick

June 12, 2018
News
The UK’s first 1 GHz solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer is on its way to the University of Warwick, thanks to £8 million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences...
Physics & Engineering
Physics
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“Spooky action at a distance” harnessed for telecoms

June 4, 2018
News
Physicists have succeeded in mastering a technique, which could allow transmission of quantum information over long distance.Professor Jürgen Eschner and his team at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany, have entangled...
Physics & Engineering
Quantum Physics
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Pure chemicals company raises finance

May 18, 2018
News
A Liverpool based chemical intermediates company has raised £1.5m in equity finance to support the Company’s growth plans and increase production capacity overseas.The Company, originally a spin-out from Liverpool University,...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
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This isn’t the binary system you’re looking for…

May 8, 2018
News
Artificial intelligence is helping astronomers study the habitability of circumbinary planets – those that orbit two stars instead of just one, much like the fictional planet Tatooine in the Star...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Computer Science, Physics
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Creating and deleting magnets with a laser

May 1, 2018
News
An international team of scientists have found a way to write and delete magnets in an alloy using a laser beam – opening up new possibilities in the fields of...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Energy, Materials Science, Physics
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