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Nanoparticles

August 15, 2016
Transmission electron microscopy image showing self-assembled diblock copolymer nanoparticles.

Astronomers peer further into supernova’s past

August 11, 2016
Researchers have discovered the unknown past of a star millions of years before its explosion was seen in 1987, after detecting low radio frequencies it emitted.

Newly discovered exoplanets are not alone

July 28, 2016
Astronomers from a Canadian university have given a clearer understanding on a class of exoplanets known as Warm Jupiters, that often have unexpected planetary companions.

Dark energy measured with huge 3D map

July 26, 2016
A 3D map of more than one million galaxies has been created to measure the effects of dark energy on the Universe’s expansion

Planet 9 ‘stolen’ by our Sun

June 20, 2016
Scientists in Sweden have said it’s highly likely that Planet 9 was stolen from the orbit of another sun by our own almost five billion years ago.

Astronomers detect hydrogen gas signal emitted before Earth existed

June 14, 2016
Astronomers have managed to detect hydrogen gas signals from a galaxy that existed before the Earth even formed - more than five billion light years away.

Clues to supermassive black hole creation found

June 6, 2016
Italian scientists believe they have found two objects in the early universe that are the origin of supermassive black holes.

New understanding of Sun’s infancy possible

May 19, 2016
The ability to view in depth images of a nearby star has provided an international team of astronomers with the chance to understand the Sun’s behaviour billions of years ago.

Supermassive black hole find defies science prediction

April 26, 2016
NASA scientists have discovered a supermassive black hole in an unlikely part of the universe, which suggests there are more black holes in existence than previously thought.

Harnessing the quantum world

March 2, 2016
Professor Raymond Laflamme describes the quantum world, and details the biggest challenges involved in creating technology based on quantum properties.

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