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Turning drought into opportunity

June 29, 2022
Insight
Mineral physics can help provide a solution to water shortage and its applications may not be limited only to our own world, suggests Sabrina Lautin.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Environmental Chemistry, Geology, Oceanography
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NASA hosts open house for Mars technology

June 9, 2022
News
Space agency NASA is to host a media event to demonstrate its LOFTID technology when it is inflated for the last time on Earth before its spaceflight demonstration.
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Atmospheric Sciences
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Meet the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy

May 23, 2022
News
Scientists have captured humanity’s first look at the supermassive black hole, called Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), that is at the centre of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. The Sgr...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Computer Science, Environment, Physics
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Two millimetre optical microresonator will improve planetary landing success

April 21, 2022
News
Smaller, they say, is better in space. A NASA-funded team led by SMU researchers think that their small, lightweight device developed to measure spaceship velocity will improve the odds of...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Physics
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So… What is the point of physics? IOP is offering £1000 for the best answer!

April 7, 2022
News
IoP launches a new challenge to get young people to see physics differently. With only one in ten parents believing physics to be a worthwhile topic, and nearly half of...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Computer Science, Condensed Matter Physics, Engineering, Particle Physics, Physics, Policy, Quantum Physics, Solid State Physics, Theoretical Physics, Thermodynamics
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Astrophotography: new tech for the ‘New Astronomy’

January 19, 2022
Feature
Space tourism remains out of reach for most, but Laurent Marfisi looks at how smart telescopes, astrophotography, the New Astronomy movement, and the New Space industry are helping amateur astronomers...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Computer Science, Environment, In Depth, Physics
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UK demonstrates its first ‘green’ high-powered rocket engine

November 22, 2021
News
A UK nuclear fusion company based in Bletchley, has just developed and tested its first launch capable, high-power chemical rocket engine in the UK. The company’s ultimate ambition in the...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Atmospheric Sciences, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Physics, Thermodynamics
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Stardust in our DNA – our journey through time and space

July 9, 2021
Feature
Applying her natural curiosity and the input from a very impressive contact list of experts, rising star (pun intended) Sarah Begum explores the journey our very own DNA has taken...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Condensed Matter Physics, Environment, In Depth, Particle Physics, Physics, Theoretical Physics
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High-resolution model offers stunningly realistic simulation of the birth of stars

May 21, 2021
News
A team including Northwestern University astrophysicists has developed the most realistic, highest-resolution 3D simulation of star formation to date. The result is a visually stunning, mathematically-driven marvel that allows viewers...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Computer Science, Environment, Physics, Theoretical Physics
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Visualising the light-bending dance of binary black holes using NASA’s Discover supercomputer

April 20, 2021
News
Try to imagine and describe a black hole. A big one! Now try to imagine a second supermassive black hole and bring the two together in a single system. How...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Computer Science, Physics, Theoretical Physics
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