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Two millimetre optical microresonator will improve planetary landing success

April 21, 2022
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...

So… What is the point of physics? IOP is offering £1000 for the best answer!

April 7, 2022
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...

Scientists design remote monitoring system for inaccessible quantum devices

April 1, 2022
Researchers have developed an innovative remote monitoring system for ultra-sensitive quantum devices reliant on stable conditions. The new system provides a blueprint for operating quantum technology in inaccessible environments, such...

Astrophotography: new tech for the ‘New Astronomy’

January 19, 2022
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...

UK demonstrates its first ‘green’ high-powered rocket engine

November 22, 2021
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...

Stardust in our DNA – our journey through time and space

July 9, 2021
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...

Commercial quanta image sensors – a new era in solid-state imaging

May 27, 2021
Solid-state technology capable of imaging individual photons of light to enable full-speed photon counting at room temperature is now accessible commercially. The CMOS-based QIS devices use patented sensor architecture and...

High-resolution model offers stunningly realistic simulation of the birth of stars

May 21, 2021
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...

Visualising the light-bending dance of binary black holes using NASA’s Discover supercomputer

April 20, 2021
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...

The chronicles of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance continued – the first test drives

March 12, 2021
During it's first week on the planet's surface, NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and its Earthbound team has been carefully test driving all onboard systems. This culminated in a more...

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