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Net successfully snares space debris

October 15, 2018
News
For the first time human history, a satellite has been successfully used to capture a piece of space debris.The RemoveDEBRIS satellite, designed, built and manufactured by a consortium of leading...
Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Physics
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A step towards mini accelerators for widespread use

October 15, 2018
News
UK scientists and engineers, working at CERN, have helped achieve a world first which could enable widespread use of particle accelerators in labs and hospitals around the world.In a paper...
Physics & Engineering
Energy, Particle Physics, Physics
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Laser chaos

September 27, 2018
News
To tame chaos in powerful semiconductor lasers, which causes instabilities, scientists have introduced quantum chaos. High-powered semiconductor lasers are used in materials processing, biomedical imaging and industrial research, but the...
Physics & Engineering
Physics, Quantum Physics
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Minding the gap

September 12, 2018
Feature
When it comes to visualising ultra-fast phenomena, especially biological processes, there is a problem – the Terahertz gap. Now, a pan-European consortium – the EuPRAXIA project – are collaborating to...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, In Depth, Physics
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Quantum computing a step closer with Electron pump

July 26, 2018
News
An international team say their research has moved the world one step closer to reliable, high-performance quantum computing.The team has developed a single-electron “pump”. The device developed by the researchers...
Physics & Engineering
Physics, Quantum Physics
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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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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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Spectacular image of the Rosette Nebula

June 20, 2018
Insight
This spectacular image is of the Rosette Nebula and is in the direction of the constellation Monoceros about 5,000 Light Years away from Earth.
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Focal Point, 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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