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Light Transistor: Efficient Transistor for Light Could Lead to Optical Computers
July 8, 2013 — Light can oscillate in different directions, as we can see in the 3-D cinema: Each lens of the glasses only allows light of a particular oscillation direction to pass through. However, changing the ... > full story -
Mysterious Radio Flashes May Be Farewell Greetings from Massive Stars Collapsing Into Black Holes
July 5, 2013 — Mysterious bright radio flashes that appear for only a brief moment on the sky and do not repeat could be the final farewell greetings of a massive star collapsing into a black hole, astronomers ... > full story -
Laser System Allows Determination of Atomic Binding Energy of the Rarest Element on Earth
July 4, 2013 — The radioactive element astatine, the name of which is derived from the Greek word for 'instability,' is so rare on Earth that it has not yet been investigated to any greater extent and, as a ... > full story -
White Dwarf Star Throws Light on Possible Variability of a Constant of Nature
July 4, 2013 — Astronomers have studied a distant star where gravity is more than 30,000 times greater than on Earth to test the controversial theory that one of the constants of Nature is not a constant. The ... > full story -
Space Study Opens Up New Opportunities to Explore Exotic Energy
July 4, 2013 — Answering the ultimate question to Life, Universe and Everything? Not quite, but an international team of scientists have conducted research that opens up new possibilities for exploring what to date ... > full story -
Solar Dynamic Loops Reveal a Simultaneous Explosion and Implosion, Plus Evidence for Magnetic Reconnection
July 2, 2013 — Movies of giant loops projecting from the surface of the Sun are giving new insights into the complex mechanisms that drive solar flares and Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). These eruptions release ... > full story -
Cluster Spacecraft Detects Elusive Space Wind
July 2, 2013 — A new study provides the first conclusive proof of the existence of a space wind first proposed theoretically over 20 years ago. By analysing data from the European Space Agency’s Cluster ... > full story -
Radiation from Airport Scanners: The Dose We Actually Get Is Low
June 27, 2013 — A new report has found that people absorb less radiation from airport X-ray backscatter scanner than they do while standing in line waiting for the scan ... > full story -
NASA's Voyager 1 Explores Final Frontier of Our 'Solar Bubble'
June 27, 2013 — Data from Voyager 1, now more than 11 billion miles (18 billion kilometers) from the sun, suggest the spacecraft is closer to becoming the first human-made object to reach interstellar ... > full story -
Efficient Production Process for Coveted Nanocrystals
June 25, 2013 — A formation mechanism of nanocrystalline cerium dioxide (CeO2), a versatile nanomaterial, has been unveiled. This finding potentially simplifies and alleviates the existing synthetic processes of ... > full story
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