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Physics and Astronomy News Archive: June 2006
First 500 GHz Silicon-Germanium Transistor Demonstrated
Source: GaTech Posted: 6/22/06
A research team from IBM and the Georgia Institute of Technology has demonstrated the first silicon-germanium transistor able to operate at frequencies above 500 GHz.
Source: GaTech Posted: 6/22/06
A research team from IBM and the Georgia Institute of Technology has demonstrated the first silicon-germanium transistor able to operate at frequencies above 500 GHz.
NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Captures Saturnian Moon Ballet
Source: NASA/JPL Posted: 6/22/06
The cold, icy orbs of the Saturn system come to life in a slew of new movie clips from the Cassini spacecraft showing the ringed planet's moons in motion.
Source: NASA/JPL Posted: 6/22/06
The cold, icy orbs of the Saturn system come to life in a slew of new movie clips from the Cassini spacecraft showing the ringed planet's moons in motion.
Scientists find the reason behind black holes' light shows.
Source: UMichigan Posted: 6/22/06
A team of astronomers led by the University of Michigan may know how black holes are lighting up the Universe.
Source: UMichigan Posted: 6/22/06
A team of astronomers led by the University of Michigan may know how black holes are lighting up the Universe.
Scientists tackle long-standing questions about plutonium
Source: LLNL Posted: 6/22/06
Scientists have gone a long way to solving a question about the nature of plutonium that has remained a mystery since the Manhattan Project.
Source: LLNL Posted: 6/22/06
Scientists have gone a long way to solving a question about the nature of plutonium that has remained a mystery since the Manhattan Project.
Inexpensive Detector Sees the Invisible, In Color
Source: NASA Posted: 6/13/06
An inexpensive detector developed by a NASA-led team can now see invisible infrared light in a range of 'colors,' or wavelengths.
Source: NASA Posted: 6/13/06
An inexpensive detector developed by a NASA-led team can now see invisible infrared light in a range of 'colors,' or wavelengths.
Physicists Devise New Technique for Detecting Heavy Water
Source: Caltech Posted: 6/13/06
Scientists at Caltech have created a new method of detecting heavy water that is 30 times more sensitive than any other existing method.
Source: Caltech Posted: 6/13/06
Scientists at Caltech have created a new method of detecting heavy water that is 30 times more sensitive than any other existing method.
XMM-Newton spots the greatest of great balls of fire
Source: ESA Posted: 6/13/06
Thanks to data from ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray satellite, a team of international scientists found a comet-like ball of gas over a thousand million times the mass of the sun.
Source: ESA Posted: 6/13/06
Thanks to data from ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray satellite, a team of international scientists found a comet-like ball of gas over a thousand million times the mass of the sun.
Smashing young stars leave dwarfs in their wake
Source: McMaster U. Posted: 6/13/06
Astronomers have discovered that the large disks of gas and dust around young stars will fragment if two young stars pass close to each other and form smaller brown dwarfs stars with disks of their own.
Source: McMaster U. Posted: 6/13/06
Astronomers have discovered that the large disks of gas and dust around young stars will fragment if two young stars pass close to each other and form smaller brown dwarfs stars with disks of their own.
